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...
Expectations & Best Laid Plans
By Jeff Insel I’ll preface this blog by letting you know that last March, while on an Arizona Highways PhotoScapes workshop called Best of the West, one of our locations was Monument Valley and plan...
SPIRITS OF THE NAVAJO With Arizona Highways PhotoScapes
By David Halgrimson On our first day of the workshop, we met our workshop participants at a hotel in Phoenix and headed out in our small bus with a destination of Chinle, Arizona. On the way we stoppe...
The Best Hummingbird Photographs I have ever taken!
By Jim Chamberlain Hummingbirds are some of the most interesting and photogenic critters on the planet. I normally like to photograph big animals like whales, bears, eagles, moose and elk. I always wa...
Capturing Images of a Disappearing America: A Visit to the Palouse
By Jim Chamberlain The water roared as it plunged down over the basalt lip into a dark pool 180 feet below. The Palouse River continued its journey along a serpentine path south towards the Snake Ri...
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...
The Classic American West: Monument Valley – Best of the West, Day 5
By Susan Snyder This is day five of a series of six blogs about the AHPS workshop, “Best of the West”. Watch for day six on November 12th. As you wave farewell to Page, your thoughts turn ...
How to illustrate a story for an automobile magazine
By Hal Tretbar This is a repost with some corrections of a previous blog. Last September I received an email from author Peter Linsky saying he was writing a story about a 911 RSR Porsche in Phoenix. ...
How to illustrate a story for an automobile magazine
By Hal Tretbar Last September I received an email from Peter Linsky saying he was writing a story about a 911 RSR Porsche in Phoenix. Would I be interested in photographing it? Oh yeah, hell yes. ...
Jerome / Tuzigoot Night Photography
By Vicki Uthe I have to be honest, night photography is not my jam, but I was asked to join this workshop at the last minute, was able to, and I have a hard time saying no to new experiences. I had wo...