

Desert Companion: Focus on Nevada Contest Awards
I am excited and honored to be selected as an award winner for the 2017 Desert Companion Focus On Nevada Photo contest with NPR. My photo "Portrait of An Elder" shown above was awarded First Place in the Artistic/Abstract category, along with two honorable mentions of the images below in the respective categories of Plants/Animals and Self Portraits. The photos will be on a rotating tour around Las Vegas, and I will post up more information with those dates and locations ar


Red Rocks: A Climbers Guide II by Jerry Handren
It was my pleasure to work with guidebook author Jerry Handren on his second edition of the comprehensive guidebook for Red Rock Canyon, Nevada. We teamed up throughout the 2015 season to gather climbing images of some of Red Rock's most classic routes, as well as new additions to the area. It was a fun project and one that I was very excited to work on. As you page through the book you'll notice an array of high quality images from several photographers over many years tha


Travel Nevada: Red Rock & The Spirit of Adventure
The following article was written for Travel Nevada and can be found published here. The spirit of adventure is alive and well in Las Vegas and you don't need a reservation, players card, or your name on a guest list to experience it. The Red Rock National Conservation Area, located 17 miles outside of the entertainment mega-hub of Las Vegas, is attracting people from around the world for a wildly different reason. From hiking, canyoneering, rock climbing, or sightseeing it


Pinnacle Cave, Mt. Potasi, Nevada.
Recently I was informed of a (relatively) new discovery in Thailand. This natural wonder was found only four years ago, and is now regarded as the largest cave currently surveyed and explored on our planet earth! Being a big fan of the great unknown, spontaneous discovery, and continuous adventure, I was pretty interested to hear more about this wonder. After doing some reading I found out that Sơn Đoòng cave or "Mountain River Cave" in Thailand is large enough to house it's