Echoes of the Black Place
“It was a surreal moment to finally stand in the area where Georgia O’Keeffe once painted.”
Reflections on Bears Ears: Beauty, History, and a Changing Landscape
“They are a reminder that this desert was—and remains—a home, a place of survival, and a site of cultural identity.”
Midnight at Double Arch
“I remember standing beneath the Double Arch, feeling incredibly small under the weight of the moonlit sky.”
Angel Peak, New Mexico
“It is one of those places where the name perfectly captures the spirit of the topography”
Hidden Splendor of the Pleiades
“While we see the brilliant, hot stars that dominate the cluster, we remain blind to the breathtaking cosmic environment that surrounds them.”
Quietude in Capitol Reef: A Moment in the Fruita Valley
“There are places in the American West that seem to capture time itself,”
The Silent Sentinels of Joshua Tree
“It took only climbing up some boulders above camp to photograph this scene. It’s right in the campground!”
Mt. Shasta from Weed
“But here's the genius of it: the archway, designed to be seen from the road, does something incredible”
The Dramatic Beauty of a Tulip Past Its’ Prime
“There’s something about a flower just past its prime that feels a lot more honest. It’s got that "I just woke up and haven't had coffee" energy. “
Confessions from the End of the Jetty, Borlänge, Sweden
“I remember distinctly the crushing weight of the solitude. Not a sad solitude, but the kind where your brain momentarily glitches and thinks, "Am I the only thing left?" That’s the feeling I wanted to photograph.”
Photographing the California Coastline: The Magic of Battery Point Lighthouse
The sky, though. It was giving me "50 Shades of Grey's-about-to-rain" moodiness, but you know what? It worked. The dramatic clouds actually made the bright pink ground and the white lighthouse pop even more.
A Portal to the Past
“I found this beauty tucked into the stone folds of the castle complex. Look at that ironwork! The blacksmith clearly had a thing for "S" curves…”
Desert Prism
What began as a soft glow suddenly fractured. It wasn't just one sun. Shimmering symmetrically on either side, painted with subtle spectral golds and pale blues, were two clear, unmistakable sundogs—a phenomenon known as parhelia. The ice crystals were bending the light like a prism, giving the desert a triple-sun canopy.
Georgia O’Keeffe’s ‘Silent People’: The Caprock Column of Ghost Ranch
They call formations like this the ‘Silent People.’ I’m not sure if it’s more eerie or comforting, but standing on this trail, surrounded by these towering, eroded figures, you definitely get the sense that you are being watched by something ancient.
Capturing the Scale of Yosemite’s Grizzly Giant
Capturing this image required me to practically lay flat on the pine needles, much to the amusement, I’m sure, of the tourists passing by.