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Floating the Grand Canyon - 2025 River Trip Portfolio
Floating the Grand Canyon - 2025 River Trip Portfolio
July 2, 2025  |  Grand Canyon National Park

We had a great trip this year rafting 226 miles of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. We spent 10 days shooting rapids, hiking into the numerous side canyons, and making photos. We were blessed with great weather for photography, plenty of good food, and we got every camp and photo location we had hoped for...

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You're Always Above Lava
You're Always Above Lava
October 5, 2024  |  Tequila Beach in the Grand Canyon

Here's a flashback to fiver years ago today, October 5th, 2019. Sally and I are sitting in my boat after I rowed Lava Falls Rapid.

Lava Falls is a major rapid located at river mile 180 on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon...

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Photographing The Colorado River in the Grand Canyon
Photographing The Colorado River in the Grand Canyon
August 9, 2024  |  The Colorado River in the Grand Canyon

I'm lucky to have spent some time over the past ten years rafting the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. During that time, I've hiked hundreds of miles exploring the side canyons along the river corridor and had some incredible experiences...

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Photos from the 2023 Rafting the Grand Canyon Photography Expedition
Photos from the 2023 Rafting the Grand Canyon Photography Expedition
December 31, 2023

After 18 days and 225 miles rafting the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, I have a lot of new photographs to share with you including photos of waterfalls in slot canyons, cliffs glowing with reflected light, and grand views of the river meandering through the canyon.

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Behind-the-Scenes of the 2023 Grand Canyon River Trip & Photography Expedition
Behind-the-Scenes of the 2023 Grand Canyon River Trip & Photography Expedition
December 21, 2023

Here's a behind-the-scenes look at my most recent river trip. We spent 18 days rafting 225 miles of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.

We photographed many great locations, including spending two nights at Nankoweap so we could hike to the granaries multiple times...

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Rafting the Colorado River Through the Grand Canyon - The 2022 Portfolio
Rafting the Colorado River Through the Grand Canyon - The 2022 Portfolio
May 24, 2022  |  Grand Canyon National Park

On this date in 1869, the explorer John Wesley Powell and his team set out on an epic journey into "The Great Unknown," a large blank space on the maps of the day, including the Grand Canyon and much of the American Southwest...

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Alive Below Crystal - Reflecting on Flipping a Raft in the Colorado River
Alive Below Crystal - Reflecting on Flipping a Raft in the Colorado River
September 29, 2021  |  Grand Canyon National Park


Two years ago today, I was on day 9 of an 18-day expedition rafting the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon when the raft I was riding in flipped in a major rapid. The flip resulted in me spending time trapped below the raft when a strap or line wrapped around one of my legs...

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2021 Grand Canyon River Trip Portfolio
2021 Grand Canyon River Trip Portfolio
November 15, 2021  |  Grand Canyon National Park

Earlier this year I was the photography guide & instructor on a photography expedition rafting the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. Our group was composed of 12 photographers, plus myself and Sally, along with 4 river guides...

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Yaz Loukhal - Thinking of the River
Yaz Loukhal - Thinking of the River
October 29, 2019  |  Grand Canyon National Park

A rafting trip on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon is a transformative experience for many people. One of the participants on my most recent trip said it's probably the last real, great adventure in North America...

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