Month: December 2020

Holiday Print Sale

Every year around the holidays I’ve wished that I had a Print Gallery available. And every year I haven’t had the time to put it together, until now (another pandemic silver lining?).

I’ve gathered 50 of my favorite images from past assignments and travels as well as some recent images made closer to home in National Parks and on our beautiful public lands. Of course, if there is an image of mine that you’d like that isn’t in the Print Gallery, just let me know and I can add it.

Now through Friday, December 11th, use code HOLIDAY15 to get 15% off your order.

These high-quality, archival photographic prints are available in a range of sizes and finishes. Every image will be signed and dated on the reverse side. Prints will be shipped unmounted and unframed to allow you to find a display that will best suit your home. At the moment I’m only shipping within the United States, but contact me if you live abroad and I can set something up for you.

Even if a print isn’t in your future, enjoy a virtual escape to these beautiful places and please let me know which are your favorite images.

Portrait Work for NPR

Recently I was hired to make portraits of Heather Wilcox-Nicholls for an NPR All Things Considered story reported by Alina Selyukh. The focus was on women working in retail whose employment has been hit particularly hard by Covid-19.

I connected with Wilcox-Nicholls because neither of us has been immune from economic damage during the pandemic. In a strange twist of irony, my work as a travel photographer has effectively been put on pause by the pandemic, though being home in Oregon allowed this assignment to find me. I’ve always wanted to photograph for NPR so I’m counting this job as a “Covid silver lining”.

Take a look or listen to this story which is part of the series Enough Already: How the Pandemic is Breaking Women. These stories are a powerful look into how the pandemic is exacerbating issues that women have been struggling with for years, from inequalities in the workplace to inequities in the home.

Krista Rossow on OPTIC All Stars

The pandemic may be keeping us closer to home, but that hasn’t stopped Lindblad Expeditions and B&H Photo Video from hosting OPTIC, their premiere wildlife, outdoor, and travel photography conference. This year I joined the “All Stars” team but instead of speaking in New York City as I had in 2016, I gave my talk from my home office in Oregon. I’ll admit that speaking to my computer will never be as fulfilling as speaking to a sea of real-life faces, but I’m grateful we are still creating spaces to gather and inspire each other through photography.

This year my talk Why We Photograph: Capture With Intention, Share Through Story goes into pragmatic advice on how to improve one’s visual storytelling techniques. Make sure you check out my talk plus the huge lineup from my talented peers like Ralph Lee Hopkins, Christina Mittermeier, and Jody Macdonald to name only a few.

And if you have time to spare, the lectures from past OPTICs are archived on the B&H website including my 2016 How to Think Like a Photo Editor talk. Looking forward to seeing you when we are able to travel again!