A White Pocket Golden Morning
This was one of my last photos taken on my visit to White Pocket. This mound is one of the most photographed landmarks at White Pocket. While I was taking photos this morning, I enjoyed the company of a professional photographer from Korea. He and a coworker had been camping here and taking images during […]
White Pocket Sunrise
I had reconned this location the night before. It was my planned milky way photo to capture that mound at night, which an overcast sky denied. See my White Pocket Sunset page, which shows the cloud cover. However, that concept would have been cool, if I could have also capture the milky way reflecting in […]
White Pocket Sunset
Returning late back into the White Pocket area missing the evening golden hour I centered my attention on framing up this image mostly because of the interesting cloud structure. Isn’t that ripple on the left side of the mound exceptional? This image is a composite of six photos. Three photos of the sky at 2 […]
White Pocket Steps
During this early morning blue hour period the dominate East side mound can be found gaining some of the first morning light of golden hour, while the foreground still retains a bit of the blue cast. This is series of 8 images with an exposure range of 3.2 to 1.3 seconds with a -7/10 exposure […]
Church Rock
A common route taken on my annual photography trips into the Arizona and Southern Utah area is along the US Highway 160. On this particular trip the clouds were remarkably fluffy. Though I was running late, as I approached Church Rock Valley, the scenery demanded a pause to attempt to capture an image. This image […]
A Tree Frames The Cathedral
When bad weather deviated my plans to visit the Wave, I retreated South to Sedona to photograph a few locations. Taking a picture of the Cathedral Rock was one of the prime subjects I wanted to capture. Research showed that along the Upper Red Rock Loop Road there were several scenic overlooks that were popular […]
Cathedral Rock Reflection
📍 Photographing Cathedral Rock: Reflections, Timing, and Terrain Cathedral Rock at sunset is a siren call for many photographers—but capturing a strong composition requires more than pointing a camera toward red rock glory. This post dives into the how behind one image: from scouting and timing, to gear setup and visual harmony. 🗺️ Scouting from […]
Great Sand Dunes Site Guide
Summary Experience the photographic opportunities year-round at the tallest dunes in North America. While the dunes are the centerpiece, the preserves are a diverse landscape of grasslands, wetlands, conifer and aspen forests, alpine lakes, and tundra offering photographers a plethora of photo opportunities. At night photographers can enjoy a startling starry sky on moonless nights […]
Photography Options for Cathedral Rock
One of the dominate geological features found in the Sedona area is the ever popular Cathedral Rock, which is often used as a wedding photo shot backdrop and a location where numerous day hikers climb to take one or two breath taking Instagram photos from between the two pinnacles. In the winter of 2021, in […]
Photographing the Goosenecks
Situated in southeast Utah, north of Mexican Hat and east of the Valley of the Gods (see below map) is a unique landscape feature formed from over 300 million years of geological activity. Here, you’ll find that the San Juan River has carved out a series of tight turns, referred to as goosenecks, below the […]