During my recent trip to the Southwest I was inspired by the locations.I attempted to capture the narrative of these unique places.

In photography, timing and setting is everything and nothing is left to chance. An image can end in a moment or never materialize.

For example, the image of Mesa Arch was timed to get the sunburst above the arch which allowed the canyonlands underneath to be visible.

Also, the Sunset at Dead Horse Point was shot as the sun was setting in the west. At those few seconds on the top of the canyon ledge, a sunburst was captured.

Photographs of the Milky Way need dark skies and both Arches National Park and Monument Valley have minimum light pollution which is why I focused on night photography at those locations.

For all of my photography, minimum digital processing is used so the colors shown are what I saw in real-time. This is nature's palette.

Below are quick links to those galleries.