Sunset Over Badlands, Utah, USA
I took this shot during a photo workshop last year in the Utah Badlands, and I love the area so much that I’m actually going back this coming April. This image was captured on our first evening, when our guide took us to a remote location near Hanksville in the Utah Badlands. After driving along […]
Ripples Of Windblown Sand, Sossusvlei, Namibia
I was completely enthralled by the smooth, silky, windblown, sculpted sand dunes in Namibia’s red sand desert near Dune No. 45. I went for a wee wander during the cooler, soft early evening light, where the low-angled sun revealed the textural ripples of windblown sand, with the sun illuminating the tops of the sparse vegetation […]
Monument Valley Icons, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
Monument Valley in Arizona is not a US National Park, but has the prestigious designation of Navajo Nation Tribal Park, of which there are only a few. I’d like to say it is challenging to see this view of the iconic East and West Mittens with Merrick Butte, but it is the centerpiece of the […]
Sand Dune Forming, Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley NP, USA
This image was taken at Mesquite Dunes in Death Valley just before sunrise in March. The winds picked up the night before, which was great because it removed all the annoying footprints. It was a bit of a challenge, as the wind was not subsiding once I positioned myself where I wanted to be. I […]
Sossusvlei Sunrise, Namib Desert, Namibia
Sossusvlei is a salt and clay pan surrounded by high sand dunes in the southern Namib Desert. It is among the most famous attractions in Namibia. I traveled there at dawn and climbed one of the huge sand dunes shortly after to catch the sunrise. From the top of the dune, I looked across the […]
Goblin Valley Sunset, Utah, USA
I spent a few hours in the afternoon wandering the endless hoodoos in Goblin Valley, Utah. I had been to the location before and, as a landscape photographer, it is pretty overwhelming, with so many hoodoos that blend into the landscape. This makes finding a nice composition very hard. After exploring for quite a while […]
Overflight Namib Desert, Namibia
At my first time in Namibia, I was lucky that the weather conditions were good and that other people were interested in a flight over the Namib to the coast of Namibia. We had a great day in Sossusvlei before, walking around between the dunes and in the vlei. We started in the late afternoon […]
Desert Sun Shade, Dune 45, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia
There isn’t a lot of relief from the desert sun near Dune Number 45, and latterly I was very grateful for this natural parasol providing much-needed shade. The early morning light turned the iron-rich sand dunes orange, with occasional gusts of hot desert wind blowing plumes of sand off the dune summit, framed against an […]
Wind Shaped Dunes, California Desert, USA
One of my favorite places to explore photographically is the badlands and deserts of the American Southwest. I usually spend several weeks exploring there every year in the fall to take advantage of cooler weather and colorful foliage. Travel throughout this entire region is challenging due to its massive size and the long driving distances […]
Dark Color Hills, Pisco, Peru
In August 2018, we travelled to Peru and Bolivia as members of an organised trip. Peru features a 1,555-mile (2,500 km) long, narrow desert strip along its Pacific coast, making up about 10% of the country and acting as one of the driest places on Earth. For that trip, I carried two identical Olympus cameras, […]