I’ve been going through my library of photographs, dating back several years. My primary purpose is to weed out photos I no longer wish to retain, consisting of duplicates, pictures very similar to others and some photos that simply aren’t very good. Despite my efforts, I still have over 25,000 images on file. I seem…
Category: Utah
Scenes from 2018 Photo Tour
Our photo tour took us to a number of interesting places in addition to our primary destination, Capitol Reef National Park. We made some stops along the way to take advantage of some very picturesque locations. One such stop was the Hite Overlook, off Utah State Route 95. Today’s first picture features the Colorado River,…
Capitol Reef National Park
Last week was a big one for photography, our annual junket to northern Arizona and southern Utah. This year, we had a group of three including Barry Stewart and Paul Staley. Our prime destination was Capitol Reef National Park, located in south-central Utah, 10 hours distant from Scottsdale. Capitol Reef encompasses the Waterpocket Fold, a…
Bryce Canyon NP Scenes
Day 3 of our photography tour began with the 75 mile (120 km) trip from Zion NP to Bryce Canyon National Park. The major feature of the park is Bryce Canyon, which despite its name, is not a canyon, but a collection of giant natural amphitheaters along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce is…
Zion NP
The first full day of last week’s photo tour was spent at Zion National Park. Zion is a southwest Utah nature preserve distinguished by Zion Canyon’s steep red cliffs. The park was established in 1919 and today, almost 100 years later it welcomes over 4 million visitors annually. It’s readily accessible from major population centres of…