Road To The Mountains, El Arrayan Costero, Chile
I was traveling on Route 5 in northern Chile. It was early in the morning, and as you travel north, there is nothing but dry desert land. The temperature climbs high during the day, and at night, it is colder. There is a beauty to the landscape that is peaceful and calming. You can see […]
Madera Cactus, Madera Canyon, Arizona, USA
I’ve gone traveling again this weekend, searching for another Arizona landscape. One of my favorite areas in southern Arizona so far is Madera Canyon. It has so many different compositions for any nature or landscape photographer. I decided to go during sundown, as the sun sets in the west and reflects its light on the […]
Fiery Sunset, Bardenas Reales, Navarre, Spain
What a special sunset that was. I was hiking through Bardenas Reales the whole day and was getting tired late in the afternoon, and the weather was becoming cloudier by the minute. The next thing I knew, the sky was completely covered in clouds, winds started to pick up, and the pleasant day turned moody […]
Mesquite Flats Sunrise, Death Valley, CA, USA
Visiting Death Valley from the United Kingdom. A fabulous, cold early morning. Parked up and walked onto the flats. Lots of photographers were already there. Scrambled to the top of a dune and managed to get this shot.
Sculpted Sand, Sossusvlei, Namibia
The colour and shape of the Sossusvlei dunes are visually arresting: the colour determined by the light and the iron-oxide coating of the sand grains, the shape by pronounced daily and seasonal changes in dominant wind directions. It’s something of a cliché to write of sculpted sand, but I couldn’t forget the adjective; it seemed […]
Mojave Desert Sunset Near Chase, California, USA
This photo was birthed out of a tragedy. My wife’s uncle died unexpectedly in Pasadena, California. Getting flights from South Florida on short notice to attend his funeral was immensely challenging. We had great difficulty securing any reasonably priced flights into any of the Southern California airports, but we found one that fit our schedule […]
Moonscape Overlook, Badlands, Utah, USA
After getting up very early to catch the Milky Way over this area, we had no idea what we’d see when the sun came up. The sheer cliffside was quite the wake-up call. As the sun rose over the horizon and the view became visible, it was awe-inspiring—something that shouldn’t be missed.
Distant Storm, Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA
I was standing on the side of the road, looking at the amazing view, when someone standing next to me asked if you could do a panoramic without a tripod. I said, “I don’t know—let’s see.” I took my camera off the tripod, selected settings I felt comfortable with for a handheld shot, shifted my […]
Stir, West of Salt Lake City, USA
Salt Lake City lies next to two deserts and below a third, although the distinction between them is somewhat thin in many senses of the word. The salt that fills basins in the West Desert also turns the Great Salt Lake into its own kind of multimodal desert. The saline water creates a void that […]
Sandstone Window, Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA
I was looking at a sandstone arch across the street from this standalone outcropping. After I finished shooting pictures of the arch, I walked across the street to see what was happening at the outcropping. As I walked around, noticing the sunken and eroded areas, I found a small cover—almost like a shelter. I crawled […]