I live a very active life and spend a big portion of it outdoors, constantly challenging myself while climbing, hiking, travelling for tens of thousands of miles every year, and always choosing an off-beaten path. My inspirations are rugged mountains and oceans, deep forests and vast glaciers, endless deserts and remote lakes, and sharing my passion for outdoors with my loved ones and friends. Seeing the world as an observer is just not enough for me, I have to feel it with my hands and feet. I have to see it from the mountain summits and other hard-to-reach places. With a backyard like mine it is really not that hard to do.

For me photography is an outlet to share my vision of the world with people around. I always search for unusual landscapes, unique light or simply something beautiful.

While I still shoot a little bit with my 35mm film camera, I fully embraced the digital world and rarely part with my Canon 5D MKII and a wide-angle lens.

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I am often asked what cameras and lenses I use to take my photos. Recently, I switched almost entirely to digital. My gear bag includes:

- Canon 5D MK2 (primary landscape camera)

- Canon 5D MK1 (backup landscape camera)

- Sigma DP1 (primary climbing camera)

- Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM (my primary landscape lens)

- Canon EF 24-104 f.4L IS USM (my walkaround lens)

- Canon EF 70-200 f/4L USM (telephoto work)

- Canon EF 50 f/1.4 USM (low light outdoor lens for special situations; close-ups)

- Singh-Ray Graduated Neutral Density filters; Cokin P-series filter holder

- Hoya Pro circular polarizing filters

- UV filters

- Canon TC-80N3 Timer Remote Control

- Gitzo 1057 ultra-light tripod w/ RRS ballhead & plate

- SanDisk CF memory cards

- HyperDisk H80 for mobile photo storage

- Kata rain-protection bags

- Brunton SolarRoll 9 for expedition power recharging