During one of my many hikes through Arizona, I snapped this picture looking up a saguaro cactus. These are pretty neat cacti and flower from the ends of their stalks. These suckers are everywhere around Phoenix, AZ.

A picture of a blooming cholla taken somewhere north of Phoenix, AZ in the Tonto National Forest. Pretty neat area to hike through, and surprisingly full of life for it being a desert.

A cholla skeleton that was baking in the desert sun. Tonto National Forest north of Phoenix, AZ.

I took a trip to Zion National Park in the spring one year, and it was amazing. Number one recommended National Park for photography and hiking.

Zion is a really amazing park. It offers up many different ecosystems depending on what elevation you are at. We hiked into some gorgeous areas with this being one of them.

This is a view from about half way up the trail to Angels Landing. Zion NP offers some of the most amazing scenes. This is a bucket list hike. Do it!

While at Zion NP, you can get to some really neat areas where the water is flowing over the top of you. This is the case here. The sun is blowing out some of the mountain details, but the water drops look stunning framed by such beauty.

Some enormously tall canyons zigzag through Capitol Reef National Park in Southern Utah. Lots of interesting hiking here, and even Fremont Petroglyphs. My buddy is hiking in front of me for scale.

It’s hard to get good pictures of the Grand Canyon due to atmospheric effects. I always shoot with a UV filter, but it generally isn’t enough when photographing such epic distances. I’ve applied a few filters here, but the effects came out well.

Another picture of the Grand Canyon. Similar filtering applied as the previous image. Pretty cool vistas.