Photo credits
Where the photography comes from.
Every image on this site is either my own, in the public domain, or used under a Creative Commons licence. Credits and licences below — because getting the small things right is the point.
My own photography
© Joel E. Bernardini. All rights reserved. Please ask before reusing.
- Homepage hero — the Steamboat ski area in summer hero-steamboat-summer.jpg
- Homepage / default share card — Steamboat base area og-steamboat.jpg
- Steamboat Springs — winter chairlift og-towns-steamboat-springs.jpg
- On the Mountain — snow-flocked glades og-steamboat-on-the-mountain.jpg
- Ski-in/Ski-out — slopeside home og-ski-in-ski-out-steamboat.jpg
- Downtown & Fish Creek — Fish Creek Falls og-downtown-steamboat-fish-creek.jpg
- On the Water — Fish Creek Falls og-steamboat-on-the-water.jpg
- Trails & Hiking — a Steamboat trail og-steamboat-trails-hiking.jpg
- Downtown Nightlife — a summer evening event og-steamboat-downtown-nightlife.jpg
- Live Music — a mountain concert og-steamboat-live-music-concerts.jpg
- Things to Do — the ski hill in summer og-things-to-do-steamboat-springs.jpg
- Areas hub — Yampa Valley ranch land og-colorado-high-country.jpg
- Portrait of Joel E. Bernardini joel-headshot.jpg
- Trails — Mad Creek barn (trail review) mad-creek-barn.jpg
- Trails — Spring Creek, with Gizmo (trail review) spring-creek-gizmo.jpg
- Nightlife — live music at the Steamboat Pro Rodeo img/steamboat-pro-rodeo-live-music-night.jpg
- Nightlife — dancing at the Steamboat Pro Rodeo img/steamboat-pro-rodeo-dancing-night.jpg
- Feeder page — California coast, sailboats img/california-coast-sailboats.jpg
- Feeder page — California coast, red sailboat img/california-coast-red-sailboat.jpg
- Feeder page — California coast, harbor img/california-coast-harbor.jpg
- Accent — yarrow & ferns (hot springs page) img/wildflower-yarrow-ferns.jpg
- Accent — trail wildflowers (things to do) img/wildflower-cow-parsnip.jpg
- Accent — valley wildflowers (relocating) img/wildflower-valley-summer.jpg
Public domain
Public-domain photography — most from the Carol M. Highsmith Archive at the U.S. Library of Congress (no known copyright restrictions), plus a few public-domain images via Wikimedia Commons. No attribution is legally required; credited here as a courtesy.
- Colorful hotel and bar in the tiny town of Alma in Park County, Colorado — Carol M. Highsmith · Library of Congress, Public domain (no known restrictions) og-alma-colorado.jpg
- Overview of the Bachelor Gulch condominium community in Avon, Colorado, west of Vail — Carol M. Highsmith · Library of Congress, Public domain (no known restrictions) og-avon-colorado.jpg
- Downtown Breckenridge, Colorado — Carol M. Highsmith · Library of Congress, Public domain (no known restrictions) og-breckenridge-colorado.jpg
- Skiers wait their turn at the Copper Mountain resort near Frisco in Summit County, Colorado — Carol M. Highsmith · Library of Congress, Public domain (no known restrictions) og-copper-mountain-colorado.jpg
- Biking along the picturesque Dillon Reservoir in Dillon, Colorado — Carol M. Highsmith · Library of Congress, Public domain (no known restrictions) og-dillon-colorado.jpg
- Sweeping plain between mountain foothills near Fairplay in Park County, Colorado — Carol M. Highsmith · Library of Congress, Public domain (no known restrictions) og-fairplay-colorado.jpg
- Distant view of Dillon Reservoir, near Frisco, Colorado — Carol M. Highsmith · Library of Congress, Public domain (no known restrictions) og-frisco-colorado.jpg
- Lake Granby in Grand County, Colorado, the third-largest body of water in the state — Carol M. Highsmith · Library of Congress, Public domain (no known restrictions) og-granby-colorado.jpg
- Aerial view of Gypsum, Colorado, near Eagle County Regional Airport — Carol M. Highsmith · Library of Congress, Public domain (no known restrictions) og-gypsum-colorado.jpg
- Snowy meadow between Hayden and Craig in northwest Colorado — Carol M. Highsmith · Library of Congress, Public domain (no known restrictions) og-hayden-colorado.jpg
- Dusk in Leadville, high in Colorado's Rocky Mountains. The lights on this and other taverns in town waste no time coming alive in color — Carol M. Highsmith · Library of Congress, Public domain (no known restrictions) og-leadville-colorado.jpg
- Now-abandoned ranch cabins in North Park, Colorado. (Coloradans in this remote part of the state, near the Wyoming line, call their valleys "parks.") The surrounding Park Range is a spectacular portion of the Rocky Mountains. This vast area, up dirt roads out of Walden, Colorado, in Jackson County, one of the the least-populated counties in America, is somewhat like a beautiful national park but minus tourists and their inconsiderate behavior — Carol M. Highsmith · Library of Congress, Public domain (no known restrictions) og-north-park-colorado.jpg
- Aerial view of Oak Creek, Colorado - DPLA - 6cfe6dd799bde9e88a61b165ec9f98db.jpg — (Wikimedia contributor) · Wikimedia Commons, Public domain og-oak-creek-south-routt.jpg
- View of Dillon Reservoir, high in Colorado's Rocky Mountains, near Silverthorne — Carol M. Highsmith · Library of Congress, Public domain (no known restrictions) og-silverthorne-colorado.jpg
- A cyclist approaches on the bike trail along Dillon Reservoir, outside Frisco, Colorado — Carol M. Highsmith · Library of Congress, Public domain (no known restrictions) og-summit-county-guide.jpg
- One of Lake County, Colorado's Twin Lakes, near the small town of the same name at the east end of the Top of the Rockies Independence Pass — Carol M. Highsmith · Library of Congress, Public domain (no known restrictions) og-twin-lakes-colorado.jpg
- Skiers on Vail Mountain in the resort of Vail, Colorado, west of Denver — Carol M. Highsmith · Library of Congress, Public domain (no known restrictions) og-vail-colorado.jpg
- Winter Park Base Area.JPG — Jameschipmunk at English Wikipedia · Wikimedia Commons, Public domain og-winter-park-colorado.jpg
Creative Commons — Wikimedia Commons
Used under the Creative Commons licences noted, which require attribution. Follow each link for the original file and full licence terms.
- Steamboat Lake State Park - Misha Abend 01.jpg — MtBotany, CC BY-SA 4.0 og-clark-north-routt.jpg
- Fraser, Colorado Town Hall.JPG — Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0 og-fraser-colorado.jpg
- A family snow tubing at Keystone Resort in Colorado.JPG — David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0 og-keystone-colorado.jpg
- Stagecoach Reservoir in Colorado (54127802869).jpg — Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0 og-stagecoach-colorado.jpg
- Horsetooth Reservoir.jpg — Lvaughn7, CC BY-SA 4.0 hero-for-tucker.jpg