Sunrise at Mesa Arch, Canyonlands, Utah

Its been done a million times but its hard to resist, even though you have to share the location with a press pack of other photographers.

Mesa Arch at dawn, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA

Mesa Arch at dawn, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA

Tourists taking photographs, Mesa Arch at dawn, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA

Tourists taking photographs, Mesa Arch at dawn, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA

Mesa Arch at dawn, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA

Mesa Arch at dawn, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA

Mesa Arch at dawn, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA

Mesa Arch at dawn, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA

Dead Horse Point, Utah, USA

I paid a few visits to the stunning views from Dead Horse Point, it is a well known photographers viewpoint at dawn but my favourite shot was taken at the other end of the day. After the bleakest of afternoons … Continue reading

Death Valley, California, USA

Extremes are always intriguing, and how humans survive in the hottest and coldest places in the world always made me wonder. Death Valley claims to hold the record since 1913 when the temperature was recorded at 134.1°F (56.7°C) at Furnace Creek. … Continue reading

Going fishing – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – April 2014

I missed a flight back to the UK for this final day in Rio de Janeiro – that morning I found these fishermen hauling their boats out for the days work, as the sun rose over the south Atlantic ocean.

Fishermen taking their boat out at dawn, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fishermen taking their boat out at dawn, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fishermen taking their boat out at dawn, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fishermen taking their boat out at dawn, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fishermen taking their boat out at dawn, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fishermen taking their boat out at dawn, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fishermen taking their boat out at dawn, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil