Stefan Arnone - Digital Nature Photography

I've spent seven of the last eight summers working at Soar Truckee, a glider/soaring operation located at the Truckee-Tahoe Airport just north of Lake Tahoe in California. To limit my commuting (my home is an hour away) I frequently spend the night in the Soar Truckee bunkhouse if I work two days back-to-back. I usually wake up around sunrise in the bunkhouse on those days, and always get great photo opportunities, some of which I'd like to share here. The Truckee airport is located on the floor of the scenic Martis Valley, surrounded by mountains on all sides. Martis Valley is frequently prone to morning fog, due both to its position as a cold air sink, and to its elevation (the airport sits at 5,900 feet, the lowest area in the valley). On the morning of June 19, 2016, I captured some of my favorite photos of the fog when I went for a morning run along the road which leads around the airport perimeter to the gliderport, and continues along to cross a dam which forms the (no...

I spent the Spring 2018 semester on a study abroad exchange in Salzburg, Austria (from mid-February to the end of June). It was an amazing experience and I enjoyed the opportunity to maintain my German skills. I also had a lot of fun exploring the city and surrounding mountain landscape, which presented excellent photo opportunities on a daily basis. One of my favorite activities was returning to certain spots regularly throughout the semester to capture scenes during different times of day, under various weather conditions, and in different stages of spring. One such spot was on Kapuzinerberg, a small mountain located right in the city of Salzburg, which offered not only numerous forest walking paths to the top, but also an excellent view looking southwest across the Salzach river at the Hohensalzburg fortress (which itself looms over the historic old town). The above picture was taken on the morning of February 18, 2018 (three days after my arrival in Salzburg). I could...