The fountain one day before the full moon in Fountain Hills, Arizona. 

Here are more Fountain Hills, Arizona Photos.

Tonto National Forest, near Phoenix, Arizona.

I decided to run out to the Tonto National Forest on my last night in Arizona.  I was hoping to do a little shooting around Saguaro Lake at sunset.  When I got there, I wasn’t surprised to see they charged $6 per vehicle.  This is in line with what we had been paying in other Phoenix area public lands and seems fair enough.  What surprised me, the nearest place to pay was 12 miles away, a 24 mile round trip to pay my day use fee!Read More

Black-necked Stilts.  Another photo from the Phoenix area.

Red Mountain is a prominent landmark East of Phoenix, near Mesa, Arizona.  Read More

This is Nick jumping over my camera while launching off a steep drop.  I put a very wide-angle lens (17mm) on my camera and positioned it just below the lip, on the steepest part of the bank and used a remote to fire the camera.  Nick then got a run at the drop and launched off this hill and over my camera as I fired it.  Read More

This series of banked turns in a little draw is one of the funnest sections of McDowell.

This is Nick Verdisco tearing it up at McDowell!  We had a great time shooting with Nick, and I think we got some good stuff.  I must admit, I had forgotten about the near full moon and just happened to see it in the corner of my eye while shooting Nick taking a jump.  I definitely had to work it into a composition.Read More