Comet

Earlier this week I met up with a friend of mine and a photo group he has been hanging out with and we tried our hands at taking some photos of the comet gracing our skies just recently. The leader of this group was so helpful and I learned so much about taking pictures with my DSLR camera that it re-sparked my joy in photography. I had been struggling with the lack of desire just to go out and shoot, I really needed this kick in the butt. A big thank you to you guys. I had a great time.

These were taken out at Papago Park, Arizona. The first is more of a city-scape, but if you look closely you can see the comet to the left of the moon. The second is more of a close-up to make it easier to see the comet.

Lightning Shot

This was taken on a road trip we took a month ago. We drove into this awesome rain storm with a beautiful lightning show. By the time we were able to find a good place and stop it had calmed down a bit, but we still managed to get this great lightning shot! Next time hopefully I can get one with a better landscape, but still pretty happy with this one. This was taken in Northern Arizona between Kayenta and Tuba City.

Blue Moon

This was taken on a road trip last month in Northern Arizona. Somewhere between Greer and St. Johns to be as exact. We hadn't realized it was supposed to be not only a full moon, but a blue moon that evening. As we were driving we looked at this odd floating white thing in the sky and it took us a second to realize it was the moon. It was absolutely huge!

Unfortunately the evening brought with it a swarm of mosquitoes that didn't allow me to stay and take as many shots as I wanted, but I did end up with this one that I was pretty happy with. I hope you enjoy.

Monsoon Storms

I went out last night to go out and try my hand at some lightning photography. This was a good chance to play with my new camera and I am pretty happy with the results! I can't wait to get out there some more. This was taken in Queen Creek, Arizona.

Arizona Mountains

One of the shots coming home from a trip chasing some monsoon storms this past weekend.

Road Home

This was taken while driving back home from Payson, Arizona. We took an alternate route and this was just one of the views we were rewarded with.

Wild Iris

This was a wild iris we found while camping. This was taken just north of Sedona, Arizona.