Pony Express Trail Travels through the vast West Desert in Utah, April, after two days of a soaking rain. On the lower left is a small piece of the actual Pony Express Trail. My trusty Crosstrek endured over 130 miles of rock, mud, washboards, recently sheared sheep, and wild horses (yes, wild horses!) [...]

Scrub Oak, Donner Park Gambel oak, also known as scrub oak, is native to the lower slopes of the northern Wasatch Range. Largely demeaned as a fire hazard and a weed, scrub oak is a close relative to the majestic oak tree, and frankly, it deserves more respect from locals, so I set [...]

Emigration Canyon Light Show Occasionally, autumn combines its bright colors with sun-and-clouds-offs-and-ons, and things get even more psychedelic than usual. This is exactly what happened on this fall afternoon in Emigration Canyon. The sun beamed down on sections of the already wild colors in the canyon, leaving some areas [...]

Reeds, Near the Bertagnole Ranch, East Canyon, Utah Thomas Ethan Jeremy This shot was taken after sunrise on a day that promised some very interesting weather. A bit of history: There were two major sheep ranches in the Wasatch Range, the Jeremy Ranch, which was by far the largest and [...]

Albion Basin Wildflowers This shot was taken just as the sun was rising over a sea of wildflowers in the Albion Basin, Alta, Utah, roughly 10,000 feet. In the distance, there's still some snow left on Devil's Castle, an evil place that's not for the faint of heart. For their safety, and to [...]

Albion Basin Garden Wall This is perhaps the most underrated shot in the swell photographs portfolio. I keep coming back to it. There really is so much beauty at every turn, especially during wildflower season in the Albion Basin, Alta, Utah Download These downloads are popular screen [...]

Antelope Island, Great Salt Lake Off to the right, you can see the causeway leading to the island, which at the time I made this photo, was surrounded by the Great Salt Lake, not so much recently. Download These downloads are popular screen savers, but you can [...]

Sunset, Great Salt Lake For many visitors to the Salt Lake Valley, the Great Salt Lake is a major attraction. Locals, however, largely steer clear, unless it's for boating or a visit to Antelope Island, a protected wildlife and migrating bird refuge. Antelope Island is also the best place to get a shot of a [...]

Sun Tunnels, West Desert, Lucin, Utah The Sun Tunnels, located about 130 miles west of Salt Lake City, is a Land Art Installation, created by the late Nancy Holt, wife of artist Robert Smithson, creator of the Spiral Getty, among other installations. There are four tunnels, specially constructed to Ms. Holt's specifications. The tunnels are [...]

Sunset, Donner Park, Salt Lake City Mid-Summer. Look closely and you can see the lights in the Salt Lake Valley beginning to flicker on. Donner Park, by the way, was named in honor of the ill-fated Donner party, who, upon receiving some bad advice from a scout, pushed their wagons up a steep [...]