“God Save the Cowboy”
By Jim Chamberlain The White Mountains of Arizona are a combination of rolling hills, green mountains, and aspen groves among ponderosa pines. Fall in these mountains allowed me to gaze at golden gr...
Canyon de Chelly-An Immersive Perspective
By John Ellis The sound of a single flute echos throughout the canyon. One lone crow screeches high overhead as if in answer to the breathy instrument below. The mid-morning sun still casts long shado...
Shoot at the Zoo with Arizona Highways PhotoScapes
By Vicki Uthe On March 5th this year I joined photographer Amy Horn and Arizona Highways PhotoScapes for a day of shooting at the Wildlife World Zoo in Litchfield, a town just west of Phoenix. It’s ...
Driving up the California Coast
By Jeff Insel We recently spent a couple days driving up Highway 1 on the California coast enroute to the Bay Area for a wedding. We stayed in Port Hueneme for a night and visited the beach and pier t...
The Odd Town of Oatman, Arizona: A Route 66 Adventure
By Jim Chamberlain It is hidden in the Black Mountains of Northern Arizona. The village is part ghost town, tourist stop, and wildlife sanctuary. It was named after a woman who never lived there. I ha...
Where God put the West: Monument Valley
By Jim Chamberlain When the famous American actor John Wayne first saw the buttes, mesas, and spires of Monument Valley, he is quoted as saying “Monument Valley is the place where God put the West....
Jungle Hiking
By Vicki Uthe This was a day we were REALLY looking forward to. A day to just get into the surrounding jungle and see what’s there. We were fortunate to have been in Panama during the “dry season...
A Great Birding Lens
By Vicki Uthe I recently purchased a new lens for my Lumix GX-8 micro 4/3 camera body. It’s an Olympus 100-400 mm zoom which translates to a 200-800 mm given the crop sensor on my camera. It. Is. Am...
Finding a Way – Texas Hill Country and Wildflowers Workshop 2021
By John Ellis You want to know just one of the great things about AHPS instructors? When Mother Nature hands them lemons, they make lemonade. The recent April ‘Texas Hill Country and Wildflower Work...
Chiricahua National Monument
By Jeff Insel My wife and I decided on a short 3-night getaway this week and selected Cochise county as we’d never been there and knew it would be a bit cooler weather. We wanted to explore the Chir...