Photo by Suzanne Mathia
Q. I was told many years ago, by a photography student and friend of mine, that a 50/50 sky-to-land ratio in landscape photographs was considered bad composition. I haven’t seen this advice anywhere…
Photo by Jeff Kida
Before I became an editor at the magazine, I’d shoot photo stories for Arizona Highways. I wasn’t a “scenic” shooter. Instead, I gravitated toward those stories that involved people and lifestyles.…
Rainbow Bridge
Audio file "I’ve experienced it by boat and by land. And personally, there’s more reverence in being able to do it on foot. [When] you go by boat, you miss…
Con Slobodchikoff With Pilgrim at Out of Africa
IF CON SLOBODCHIKOFF hadn’t developed an allergy to darkling beetles, he might not have made fascinating discoveries about animal communication.  As a professor at Northern Arizona University,…
Sierra Blair-Coyle tackles a deep-water solo, a type of rock climbing that relies on water to prevent injury from falls, along Clear Creek near Winslow. Photo by Eric Greenhalgh.
NOT MANY PEOPLE find their purpose and passion at age 8. But Sierra Blair-Coyle is not like many people. A rock-climbing wall at a local mall gave a young Blair-Coyle her first taste of climbing in…
Drone lanscape photo
JK: We’re seeing a lot more submissions made with drones. You’re a licensed drone pilot. What made you get into this? LP: It was a combination of my interest and the demand from clients. In Texas,…
Sunset view of a large bend in the Black River
It’s a Monday afternoon in August 2020, and rain is hitting the Black River in drops as big as bullets. Willows choke the trail that leads to the river. On the slope across the water, the grass and…
State Of Our Water
It begins not long into the clear sky of morning: a puff of bone-white, then another, and another. By noon, the sky over the desert towers like Greek columns. Electrical violence wells toward the…