Fine Art Nature Photography Blog

Introducing my newest photograph A Silence of Three Parts. I took this image on February 19, 2021. I spent two nights in this location and finally was able to capture a winter sunset photograph from this location I am proud of!

Mount Timpanogos is an amazing mountain...

You have ordered a fine art photographic print and are excited to have it hanging in your home. You have about a month before it arrives and you know exactly where it will hang. Now what? Have you considered how the ambient light in the room will affect the print? Have you thought about adding lights in the room to make sure the photograph really glows to its full potential?

Many times when you see a fine art photograph it is hanging in a gallery or an art show...

With the advent of Covid most art shows and festivals have been canceled. I am applying for shows that may take place later this year but who knows what the future holds. If you would like to see my photographs in person contact me and we can arrange a showing at your home or office...

Do you ever just long to be outside? You sit at a desk all day, day after day and dream of your last vacation when you enjoyed the beach for a week. Or maybe you dream of standing in a high alpine meadow as the sun sets on the snow-capped peaks to the songs of meadowlarks singing...

Monterey County, California is a dreamland of photography opportunities. I moved to the City of Monterey in 1987 as a 21-year-old man. I had lived there for four months in 1986 and fell in love with the area and photography...

Announcing my newest photograph "Home on the Range"! Taken while hiking with my wife on Antelope Island on the Great Salt Lake, Utah on Saturday afternoon, November 28,2020. This was a wonderful day to stretch our legs and just enjoying being outside and I really didn't expect to get any good photographs but you know me, I'm always on the lookout for a great shot! I captured this photograph when I walked to the edge of the hill to look off and saw these three cowboys on their horses, coming in from a day on the trail...

Announcing my new release of "Morning Meditation"! Taken at an undisclosed location, one of my favorite remote areas, for a client who commissioned me to capture this photograph. Taken on July 1, 2020 two days after a summer snowstorm it was COLD! I love high mountain areas like this, the sound of water gurgling out of beaver ponds, reflecting light in pools and watching the sunrise over the majestic peaks...

My wife and I took a quick hike on on Saturday October 31, 2020 to Willow Lake in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. I was hoping to get a photograph of the late fall aspen trees reflecting in the water and I was able to pull off a great shot! Check out the video of our little adventure!

Samhain (pronounced in the Irish "Sow" as in the female pig and "in") is a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter or "darker half" of the year...

My wife and I hiked the Clyde Lake loop trail on Saturday October 17, 2020. This trail starts at the Crystal Lake trailhead, is approximately 5.3 miles round trip and has an elevation gain of about 500 feet...

Announcing my newest release 'Bons-Eye View'! I spent two evenings October 7-8, 2020 photographing on the shore of Lake Tahoe, Nevada. There is one specific rock that has been named Bonsai Rock because of the bent and weathered trees on it...

Introducing my new product the Gallery Ultra Lumachrome Acrylic Mounted Print!

The Lumachrome process is engineered to surpass the limitations of pigment paper print...

My son and I hiked to Cuberant Lake in the Uinta Mountains of Utah on Saturday, October 3, 2020. We did this hike to see how hard it is, if we could handle it and if it had possibilities for great photography...

On a return visit to Yellowstone I decided to show the location at Mammoth Hot Springs and perspective of my photograph 'Spirit Dance.' This video shows how small the two trees are and how I was standing just above them on the board walk...

Introducing my new release Night Fire! I spent three nights in Yellowstone National Park September 4,5 and 6 2020 and had an amazing time! This night I befriended another photographer named Joe and we shot this scene and others...

I was interviewed again by Peggy Farren on her podcast! The Understand Photography Show is a Podcast and a video broadcast. Check out at this link below!
https://www.understandphotogra...

Introducing my new newest release of an abstract photograph done in the ICM (intentional camera movement) technique. I love doing abstract photographs when the conditions are right and this sunset night was a perfect setting for this...

Introducing my new photograph Spirit Dance! I took this photograph on 6/26/2020 at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. Though it looks like an aerial photograph these trees are only about two feet tall...

Check out my new photographs 'Space Dinghies' and 'Space Dinghies in a Row'! I took these two photographs on June 8, 2020 at Monterey, California in the early morning hours before the shops on Fisherman's Wharf opened...

Introducing my new release 'Buck Moon'! This photograph was taken on July 2, 2020 at 9:30 p.m. and was created by shooting 13 horizontal images and then combining them in Adobe Lightroom and then cropping them to this 2:5 ratio panoramic...

Announcing my new Sentinel Series of five photographs taken from the same location throughout the seasons. Quaking aspens are my favorite trees and when this grove caught my eye I became intrigued with them...

Relaxing near a waterfall is one of the most enjoyable things for me. In this case I sat here for hours and even ate my dinner here. I really didn't want to leave.

Announcing my new release Thomas Canyon Falls, taken June 30,2020! This was a wonderful waterfall to photograph and actually spent hours sitting there just enjoying the wonderful scene. This image is offered in Limited Edition printings of no more than 50 prints and also in Open Edition canvas gallery wrap prints...

Photographing is always an adventure and it gets even more interesting when you lock your keys in the car! Luckily I had cell phone service and was able to call a tow truck to open the door. Check out the video of this misadventure!

Thank you everyone who came out to my pop up gallery! It really turned out to be a great event! With all the art shows and events canceled this year I decided to do my own show. I shopped around and found a nice office space to rent for the day...

Photographing the Neowise comet was a once in a lifetime opportunity and I took a chance on a night that looked like nothing would happen and got lucky! We drove to the Bonneville Salt Flats on the Utah, Nevada border, set up and waited...

Introducing my new release of 'Summer Glow'.

Photographing in the high mountains is my favorite place to be. This night despite the lack of clouds made for an amazing evening. I love finding compositions that show the depth and detail of a scene, I love flowers and I love the last moment of sunlight touching the mountains...

New Release of my 'Comet Collection' series of three photographs of the Neowise Comet. Photographs taken 7/17/2020 and 7/20/202. Now available in limited edition printings of only 200 photographs.

Relaxing video from Garrapata State Park, California of wildflowers and waves. This was such an amazing place to photograph and I really enjoyed visiting the site again after so many years.

Announcing my new series Wildflowers and Waves! Four photographs taken on June 12, 2020 within a 45 minute time frame. Photographs taken at Garrapata State Park in Big Sur, California. Sold in Limited Edition printings of no more than 100 per image and also Open Edition printings on Gallery Wrapped Canvas...

This was such an amazing summer storm to photograph at Christmas Meadows, Utah! Being able to capture a rainbow over this magical scene was more than I could have hoped for. I hope you enjoy this video and photograph!