With these photographs I try capture the feeling of being free in the wilderness. I've been hiking for years, but small prints of snapshots taken from the trail never rekindled the feeling of actually being outdoors. I strive to create an immersive, deep image that brings back the chill of the wind and the smell of the trees. I've spent years developing a seamless mosaic technique that produces large and detailed prints that you can lose yourself in. I'm still practicing, so while this portfolio is small, I hope that you'll find the images inspiring. Enjoy!

Andrew Mihal is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of California, Berkeley. He currently lives and works in San Jose. Hiking is his escape from the everyday cubicle-grid world of electrical engineering. Photography is his way to remember past hikes and to daydream about future hikes. Andrew developed the open-source software program Enblend to help make seamless image mosaics.