Photography

Some of my favorite photos from my quick trip down to Factory Butte last week. Which one is your favorite? #factorybutte #hanksvilleutah #utahdesert #sunset #timelapse #utahisrad #roadtriputah #adventurephotography #desertsky #travelutah #photographyjourney #exploremore #madeinutah

My attempt to capture the Lemmon C/2025 A6 Comet down at Factory Butte last week 🌌. The forecast showed clear skies when I checked the night before, but as I started driving the 3½ hours down, it shifted to mostly cloudy with a chance of it clearing in the evening — even as the sun was setting the clouds were beautiful but I was hoping for clear skies. I kept my fingers crossed the whole time as it was getting dark. By the time it was showtime for the comet the skies were opening up. I’d scouted a spot where it might pass right over Factory Butte — but my phone kept glitching, showing a different path every time I checked, but seeing it streak perfectly above the butte made the whole trip worth it. As the comet set behind factory butte, clouds and distant thunderstorms started lighting up the southwest sky — soon the clouds filled the night sky and started to rain. Foreground photo: 240 seconds f/2.8 ISO 800 Sky photo: 25 seconds f/2.8 ISO 2500 Second photo: 200mm 4 seconds f/2.8 ISO 6400

Chased the Lemmon Comet ☄️ all the way to Factory Butte. Clouds tried to ruin it, but the skies cleared just long enough — that the comet passed perfectly over Factory Butte. 🌌 Utah is rad! #factorybutte #lemmoncomet #astrophotography #utahisrad #nightsky #nightscape #longexposure #desertdreams #hanksvilleutah #exploremore

Look closely and tell me what you see. Autumn is still in full golden glory in certain parts of Utah. Now that the higher elevation leaves have fallen the third phase of Utah’s fall colors are popping down in central Utah and the desert. . . . #utah #utahisrad #beutahful #southernutah #hanksville #fallcolors #autumn #steam #nikon #z8 #nikonusa

Watcher overhead. Can you spot the bird searching for its next meal? #utah #utahisbeautiful #utahisrad #utahtravels #timpanogos #visitutah #utahphotographer #wasatchmountains #mountains #sunriselover #igsouthwest #colorwheel #landscapephotography #pictureline #exploreutah #autumnvibes #colorsky #hebervalley #bestofthebeehivestate #autumncolors #801 #colorful #lifeelevated #colorexplosion

Winters Doorstep . . . . . #utah #utahisbeautiful #utahisrad #utahtravels #timpanogos #visitutah #utahphotographer #wasatchmountains #mountains #sunriselover #timpanogoshiking #igsouthwest #colorwheel #landscapephotography #pictureline #exploreutah #saltlakecity #saltlakecounty #autumnvibes #colorsky #bigcottonwoodcanyon #bestofthebeehivestate #autumncolors #sunrise #801 #colorful #lifeelevated #yellowaspens #colorexplosion

Introducing the 2026 calendar photos. Take a look and visit my website to order a copy for you and someone else. I really do appreciate it. I would really love to do photography full time and every little bit helps me fulfill that dream. #calendar #e2photography #landscapephotography #utah #wyoming #yosemite #whitepocket #tetons #zionnationalpark #timpanogos #colombiarivergorge #waterfall #utahlake

Calendars are back. Go and order one I’d love for you to get one! Link in my bio

Moody clouds amongst the autumn colors and mountains up America Fork Canyon #autumn #fall #mountains #clouds

A couple of weeks ago, the company I have been working at for almost 2 years had layoffs and unfortunately my time working with them has come to an end. I am working towards doing more photography full time and picking up video jobs and anything else to provide for my family. I’ve been creating a calendar each year for the last few years and I’m now taking pre orders, I would love it if you could pick up a copy or two or even more. In fact if you order 3-4 you’ll get a discount of $5 off per calendar. If you order 5 or more you’ll get an even bigger discount of $8 off per calendar. If you’re a business and looking to have Christmas gifts for employees or clients, I also can do bulk orders and can customize the calendar to have your company logo and info on each calendar month, great for giving them beautiful photography, a calendar, and a small reminder about your company that they’ll look at daily as a gift. Visit my website to Pre Order: https://www.e2interactive.com/product/2026-e2-photography-calendar/

A couple of mornings difference one day no snow and the next a nice blanket of snow covered the mountain tops and just added that extra 🤌🏽 chefs kiss. #e2photography #timpanogos #autumn #sunrise #fall #utahisrad #fallcolors

A couple of days of autumn #autumn #fall #winter #utahisrad #beutahful

Moon on rising over Timp #moonrise #timpanogos #moon #utahisbeautiful

50 shades of autumn #autumn #fallleaves #beautahful #wasatch

Photo dump of my trip to the Tetons last week with my buddy @rc2max #tetons #tetonsnationalpark #sunset #moon #sunrise #moose

From sunset to night skies we made our way through the Tetons national park from just outside the park to Jenny lake. As we drove through the park we found bull elk bugling. It was amazing to try and find these magnificent animals throughout the park with the help of @rc2max night vision… #tetonsnationalpark #atnight #nightscapes #milkyway_nightscapes

Sunset in the Tetons hits different in the fall. All I want to do is go back. What’s a place you want to go see in person? Went on a flying trip to Tetons with @rc2max to catch the mountains, moose, elk, and amazing fall colors in one of the prettiest places. #tetonvalley #autumn #fall #leaves #placetovisit #bucketlist #visitwyoming

Amazing sunrise in the Wasatch Back this morning. 09/26/25 #bestofthe_usa #exploreutah #visitutah #werutah #utahgram #utahphotographer #naturalutah #onlyinutah #utahexplores #wow_utah #xputah #utahisbeautiful #igutah #utahdotcom #beutahful #beehivestate #utahisrad #instautah #iloveutah #fallcolors

Chasing leaves before they fall part 2 #autumn #fall #e2photography #timp #leaves

Colors are getting 🔥 in the Wasatch Back. Can’t wait for the aspens to turn! #e2photography #timpanogos #sunrise #autumn #fall

Went up Rock Canyon Rd on my motorcycle to see the autumn leaves and scout out places to photograph. This is what I found on our short trip. @rjrushton @troy.7670 thanks for letting me hike around so I could take some photos. #fall #timpanogos #autumn #leaves🍁

Autumn is just heating up with color #autumn #fallcolors #timpanogos

.::Moonshine::. Shot last night of the moon shining through the clouds

.::Osprey::. Look at the claws on this bird. Incredible creature. He hung out on this perch of a branch for at least an hour while I was wondering around trying to find a spot along the Provo river. I kept hoping he’d fly off to find some prey so I could capture him in flight.

Take me back!! Where do you want to go that you wish you were at again?

Watch my latest cinematic video on https://youtu.be/qeMxkE3Asy0 YouTube about our ride this last spring down in Bluff Utah. In April of 2025 my buddies and I went down to Bluff Utah to ride around Valley of the Gods and the surrounding area. We rode around 200 miles of off road and unbeknownst to me it was actually quite a bit of the Section 1 of the Utah BDR, which is why we rode in April, not knowing it would be so cold. We hit all sorts of weather while riding.

Take me back to witness this magic again!! Just amazing to witness in person.

Some more photos from our trip up the coastline of Oregon, yes the blur is on the edges are on purpose.

Waterfalls are the best!!

Drove up the coast of Oregon and visited a couple of places I’ve always wanted to go see. We found this amazing Airbnb place in a little town out side of Tillamook and it was along this bay with a view of 3 sea stacks. I wanted to go out and photograph something in the morning. This is what I found on my outing

One of my favorite* waterfalls from Oregon. . . *Subject to change and is not a guarantee that I won’t find another favorite waterfall in Oregon.

Buck Moon over North Bend bridge (McCullough Memorial Bridge). @photopills helped me know where to stand to line up the moon over the middle of the bridge. This was taken on July 10th 2025 when the Buck full moon rose perfectly into view in my photograph.

Mineral Moon created using 42 photos of the moon zoomed in at 1200mm and stacked for the sharpest and get the most color detail. @nikonusa shot with a Nikon Z8 and a Nikkor Z 180-600mm lens and 2x teleconverter.

Mineral Moon photo created using 42 individual photos of the moon stacked and processed to get the most detail and enhance the natural color found on the moon. Taken at 1200mm using a 180-600mm lens with a 2x teleconverter on my Nikon Z8

Out in the garden of hoodoo’s and arches. @nikonusa Nikon Z8 14-24mm f/2.8 #milkywaychasers #yourshotphotographer #nikoncreators #milkywayshooters #bestdarkphoto #starlitlandscapes #instagoodmyphoto #nikonoutdoors #grandstaircaseescalante #escalante #utahisrad #utahillustrated #exploremore #naturerules #natgeoatravelpic #landscapephotography #nightscaper

Textures in the Sky

You spin me round like a record. . . . . #nikon #northstar #startrails #nightscaper #utah #landscapes #e2photography

Milky Way on the Rocks

Desert Trees and Stars

Went back and found a couple of shots I never edited. We’ve got to go back and visit these spots again right @rc2max !? Can you believe it’s been just over 10 years since this trip? Um yeah it’s time!! Time to go back and see even more. #utah #moab #photoadventure

Ran up to a spot along Deer Creek that has some wild flowers blooming with a perfect view of Mount Timpanogos. I got there just in time for the sunset. Love this time of year to see the transition from winter to spring as the mountains come to life with green and flowers popping up along the hillsides. Taken 5/13/2025 #deercreek #mounttimpanogos #springflowers #sunset #wasatch

I don’t know if it’s my own insecurity or my inability to make a choice sometimes, but I love all three of these photos and it’s been a while since I’ve done black and white photos. I’d love your help…yes you!! Which photo catches your eye the most? Select which one then tell me why in the comments. The first and second photo was taken with a 1/40th of a second shutter speed and the last photo I took a 15 second longer exposure.

Happy Earth Day

:: fading moonlight ::

::Earth’s rotation::

:: Lone Tree Star Trails :: Passed through Zions National Park for a little moonlight and starry night photo sesh on my way back home from a work trip. Ended up going to a spot I’ve photographed around before and wanted to try a different star trails technique. I took 590-13’ second photos at 200mm zoomed in to this rock formation and lone tree. Stacked together using StarStaX software to create the star trails.

Stars. Cliffs. Camping. Motorcycles. Good friends. Cold nights. Desert riding. Beautiful Country. Southern Utah. Went on a trip to an area of Utah I’ve not road my motorcycle before and it did not disappoint. Parts of the Utah BDR go through some of the trails we went on. We got to see and hike to some cool ruins and petroglyphs. This photo was taken on our last night there when the clouds finally cleared up.

I'm constantly blown away by the natural beauty and hidden wonders of Utah. How can one place be so full of surprises? 🤔 I’ve lived here for most of my life and I feel like I haven’t seen 1/100th of the state yet. #UtahLove #ExploreUtah

•••Moonset Serenity••• This is what I was able to capture of the moon after the clouds covered my view of the lunar eclipse last week. I was totally bummed out that I didn’t get to see it. I was so ready to capture the blood colored moon with all that I had learned and was hoping to get a much clearer and sharp image. I went to bed after waiting, watching and hoping for the clouds to clear with no luck. I did go to bed disappointed. But when my buddy @rjrushton woke me up and said hey go check out the moon setting. I quickly stumbled out of my tent ⛺️ grabbed my camera and ran a hundred yards to see the moon setting behind this butte just in time before it disappeared from my view. I love the beauty of the moon and earth and I love trying to capture moments with my camera, even if I’m not fully awake.

I pointed my camera at a waterfall for a couple of hours and watch what happen to the waterfall as the sun goes down.

Day or night this place is amazing! @taylorehat joked, can you take a bad picture in Yosemite? Everywhere you look it’s mind blowing and absolutely majestic.

I remember the first time I ever saw this view, it was over 20 years ago. I can’t believe it took me so long to come back, but I’m glad I did. I’m definitely gonna make sure to come back sooner than 20 years sooner. I definitely want to see this view in each season. Which angle do you like best? Super wide, wide, zoomed.

The simple beauty of an event that needs to be seen in person. Here are a few photos and timelapse of the two days we got to see the sun hitting horsetail falls just perfectly at sunset. Still so glad that @taylorehat invited me to go out and catch the Firefall at Yosemite. #firefall #yosemite

Turn your phone to watch this timelapse of Firefall in Yosemite on February 17, 2025.

Horsetail falls in Yosemite's Firefall event was pure magic. On 2/17/2025, we watched as the light danced across the waterfall, and just when we thought the color change was a no-show, the colors burst back to life and turned the falls a vibrant orange. It was like nothing I've ever seen before - the perfect blend of natural beauty and fleeting magic. If you can handle the chilly temperatures in the park, this is an experience you have to see for yourself. @taylorehat lucked out.

Yosemite’s Horsetail falls on fire February 17 2025. Best part is we had this area all to ourselves. @taylorehat

I present to you Za’Moon! I created this from photos I took of the moon February 5th 2025. I took 9 photos of the moon exposing the bright side of the moon and stacked them together to get as much detail and sharpness of the moon. I then took a photo exposing the dark side of the moon and stacked the sharp photo and the dark side together on top of a photo of the stars where I exposed for the stars. #moon #e2photography

Frozen River or frozen lake? I’ve been sick for the last couple weeks and haven’t felt well enough to go out and photograph the frozen ice on Utah Lake. Finally, I got a chance to go out last night, the sunset wasn’t spectacular nor eventful, but the lake being completely frozen over was kind of cool to see. I threw my drone up in the air, looking to see if I could find cool textures or a cool view. This is what I found as I was flying around. It looks like a frozen river in the middle of the lake.

Crazy hoodoo

Patterns from above

Would be interesting to see how this area formed.

Took a photo of the moon tonight using a technique to stack multiple images to show more detailed and sharper.

Timp panoramic at sunrise. #utahlake #panorama #sunrise

The clouds were so intense orange and pink yesterday morning it was amazing. The light changes so rapidly. #utahlake #sunrise #e2photography

Photo 1: Augusts ’24 Photo 2: September ’24 Photo 3: October ’24 Photo 4: November ’24 Photo 5: December ‘24

Photo 1: October ’23 Photo 2: November ’23 Photo 3: December ’23 Photo 4: January ’24 Photo 5: February ’24 Photo 6: March ’24 Photo 7: April ’24 Photo 8: May ’24 Photo 9: June ’24 Photo 10: July ’24

December ‘22 | January ‘23 | February ‘23 | March ‘23 | April ‘23 | May ‘23 | June ‘23 | July ‘23 | August ’23 | September ’23 First 10 photos of my 2 years of photographing Mount Timpanogos at 400mm from the same location. #timpanogos #mountain #sunrise #sunset

Morning light hits different when you don’t want to get up but you have a feeling it might be good. I got away later than I wanted and I thought I had missed the sunrise. But turned out it was pretty okay. What do you think? #utahlake #sunrise #amazinglight #utahphotographer #e2photography

Turn your phone and watch 2 years in 60 seconds. Starting December 25, 2022 and through December 23, 2024 I took a photo of Mount Timpanogos zoomed in at 400mm from the same location at least once a month. With one of the best years of snow fall in the state of Utah in 20+ years in 2023 there was snow on Timp almost the entire year. #e2photography #timpanogos #2yearsin60seconds #utahlakesunsets

2 years in 60 seconds. Starting December 25, 2022 and through December 23, 2024 I took a photo of Mount Timpanogos zoomed in at 400mm from the same location at least once a month. With one of the best years of snow fall in the state of Utah in 20+ years in 2023 there was snow on Timp almost the entire year. I first started taking a photo to see the difference from month to month for my own curiosity. As the months went on I decided to keep going. Sometimes I took photos each day. I also took quite a few Timelapse’s which I’m working on releasing soon too. #e2photography #timpanogos #2yearsin60seconds #utahlakesunsets

I’m a finalist in the @ridebdr Keep it 100 Film Festival. Go and vote for my entry. I’m 1 of 4 finalists. https://filmfestival.ridebdr.com/keep-it-100-2024/?contest=video-detail&video_id=15038 Link in bio. #ridebdr #keepit100 #filmfestival

I would love to see a Timelapse of how Bryce Canyon was made. It never ceases to amaze me each time he view this amazing canyon.

Autumn has got to be my favorite times to get out and photograph landscapes. I love the feeling of awe and amazement when you come around a corner and see the colors of the leaves changing on a beautiful landscape. This has got to be one of my favorite locations to go.

Sunset Bay on the Oregon coast is one of my family’s favorite locations to go and hang with family and chill on the beach. This is April’s photo in my calendar. Still open for preorder. Link in my bio. This is a 30 second exposure taken at dusk. Just a few hours earlier I had been walking out along the rocks.

Photo for July is my photo I caught and stitched together of the full lunar eclipse progress I got with my brother @taylorehat. We drove all the way down to Texas hoping and praying that the clouds would clear and we drove all over the place for hours and with 5 minutes to spare the clouds started to separate enough that we could witness, what I’d call, one of the most amazing and ethereal earthly experiences I’ve seen with my own eyes. As the moon covers the sun for about 3 and half minutes you experience the midday sunset in 360 degrees. I highly recommend trying to experience one if you get the chance, it is amazing.

Decembers Calendar photo was taken as I was preparing to go ride the White Rim Trail in Canyonlands National Park. I drove down a day early to spot out a camp with a couple of buddies before the rest of the group got down there the next day. On the way down I started to get alerts that the Aurora might be happening that night but I wasn’t sure it would show up that far south in Moab. It did and I spent quite a bit of time taking photos around our campground and ended up finding this dead tree and snapped this photo and a timelapse.

This is the cover of the calendar chosen by @saige_k_ehat for 2025 calendar. Preorder now. I’ve been working on this project for about two years now, not quite released yet, and I happen to be on my roof, taking photographs and this storm hit over Mount Timpanogos. I started snapping a couple of photos, as the light was hitting off of the clouds, I took a couple of shots, I noticed the lightening strike hit. At first, I didn’t think I got it. I just thought, I hope I got that. I scrolled through my shots, I was pretty excited that I captured this frame. #lightening #timpanogos #summerstorm #e2photography

Rooted This photo was taken down in Zion National Park during the fall. It’s the back cover photo of my 2025 Calendar and I can’t wait to go down there this weekend again to see the fall colors in the area. I just love how the tree roots reach out to get water from the river.

It looks fake but it’s real. #e2photography #factorybutte #utahisrad

Calendar open for preorder!! I’ll be shipping out by December 1st in time for Christmas or sooner. Also if you preorder you’ll get a coupon code for 55% OFF a print in my store. Link in bio. https://www.e2interactive.com/product/2025-e2-photography-calendar/

Went on a trip down to Canyonlands National Park and this is a set of 10 of my favorite photos that I got while down there. Watch video recap. Link in bio. Starting out with a surprise aurora appearance the night a few of us got to see as we went there a day earlier than the rest of the group. A first for me, got up and headed down to Mesa Arch. The rest of the photos are shot along the rides along the trail as we went.

At the end of our ride through the White Rim Trail in Canyonlands we started loading up the gear and I walked down to this area of our camp I noticed the sun and the dust passing over the trees. As the sun got lower and lower the light rays were so cool as it I could see so many light paths because of the dust hovering over the trees. I grabbed my camera and started taking different photographs, and then my camera battery died.

Just before the moon hide behind the canyon walls. . . . . . . #moab #moon #e2photography

As far as views go this one isn’t so bad. I was not expecting to have so many people out there. In fact it was a little crazy. As I set up my photo framing, I would’ve liked to have gotten closer and a slightly different angle. But there were too many people, 20 or so people gathered around one spot. I do like the photos a got.

Skittle road. This weather has got me thinking about last fall when we got snow and autumn combined. The red and orange leaves were so vibrant that it looked like skittles from above.

Finally got a moment to edit the photos I got from my trip to The Canyonlands White Rim Trail. I got so many photos I’m going to share but when we went down, Thursday night, we were surprised by the aurora that showed its beauty down where we camped. I wanted to go to sleep early to get up early to go to Mesa Arch for sunrise. I ended up staying up a bit too late and found this tree to photograph with the aurora and setup my camera to photograph a timelapse and went to bed. I thought my camera had enough battery but when I woke up in the morning my battery died pretty soon after I went to bed. But I’m happy with what I got. #aurora #canyonlandsnationalpark #e2photography

Probably a day late and a dollar short but here is my quick Timelapse of the Aurora from last Thursday night the 10th of October. #aurora #timelapse #amazing #e2photography

October skies and mountains. A couple of shots from Sunday evening drove up the canyon to take pictures of the family. As we were heading back, the crescent moon was just about to set. So I pulled over and snapped a couple of frames. The last photo was taken as we descended over the alpine loop summit. The alpine glow was so beautiful and vibrant I couldn’t not stop a snap a couple of shots.

Chasing Sunrise on October 3rd up behind Mt Timpanogos with autumn in full swing for the Aspens. #aspentrees #autumn #fall #timpanogos

I just posted a YouTube video of my motorcycle ride where I captured these photos. Go watch it. Link in my bio too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9Vo8iPkTbc

Sunrise panorama n the backside of Timp. Scroll on Instagram for the best view. #utahisrad #timpanogos #autumn #sunrise #panorama

One year apart. Top taken this year. The bottom photo taken last year

One year difference in the fall. The top photo was taken September 25, 2024. The bottom photo was taken October 4, 2023. I went out there two days ago, and all of the red foliage had mostly fallen, and the yellows were just starting to turn. Last year the reds and yellows overlapped a little bit more, but this year not so much. No matter how many times I’ve gone out to photograph the Autumn colors. It’s still amazes me. #fall #utahcounty #amazingautumn #e2photography

Yellow gold #yellowaspens #utahisrad #beautahful #sunrise

All I can say is epic view . . . . +-+-+ +-+-+-+- |E|2| |P|H|O|T|O| +-+-+ +-+-+-+- . . . #timpanogos #utah #autumn #fallcolors #sunrise