Desert Waterfall “Coyote Falls” – Escalante National Monument, Utah – Joshua Cripps – Featured Photographer Water in the desert is always a compelling image. Probably because we see a hot dry place and instinctively we get thirsty and warm. Then we notice the water and are minds are tricked into thinking our basic [...]
The Fins – Arches National Park, Moab, UT This is a section of Arches National Park with natural sandstone sculptures that remind me of a school of sharks swimming through the desert with just their dorsal fins breaking the sand (or snow in today’s photo!). To change my perspective, I got down low [...]
Monument Valley Panorama – Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, UT Could this look anymore in the middle of the great western frontier? I mean wide open sky, desert for miles, really cool mesas. This certainly doesn’t remind me of being shot from a parking lot next to an amazing hotel (although it was). [...]
Bryce Canyon – Bryce National Park, UT Yeah, this picture looks pretty calm and relaxing, but it was anything quite the event to photograph. First off it was about 4 degrees outside and the wind was whipping around 45 mph. The gusts were blowing so hard drifts of snow were piling up at my feet. [...]
Merry Christmas Eve! Virgin River – Zion National Park Zion National Park is Utah’s oldest national park and by many accounts its most beautiful. However, the spectacular canyons would not have been possible without the Virgin River carving out the sandstone cliffs over millions of years. While I was there we had a dusting of [...]
How to take an Amazing Photo! – Canyonlands National Park , Moab, UT Step 1) Plan an 18 day road trip through the national parks of the western United States. Step 2) Stay in an area such as Moab that is surrounded by beauty and national parks. Step 3) Wait until the coldest day of [...]
Playing in the Shadows- Zion National Park, UT This day in Zion National Park was amazing. The snow had fallen the night before and the 50 degree temperature had already melted most of the exposed areas. I shot this from a very famous outlook after a mile or so hike in the snow [...]
