While You Were Sleeping A bunch of us traveled south Mid-September to this magic place. Perpetually on East Coast time, I crawled out of my tent before sunrise, and got this shot while everyone else was snoring away in theirs. Download These downloads are popular screen savers, [...]

Sunrise, and the San Rafael River On a scale of pure beauty ranging from 1 to 10, the San Rafael Swell goes to 11. Late spring while everything was green, gorgeous and calm, I captured this little corner of the Swell just as the morning sun was beginning to cascade over the red [...]

Bottleneck Peak It was early autumn. The weather had been iffy the night before, but I was determined to catch the full sun on this fantastic rock. While it was still dark, I hiked to the top of a rise, positioned my camera and telephoto lens on a heavy tripod, and waited. (To the [...]

Campsite Steve McQueen said, "I'd rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth." I so agree, and here it is, my nowhere. Print Available 25″ x 17″ including white border SOLD Download These downloads are [...]

Desert Floor Shot at noon on an early spring day, here is a wide view of the northern portion of the Swell posing as a classic western movie backdrop. Although outlaw legends, such as Butch Cassidy, called the Swell home, the Swell is not the place for Hollywood, mainly because it's too real, [...]

Council Hall Bluff I set up my tripod and waited until the morning sun hit the rock full-on. In the foreground are bands of vegetation and cottonwood trees that grow along the San Rafael River. This combination of improbable colors and light is not uncommon in the Swell, that is, if you’re patient [...]

Window Blind Peak This is a shot of an autumn morning in the Swell, just before the sun has risen completely; the “magic hour,” while the rocks are at their very brightest sienna, and the dirt is still cool to the touch. I've been told that Window Blind Peak, at slightly over 7,000 [...]

Edge of the Wedge This shot was taken at the Wedge, a “mini-grand canyon” in the San Rafael Swell. Moments later, this exquisite desert juniper and the rest of the Wedge, was hit by a rare late-summer cloudburst. This photograph is a personal favorite of mine. It was taken with a 2007 vintage "point-and-shoot" [...]

Buckhorn Wash It’s difficult to convey the true vastness of this place. From the floor of the Swell, formations can jut straight up to over 3,000 feet. Print Available 25″ x 17″ including white border Secure boxing, shipping cost: $70 UPS Ground, added to price. Note: I will hand-deliver [...]

Black Box Gorge The Black Box is best known for a 400 foot gorge, carved by the San Rafael River. The Black Box, which most likely got its name by the one of the notorious Swasey boys, is covered by a type of lichen that dies and stains the rocks black. In addition, the gorge, which runs in [...]