I am now saving for retirement - hence the motivation for the 2nd edition. I also started a business selling firewood, but its sales are so seasonal, that I have renamed it Conifer Logs and Photos – so that I can sell photos and this book, and that is where I am booking the sales of the 2nd edition. If the download sales go well, I may consider printing books in full color on thick glossy stock with a hard cover. However, quality color printing is expensive and minimum printing orders are in the thousands of books. I may also offer archival quality photographs of some of the photos in the book, for sale via the mail, depending on the success of this website. I had always wanted to sell my pictures, and came up with the idea and theme for this book in the summer of 1993 when I was visiting Canada. The pictures have been taken on 35 mm film and the largest medium format film available. I have been taking photos on 35 mm film since the 1960s. I moved to Colorado in 1977 and have visited the national parks of the western United States many times. By the mid-1980s, I started shooting larger format film – first on 6 x 4.5 cm which proved too small for scenic photography, then to 4 x 5 inch (Toyo view camera) which was too big (or perhaps I should say too much trouble), and then to 6 x 7 cm (Pentax 67) and 6 x 9 cm (Fuji) which were just right for my purposes. When scanned with a quality film scanner, medium format file sizes can exceed 300 MB for just one photo. Needless to say, the chapters available for download have photos that are significantly downsized for sales over the internet. In any event, I hope you enjoy this new 2nd edition, and wish you many happy trails! Sincerely, Home | History | Downloads Page | Index
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The 1st edition of the book was printed in early 1994 with a color cover, yet with interior pages in black and white. There were 92 pages plus the introductory material. I stopped selling this 1st edition in the summer of 1994 and started giving away copies for free. Unfortunately, there are now copies of this first edition selling for ridiculous prices (over $180.00) on the internet. I do not receive any royalties nor payments for those sales, and I still own the copyright on all editions. Much of the information in the 1st edition is superceded by the 2nd edition, and all photos are now in color.