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 seasonâ...
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...
Black and White Photography in Flagstaff
By Vicki Uthe Black and white imagery can be stunning and powerful. In August of 2019, Joel Wolfson, a local Flagstaff photographer, was the instructor on an Arizona Highways PhotoScapes workshop on b...
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...
The Importance of Backing Up Images
By Vicki Uthe In May of 2015, I had the great fortune of being on the Arizona Highways Photo Workshops Oregon Sampler trip. It was an 850-mile drive of a grand circle beginning in Portland, driving ea...
Photographing Spring Wildflowers with AHPS
By Vicki Uthe March 2015 began my second year with Arizona Highways PhotoScapes. I tried to be a landscape/nature photographer. I really did, but I find that my minimalism gets in the way. To be a suc...
SAME LOCATION, DIFFERENT VISIONS
By Vicki Uth At the end of April, my friend and fellow photographer Amy Horn and I grabbed our cameras, donned masks, and drove separately 30 minutes west of Flagstaff to photograph downtown, Willia...
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
By Vicki Uthe If you’ve never been to the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta you really must put it on your bucket list. There was really nothing about it I didn’t like. Well…maybe the col...
Page, Arizona with Arizona Highways PhotoScapes
By Vicki Uthe Arizona is an incredibly beautiful state. From the Sonoran desert full of saguaro cacti near the Mexican border to the slot canyons and red sandstone in the north near Utah, we here in t...
PHOTOGRAPHING PUPPIES!
By Vickie Uthe Photographing puppies is like photographing kids, don’t waste time and plan on doing it later because they grow up TOO FAST and there IS no later. In 2016 my granddaughter got a Dorky...