Whitewater Photography
My Dad running our family down Jaws on the Middle Fork of the Flathead in the early 90’s. I am the shadow down by my Dad’s right knee trying to grab my hat out of the bottom of the boat!
Here I am being re-educated on how to balance my boat for big whitewater properly. Not sure how we didn’t flip tbh!
Running the Lochsa with my good friends Gabe and Brian on a 6’ day.
My brother Ray (front), me (oars) and Gabe after finishing up our Schafer Meadows trip in 2010.
In addition to exposing me to Photography at a young age, my father was also a part time River Guide in the early 80’s and I grew up rafting with my family in our Riken River Rider 15 bucket boat. My love for the river is an intense as my love for photography so it seems only natural to combine the two.
As a rafter I know how difficult it is to get good quality photos of yourself on the river. In this era of GoPro’s and Drones it has become more accessible, but High Quality photos that can be printed and hung on a wall are still in short supply.
Last year I spent Memorial Day Weekend at Lochsa Falls in Idaho to take photos of my many rafting friends that I have met thru years of rafting there. I decided to not limit myself to taking only photos of the people I knew but of everyone I could.
Below is a small selection of the 15,000 photos I took that weekend. I am working on a plan to make the best photos from last year available for download and print by St. Patty’s Day this year.
Select Photos from these days are available as prints under the Prints Tab on my page:
I also am planning on spending this Memorial Day Weekend taking photos and making them available soon after. So please tell your friends, share my page and spread the word.
Please bear with me as I work on this plan and check back for updates.
A still frame from my GoPro on the Lochsa. My friend Gary (of Log Riding and surfing fame) center spiking the river.
An elderly man in black wetsuit surfing on a small wave in a river or ocean.
Person kayaking on rapid river, wearing a helmet and blue life jacket, navigating through white water with rocks.
Person whitewater kayaking on rough river with white foam, wearing a helmet and life jacket, in a blue kayak labeled 'Legend'.
Person kayaking in white water rapids, wearing a blue helmet and green sunglasses.
Two people white-water rafting on a river in a yellow inflatable raft, wearing helmets and life jackets, paddling through rapids.
Two people white water rafting in rough river rapids, one holding a paddle with a yellow blade, inside an orange raft.
Person wearing a helmet kayaking in whitewater rapids.
A person falling into rushing river water during whitewater rafting, with the raft flipped upside down.
Two people in a blue kayak and a person in an orange raft navigating white water rapids.
Person kayaking in white water rapids, wearing a white helmet, red jacket, and black gloves.
A person wearing a white helmet, yellow jacket, and sunglasses white kayaking through turbulent white water rapids.
Person wearing a red helmet and blue jacket kayaking in white water rapids.
A person wearing a blue helmet and green jacket is flipping over during whitewater rafting in a rushing river.
Person kayaking in turbulent whitewater rapids, wearing a helmet and life jacket, holding a yellow paddle.
A person wearing a white helmet and black wetsuit white water kayaking on a turbulent river, gripping a red paddle, with splashing white foam around.
A person wearing a blue jacket, helmet, and sunglasses paddling a white inflatable kayak through turbulent rapids.
Group of people white water rafting on a river with rocks and rapids, wearing life jackets and helmets.
A group of people wearing life jackets and helmets whitewater rafting on a river, battling rough rapids.
Three people white water rafting in a green inflatable raft navigating through turbulent rapids.
Two people in a bright green kayak navigating rough whitewater rapids, wearing safety gear including helmets and life jackets.
Group of four white-water rafters navigating turbulent rapids in a red inflatable raft, wearing helmets and life jackets, with paddles in hand.
Person falling out of red kayak in white water rapids with kayak paddles nearby.
Person kayaking on white water rapids in a forested area.
Person kayaking in white water river with rocks, wearing a helmet and life jacket.
Person white water rafting in a blue raft on a rapid river filled with white water and rocks, wearing a helmet and life jacket, surrounded by green trees.
Group of five people white water rafting in a rapid, wearing life jackets and helmets, with one person at the front paddling and others holding paddles, surrounded by splashing water.
A group of people in a blue raft are capsizing in white water rapids during whitewater rafting.
People rafting in rough water, with one person falling out of the raft and the others in the water holding paddles.
A person wearing a red helmet and black waterproof gear is falling into rough white water during white-water rafting, with their arm extended and grabbing a blue paddle.
A person wearing a black helmet and orange and red waterproof clothing is falling into the water during white-water kayaking, with water splashing around.
Person wearing a helmet and yellow life jacket whitewater kayaking through turbulent water with waves and rocks.
Person in yellow and black gear navigating whitewater rapids in a kayak.
A person in a yellow jacket and black helmet navigating white water rapids in a red kayak.
Person white water kayaking through rapids in a river with white foam and rocks in the background.
Person wearing a helmet and life vest white kayaking through rough, white water rapids
A person wearing a helmet, life jacket, and waterproof clothing is kayaking in rough white water rapids, holding a paddle.
Group of people wearing helmets and life jackets whitewater rafting on a river with large waves.
A person wearing a white helmet and pink jacket white kayaking through white water rapids with two orange kayaks attached to their kayak.
Person white water kayaking in turbulent river, wearing helmet and life jacket.
A person wearing a yellow life jacket and blue helmet paddling a blue inflatable raft through white water rapids.
Two people in life jackets and helmets are white water rafting, with one person upside down in rough white water.
A person in a black wetsuit and helmet is upside down in turbulent white water, holding a yellow paddle, after their green inflatable raft capsized during white water rafting.
Four people wearing life jackets and helmets white, blue, and green, are paddling a blue raft through white water rapids during a rafting adventure.
Two people on a blue raft in white water rapids, one is upside down with legs in the air, wearing a helmet and life jacket, the other person, also wearing a helmet and life jacket, is sitting and holding an oar.
Person wearing a helmet and life jacket navigating white water rapids in a green kayak with a yellow paddle.
Person white-water kayaking through rough rapids, wearing a helmet and red jacket.
Person capsized in a green kayak during whitewater rafting, partially submerged with paddles and safety gear visible.
A person wearing a yellow jacket, helmet, and sunglasses paddling a kayak through rough white water rapids.
A person kayaking in white water rapids, wearing a red helmet and colorful life jacket, with a blue tandem kayak nearby.
Two people in kayaks navigating through white water rapids, one kayaking in an orange kayak and the other in a blue kayak, both wearing helmets and life jackets.
A person in a helmet and life jacket paddles a blue kayak in white water rapids, with an orange and black kayak overturned nearby.
Person kayaking through rapids in a river, wearing a helmet and life jacket.
A person in a white helmet and black wetsuit paddling a blue kayak through white water rapids.
Person white water kayaking on rough river with white waves, wearing a helmet and protective gear.
A person wearing a helmet and pink jacket paddling an orange kayak through rough white water rapids.
Person wearing a helmet and a purple jacket paddling a kayak through white water rapids.
Person in a pink jacket and white helmet kayaking through white water rapids in a river.
Person in a blue and black life jacket and white helmet paddling a blue kayak through rushing whitewater rapids.
Person white water rafting in turbulent rapids, wearing a helmet and life jacket.
A kayak is flipped upside down in turbulent white water rapids, with a paddle lodged nearby.
a person kayaking through whitewater rapids, wearing a turquoise helmet and a dark wetsuit, holding an orange paddle, with a green kayak.
Person white water kayaking in a river with green water, wearing a helmet and life vest, holding a paddle.
Two people white water rafting on a river with fast-moving, frothy water and waves, wearing helmets and life jackets.
Person whitewater rafting in a blue inflatable boat, wearing a yellow life jacket and blue helmet, paddling amidst rough white water.
Two people white water rafting in a rapid, wearing helmets and life vests, with a green raft and paddles amidst splashing water.
Two people engage in white water rafting, maneuvering a green raft through turbulent water while wearing helmets and life jackets.
Rafting boat capsized in turbulent river with paddlers struggling in white water.
Three individuals wearing helmets and life jackets rescue a green inflatable raft with two gray cylinders in a river with white water.
Person wearing a green helmet and life jacket navigating white water rapids on a red inflatable kayak.
Two people in safety gear and helmets navigating rough waters in a red inflatable raft with paddles during whitewater rafting.
Two people white-water rafting in a red inflatable raft, wearing helmets and life jackets, navigating the rapids.
Three people wearing helmets and waterproof gear rafting through rough white water rapids.
A group of five people white-water rafting in a river with turbulent water and white foam.
Two people in a blue raft navigating white water rapids, one person falls upside down into the water, wearing helmets and life jackets.
Two people in a bright green kayak upside down in turbulent white water rapids, wearing helmets and life jackets.
A person wearing a red jacket, black helmet, and safety gear navigating white water rapids on a kayak.
A person wearing a helmet and red shirt paddling a canoe through turbulent white water rapids with two other people partially submerged.
A person in a red jacket and black helmet paddling a bright green inflatable raft on a rough, fast-moving river with white water and rocks.
A person in a red jacket capsizing a green kayak in rough, white-water rapids.
Person in red jacket capsizes boat in rushing water, with green kayak turned upside down and water splashing around.
A person falls into the water during whitewater kayaking, with the kayak overturned and the paddler submerged.
A person wearing a helmet and life jacket falling into the water near a boat while holding onto the side of the boat during white-water rafting.
A person in a yellow jacket and helmet paddling a white kayak through rough whitewater rapids.
Person white water rafting on a river, paddling a blue raft.
A person wearing a helmet and life jacket is kayaking in a rapid, whitewater river.
A man wearing a helmet, life jacket, and waterproof gear paddles a blue inflatable raft through turbulent white water rapids.
Two people wearing helmets and life jackets paddling a blue kayak through turbulent white water rapids.
Two people in life jackets and helmets white water rafting in a blue inflatable raft on a river with rapids.
Two people in life jackets and helmets white water rafting in a rapid river.
Two people white-water rafting in a kayak with helmets and life jackets, navigating rough waters.
Person kayaking in white water rapids, wearing a blue helmet and black wetsuit.
Person performing a headstand on a wakeboard while riding a river wave, wearing a wetsuit and holding a rope.
A person in a red helmet and life jacket appears to be falling into rough white water while kayaking, with a blue kayak nearby in turbulent rapids.
Two people in kayaks navigating whitewater rapids, one in a blue kayak and the other in an orange kayak, wearing helmets and life jackets.
Two people rafting in a blue and orange inflatable boat on rough white water rapids surrounded by lush green trees.
A person kayaking in a river with white water, holding a paddle, surrounded by greenery.