Best Photo Spots in Arizona

If you are taking a tour of the lower antelope canyon I highly recommend bringing sturdy tripod, a variety of lenses, and taking your time while on the photography tour. The extended tour as a photographer with a tripod and ILC body is totally worth the cost for a number...

The marked trail is a 6.4 mile round trip hike (3.2 miles each direction). The trail is a gorgeous walk through forests, broken up by crossing shallow mountain streams, and spotting occasional wildlife. While the entire walk is easy if you carry just a small bag with water/food, due to...

Easy to get to, no need for tickets and careful planning. But it does require 15 minutes of hiking in loose sand. There is plenty of parking but to get best spot on the edge arrive early. Do not rush when you are close to the edge. Be mindful of...

One of Arizona's treasures is Tumacacori National Historical Park.  Located in the park is Mission San Jose de Tumacacori, the oldest Spanish mission in southern Arizona.  You can walk inside the ruins of the Franciscan church, and there is a very nice courtyard garden along with a heritage orchard.  Beginning...

About 16 miles past the charming community of Patagonia, Arizona, is a remote area called San Rafael Valley.  The valley is dotted with farms and cattle ranches, but it still feels like isolated wilderness.  It is one of the quietest places my wife and I have ever been to, and...

There are several 'iconic' locations within the park, many of which you've probably seen in movies and TV commercials.  The picture above is the spot in the movie 'Forrest Gump' where he decides that he's tired of running coast-to-coast. Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase), in the movie 'Vacation', jumped the family car...

Many people think of southern Arizona as nothing but dry desert, but hidden in the farming town of Willcox is Cochise Lake, a great location for bird and landscape photography.  Many species of waterfowl, shore birds, and water birds migrate through southern Arizona, using places like Cochise Lake for roosting,...

Sedona, Arizona, has a past as colorful as its world-famous red rocks.  At one time it billed itself as "Arizona's Little Hollywood" due to the dozens of B westerns and other Hollywood classics filmed there.  My wife and I have visited Sedona several times, and while I always enjoy photographing...

Lake Havasu City is located in western Arizona and aside from being situated on the border of Arizona and California, it is also known for a certain bridge which was bought from the city of London by Robert P. McCulloch.  The London Bridge's reassembly was completed in 1971 and has...

As a Phoenician, we get to see many dust storm photos every year but they are all the same - a dust of cloud approaching the valley.  As I found them boring, I decided to take some photo of the storm myself.  My thoughts were to capture some photos on one...