Welcome to the Adventure Photography Blog!
Here you will find some of the adventure stories behind the photographs and (of course) more photos. It has been a lot of fun creating this because you can see the evolution and melding of both adventuring and photography. In 2003, taking a point-and-shoot camera with me was an option. Today I would feel lost without my gear. You also start to see composition, technique, and even lighting evolve and mature over the years. Enjoy and please leave a comment if you see something interesting.
(Note: Please pardon the approximate 4 year gap. The blog is one of the more difficult things to generate... partially because there is just so much content but also because I am attempting to recall the details of trips that I took in 2012 and at the same time also adding new and exciting entries. I promise to fill that gap soon. Thank you.)
Not All Who Wander are Lost (Part 2)
July 29, 2018
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So I just had to create a part 2 to the "Not All Who Wander Are Lost" blog. The reason being, this camping trip was truly EPIC in that it embraces adventure, wandering, and getting lost in nature! Perhaps it was because I checked out Google Earth in the days prior and picked out the spot. Perhaps it was the fact that the spot was close to the convf...
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Not All Who Wander are Lost (Part 1)
July 11, 2018
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For the first half of 2018, I have not gone on any major excursions (what is wrong with me??!!), but that's not to say I haven't gotten away and enjoyed a hike or a beautiful scene. Here are a handful of little road trips that collectively are worth posting...
In March, I headed north of Phoenix to a place called the Agua Fria National Monument an...
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Southeast Utah in Winter
December 23, 2017
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Okay, this was an awesome trip!! On the week before Christmas in 2017, I made spontaneous plans to head up to Northeast Arizona and Southeast Utah for what would have been 4 nights. Yeah, I caught some kind of sinus infection, and yeah, I got snowed-in in Moab (ended up staying 5 nights), but I've got to tell you, it was totally worth it!
So I fli...
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Camping at Promontory Butte on the Mogollon Rim
November 24, 2017
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Over Thanksgiving weekend, my Brother and I decided to go camping up on the Mogollon Rim near Christopher Creek. Any other year, there would probably be 3 inches of snow on the ground and it would be quite cold, especially considering The Rim is around 7,900 feet in elevation. However, we have had an unusually mild winter, and the temperature in th...
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Trip to Flagstaff Arizona
October 21, 2017
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In late October of 2017, I decided to flip on up to Flagstaff and do some day hiking. I decided to hike at one of my all-time favorite places known as Lockett Meadow. This is near the base of the San Francisco Peaks, which is a series of peaks that were left over from a massive eruption eons ago. The caldera left over from the eruption is known as...
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White Mountain of Arizona (Part 2)
July 05, 2017
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As you probably know, the summers in Phoenix are pretty brutal, and as a result, nearly every weekend there is a mass exodus of a fair amount of the 4.57 million Phoenicians to the cooler parts of Arizona. For four weekends in a row, I joined that exodus and explored some of the lesser known areas of the state, including Sycamore Canyon, the Mogoll...
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White Mountains of Arizona (Part 1)
June 18, 2017
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As you probably know, the summers in Phoenix are pretty brutal, and as a result, nearly every weekend there is a mass exodus of a fair amount of the 4.57 million Phoenicians to the cooler parts of Arizona. For four weekends in a row, I joined that exodus and explored some of the lesser known areas of the state, including Sycamore Canyon, the Mogoll...
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Capitol Reef National Park
December 21, 2016
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My second stop during the December 2016 trip to southern Utah was to Capitol Reef National Park. This was an absolutely amazing journey into a very remote part of the United States. In fact, Capitol Reef, and the surrounding areas such as Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument were the last areas in the US to be explored and charted on a map!...
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Zion National Park
December 19, 2016
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I am so excited to be posting this blog entry that I skipped everything between 2011 and 2016. I promise to get back to filling in the gap soon!
So over the Christmas holiday in 2016, I decided to take a trip up to southern Utah. My plan was to spend a couple of days in Zion National Park and then drive the scenic UT-12 over to a park I had never...
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Red Mountain Trail in Flagstaff
June 24, 2012
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It has basically been a decade between the time I hiked the Red Mountain trail and the time I'm writing this entry. For whatever reason, I remember it like it was yesterday. I think that is because of just how cool it is to say that I have hiked into a volcano! An extinct one, sure, but a volcano nonetheless.
I did this hike in June of 2012 and I...
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Lake Marion South Carolina
May 26, 2012
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This trip was not exactly a stellar hiking and photography adventure, but it was a great time spent with my Family. My Brother drove down from Ohio and my Niece came in from nearby Summerville and we ended up spending a week at a rental house right on Lake Marion in Santee South Carolina. My Brother is a huge fisherman... maybe semi-pro in that he'...
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Arches and Canyonlands National Parks
January 02, 2012
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Well 2011 was a year for the record books as far as adventures and photo opportunities. Is it even possible that 2012 would be better? I suppose it is possible... but I will let you be the judge. In 2012, I had the pleasure of visiting 9 unique and special places, and it started off with a trip to Moab Utah and visits to nearby Arches and Canyonlan...
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Rocky Mountain National Park (Colorado Adventure - Part 2)
September 23, 2011
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Half the fun of a destination in getting there right? RIGHT! Part two of my adventure in the state of Colorado is about getting there and coming back home. It took us two days to get to RMNP, and going up and coming back were two completely different routes, and they were both adventures in and of themselves.
On the way up, we drove through Gallup...
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Rocky Mountain National Park (Colorado Adventure - Part 1)
September 19, 2011
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In September of 2011, my friend Kristen and I decided to plan a trip up to Colorado over 12 days, which ended up being an epic adventure. So much so that I had to split it up into a 2-part blog! The ultimate destination of this tour of Colorado (and part 1 of the blog) was Rocky Mountain National Park. We stayed in a sweet cabin in the charming tow...
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Relaxation in Cancun Mexico
May 09, 2011
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So, I don't know if I would classify this as Adventure Photography, and it is out of the ordinary for this blog, but it was such a amazing trip that I just had to share. Hey, even adventure photographers need a break from the ordinary once in awhile and this trip was exactly that in that it centered around relaxation, walks on the beach at sunrise...
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