Monument Valley provides perhaps the most enduring and definitive images of the American West. The isolated red mesas and buttes surrounded by empty, sandy desert have been filmed and photographed countless times over the years for movies, adverts and holiday brochures. Because of this, the area may seem quite familiar, even on a first visit,…
Yellowstone Falls
Today, I’m jumping ahead to the last stop on our photographic odyssey, Yellowstone NP, Wyoming. One of the highlights of the park was the Yellowstone Falls, one of the few major attractions that was accessible this early in the season. The park as been open since April 15, but spring does not come early at…
Canyon de Chelly
The principal destination for the first day of our photo journey was the Canyon de Chelly National Monument, located in northeastern Arizona not far from the New Mexico Border. This comparatively little-known canyon is not as spectacular as others in Arizona or Utah but it does have sheer sandstone walls rising up to 1,000 feet, several…
Grand Photo Tour
I’ve just arrived home from Arizona following a 5-day photo safari on the way back to Alberta. I traveled with Howard Dingle, friend and photographer who flew down to Phoenix to join me for the drive home. In the course of the first 4 days we visited four national parks and a couple of more…
Echinopsis Cactus
I made a return visit today to the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix. I wanted to try some more floral shots using a telephoto lens. I don’t have a macro lens for close-ups but I can get a good close-up using a telephoto and standing back a bit to get focus. (My lens won’t focus…