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2025 A Year of Challenges
2025 A Year of Challenges
December 27, 2025  |  Southern Utah

As of writing this, Christmas is in two days and new years is seven days after that. Just a few days ago I wrapped up my first workshop with Nature Photography Collective. Three days before that I made it for the second time to a once in a lifetime location...

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Two Days In Escalante
Two Days In Escalante
October 28, 2025  |  Escalante Canyons, Utah
The Set Up

Every morning these days I wake up and the first step hurts. Ever since I got foot surgery in December I have been dealing with Plantar Fasciitis. So when I woke up and took my first step on Friday it was no different...

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The Goat Trail, My Tale Photographing Alaska
The Goat Trail, My Tale Photographing Alaska
October 6, 2025  |  Wrangles St. Elias National Park
Part 1- An Arrogant Man I Am

Ever been so confident in your own abilities that you didn’t put your full effort into something but you should of? Though I look at myself and see an overweight landscape photographer, I also see myself as someone who can hike 7 miles because I can...

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My Top 12 of 2024
My Top 12 of 2024
December 29, 2024

A photographer whom I know and respect recently talked about how sometimes you feel up's and downs. Droughts in his creativity, is actually more on par with what he said, but the idea is about the same...

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A Year In Review
A Year In Review
December 7, 2024  |  Southern Utah

My year in review... Be gone 2024!

The year from hell is finally wrapping up. So long 2024! You provided contrast. So many dark lows and so many high highs. You had it all...

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Photographing Auroras in Southern Utah
Photographing Auroras in Southern Utah
October 11, 2024  |  Zion National Park, Utah


The northern lights are a phenomena that generally occurs at high latitudes. From my understanding it is caused by charged particles coming off from the sun that interact with the magnetic fields high above the earth resulting in a dance of colors that have intrigued people for as long as they have been people...

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From 2023 to 2024, Accomplishments and Future Goals
From 2023 to 2024, Accomplishments and Future Goals
January 2, 2024
There and Back Again, A Photographers Tail

Low and behold a year has gone and a new year has arrived. As I begin writing this I firmly sit two days into the new year, but the past year is still fresh on the mind...

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Know Thy Deserts- A Journey Through Americas Great Deserts
Know Thy Deserts- A Journey Through Americas Great Deserts
3/21/2023  |  American Southwest

I have completed a life goal I never knew I had until it was presented to me. I finally visited all of North Americas great deserts. Yes there are four deserts in North America, but lets include the Colorado Plateau because I am biased towards it, and that makes five for this article...

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Chasing Waterfalls in Zion Sunday
Chasing Waterfalls in Zion Sunday
1/16/2023  |  Zion National Park, Utah

My adventure of chasing waterfalls in Zion in mid January 2023

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Photographing Emerald Pools
Tips For Photographing Emerald Pools
1/4/2023  |  Zion National Park


Emerald Pools is Zion National Park is one of those areas that has huge hit and miss potential. In fall it is a huge hit, in summer it is mostly just green and usually falls in the category of miss photogenically...

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An Excursion of Zion's West Desert
An Excursion of Zion's West Desert
1/5/2023  |  Zion National Park, Utah


The gold standard for catching exceptional grand landscape photos of the front half of Zion National Park is the following formula.

Stormy Conditions. Clear skies to the west...
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Photographing the Great Salt Lake
Photographing the Great Salt Lake
12/3/2022  |  Salt Flats


A few weeks back I was visiting my parents home in Northern Utah. I had been itching to go somewhere for a while so after looking around at my options I decided to re-visit the salt flats...

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Photographing the Paria River, Tips and More
Photographing the Paria River, Tips and More
March 11, 2022  |  Paria River, Arizona

The Paria River shows up regularly as one of the most famous backpacking trips in the United States. I just had the opportunity to go, so let's talk about it.

I am going to state this right now, the best cheap material for planning your trip in the way of maps and details on the trail is the 4-8 dollar flip map/guide produced by the BLM...

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