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Ian Dawson

Since my parents gave me my first camera at age 15, I have been obsessed with photography and "chasing light". From hiking to the most desolate locations to witness the birth of a new day to accompanying the sun as it bids farewell to its shadows, landscape photography has become a passion. I have traveled to the tops of glaciers to discover light captured in ancient ice and descended to the depths of canyons that echo forgotten light. I have been lucky to be mentored by some of the best landscape photographers such as David Muench, George Lepp, Justin Black, Jerry Dodrill, and William Neill on a number of photography workshops. Although I work in the visual effects and graphics industry and digital tools give us the ability to alter images as never before, I truly believe that captured images should speak for themselves without alteration. None of my images are composites. I limit my digital darkroom work to color correction, cropping, and sharpening letting the subject and existing light tell the story. I hope you enjoy the images on this site and my pursuit of "chasing light". Checkout my video podcast at www.chasinglight.net where photographers and cinematographer talk about the craft and life of making images.