Vic Smith Photo

02/14/2026

Back from our AZ trip, post surgery, some decent financial news possible, I’m splorin’. I consulted with my friend/mentor (taught me large format work) and found that my camera has BW capability of which I didn’t know (typical of recent digital units).
I’ve now tried it an am presenting a result, of a stormy morning in the Bitterroot.

09/06/2024

A Big Hole In The Ground (2nd Post)

A number of years ago I was walking back to my truck after visiting the Grand Canyon Lodge on the North Rim. A couple was approaching me when I heard the lady squall out “I don’t get it, it’s just a big hole in the ground”. Boots On The Porch I disagree.

08/11/2024

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40 miles to the north of us lies Missoula and its newspaper, The Missoulian (a town much like my Flagstaff, its newspaper owned by the same owner as The Arizona Daily Sun). On September 21st, I opened my daily Missoulian E-edition and found the headline: Lincoln Sculpture Park Marks 10th

08/11/2024

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Visits to deserts have often been a part of my life. I was raised traveling to them, led by a father who could have been a “Desert Rat” but for needing to make a living. We traveled east out of Los Angeles, past the Whitewater River, into the open, high,

08/10/2024

New post added at Vic Smith Photo - Valley of Death

05/29/2024

Just when you thought it safe to sleep. Keep one eye open.

By Jamie Carter published yesterday The monster sunspot responsible for May's vibrant auroras will soon be facing Earth again. Here's when to be alert for the next display of northern lights on the nights close to June's new moon. A photo of a bright pinkish-red aurora in China Vibrant red auroras o...

07/09/2022

I'm posting images from my 15 year spent wandering Sunset Crater National Monument, the victims of two firest, each 20,000 acres.

The sequence of life for many (not me) became (based on emergency phone notifications): Get ready, go, come back, get ready, go, come back, get ready, stay in place, gather children and animals, don’t cross washes, come, come out, go back.

Please take a moment and imagine walking in this magical place. Simply click the link below and scroll through the gallery on my home page. And if you have comments or questions, please comment here.

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08/14/2021

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08/21/2020

07/20/2020

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I parked near the trailhead for Griffith Spring and headed down a bit, on a one mile loop trail. The trail wound through Ponderosas, both tall and stumpy, all perched above pine needles and dry yet heroic bunch grasses. Then it dropped into a wash chock full of radiant green grasses, a riparian wond...