Dawn at Mesa Arch in Arizona is a sort of pilgrimage for landscape photographers... for good reason

Filtered light glows through the dust in a deep slot canyon of Arizona

A lonely leaf rests in the pools below Punchbowl Falls in the Columbia River Gorge region of Oregon. This area was ground zero for the Eagle Creek fires of 2017 and has been forever changed

These salt flats in desert California rarely see rain, much less a thunderstorm. I was fortunate to capture the fleeting drama

Wild storms leave break up to reveal incredible light in the Colorado Rockies on a summer day

The fading twilight reflects in these California salt flats

Moss blankets the trees of the Hoh Rainforest, creating a magical fairyland for photographers

Beautiful sunrise light warms blooming rhododendron flowers in the Del Norte Redwoods State Park.

Good friend David Thompson shared this wonderful formation with me in his back yard in Nevada

Squalls rolled off the ocean and onto this beach in the Lofoten Island region of Norway

Frequent thunderstorms rage through the Great Plains of South Dakota

Deep canyons of erosion cover the Great Plains of South Dakota

Waves alternate between exploding out of and crashing into Thor's Well on the Oregon Coast. Being this close to the beast was dangerous, thrilling, and soaking

Mt. Rainier rises above a field of flowers on a bug-filled summer evening

The amazing advances in camera sensor quality allowed me to capture this image of the milky way in Hawaii in a single shot

Violent storms in the Colorado Rockies create some amazing shooting conditions

Lava is seen pouring into the ocean through intense steam at the ocean entry of Kilauea on Hawaii

A hike in the Columbia River Gorge accidentally led to this area that I had never seen or heard of before. It rare for me to go shoot without a specific subject in mind, so this was a wonderful and very fortunate find

Icebergs float out to sea as they calve off the glaciers of Iceland

Warm weather inland typically brings fog to the Southern Oregon Coast.  Dawn can be a particularly beautiful time as the warmth of day breaks through the gloom.

A beautiful breakout of lava near the ocean entry of Kilauea on Hawaii

The trees of Washington in autumn take on an entirely different flavor when viewed rom the air

This incredible slot canyon is called "The Narrows" for good reason. At the right time of day and year, light bounces off the sandstone walls creating a wonderful glow

The tail end of fall is a special time to visit the cascades of Oregon as the ground glows bright with discarded leaves

Wild eroded sandstone patterns litter the high desert in the desert Southwestern region

After a decade of trying, I finally experienced the fabled light beams that occasionally grace the giant redwood forests of northern California.

Miles from nowhere with no cell service and just cows for company, our rental car just shut down shortly before making this image. Ryan and I figured we were doomed anyway, so we might as well get a few shots before we went into a full panic

Eons of erosion cause some wild scenes in a remote sandstone canyon of Utah

Scaly patterns are carved into the desert wash in a remote region of Utah

A rock leaves it's mate and heads off to find a new life in the desert of California

Taken on my first real photography trip, this remains one of the best sunsets I've ever witnessed

A river of lava meets the ocean and instantly boils the water unleashing a deadly torrent of steam at the edge of Kilauea in Hawaii

Fall color adores an old Oak Tree on the hills above the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon

An incredible landscape in the Eastern Sierras discovered and championed by my mentor Ryan Dyar.

Wind erosion creates wild formations all through the Great Plains of South Dakota

Each spring the Hood River area of Oregon boasts a wonderful display of flowering fruit trees beneath the watchful eye of Mt. Hood

Rare calm falls upon Crater Lake in the Oregon Cascades at dawn

A self portrait overlooking rivers of lava pouring into the ocean from the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii. It will forever be a reminder of the amazing things I've seen and the wonderful people I've met through photography. For that reason alone, it remains my personal favorite image