Marty Quinn Photography

Marty Quinn Photography A husband and wife photography team specializing in large and small format fine art nature and still photography.

We are landscape photographers and have many unique and beautiful landscape photos of the Desert Southwest.

Dallas Divide. This is that moment in early October when the aspens are peaking, the oak brush has gone full rust and cr...
03/06/2026

Dallas Divide. This is that moment in early October when the aspens are peaking, the oak brush has gone full rust and crimson, and the first real snow has already hit the Sneffels Range. Overcast light actually works here — keeps the color saturated across all those layers instead of blowing out the highlights on the peaks.

Kilchurn Castle, Loch Awe. Built in the 1440s by the Campbells, abandoned by the 1770s, and just sitting there ever sinc...
03/03/2026

Kilchurn Castle, Loch Awe. Built in the 1440s by the Campbells, abandoned by the 1770s, and just sitting there ever since. Something about seeing it in black and white — the texture of that crumbling stone against the mountain behind it. The scale is hard to appreciate until you're standing on the opposite shore and realize how massive those slopes actually are.

Capitol Reef is Utah's least-visited national park—and I've never understood why. The geology here is just as dramatic a...
02/17/2026

Capitol Reef is Utah's least-visited national park—and I've never understood why. The geology here is just as dramatic as anywhere in the Southwest.

The Castle at Sunset Capitol Reef is Utah's least-visited national park—and I've never understood why. The geology here ...
02/17/2026

The Castle at Sunset

Capitol Reef is Utah's least-visited national park—and I've never understood why. The geology here is just as dramatic as anywhere in the Southwest.

The Castle rises above layers of eroded badlands, each band of rock telling a different chapter of geologic time. At sunset, the Wingate sandstone glows orange while the sky turns pink and lavender behind it.

No crowds. No permits. Just you and 100 million years of Earth history.

Capitol Reef National Park, Utah | Fuji GFX 100s

Still water and peak color. I waited all morning for the wind to die down and give me this reflection. There's maybe a t...
02/12/2026

Still water and peak color. I waited all morning for the wind to die down and give me this reflection. There's maybe a three-week window every fall when the aspens put on a show like this — gold, orange, red all mixed in with the evergreens. Miss it by a few days and the leaves are on the ground.

Colorado in autumn. Nothing else like it.

Tuscan MorningThere's a reason photographers wake up before dawn in the Val d'Orcia. When the fog settles into the valle...
02/09/2026

Tuscan Morning

There's a reason photographers wake up before dawn in the Val d'Orcia. When the fog settles into the valleys and the first light hits those rolling hills, the landscape looks like it was painted.

Cypress trees have lined these roads for centuries. The villas perched on hilltops have seen generations come and go. And every morning, if conditions are right, the fog transforms it all into something dreamlike.

The Quiet Side of ZionWhile everyone else was photographing towering cliffs, I found myself looking down at the forest f...
02/06/2026

The Quiet Side of Zion

While everyone else was photographing towering cliffs, I found myself looking down at the forest floor.

Bigtooth maples don't turn all at once—each leaf moves through green, yellow, and orange on its own schedule. This small cluster caught my eye, glowing against the gray branches of early November.

Sometimes the best shots are at your feet.

Zion National Park | Kodak E100 | 4x5 large format

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After a rare rain in the Sonoran Desert, temporary pools form in the granite—lasting just long enough to capture reflect...
02/03/2026

After a rare rain in the Sonoran Desert, temporary pools form in the granite—lasting just long enough to capture reflections that won't exist tomorrow.
This saguaro has stood here for perhaps 150 years. The pool holding its reflection will be gone in days.
Shot on 4x5 Kodak TMAX 100

Canyon on fireThe bigtooth maples only get a few weeks to put on their show each autumn. When they do, the normally mute...
01/22/2026

Canyon on fire

The bigtooth maples only get a few weeks to put on their show each autumn. When they do, the normally muted desert canyons erupt in oranges, reds, and golds you'd expect to find in New England—not the Southwest.

Shot on Velvia, because some subjects demand that film saturation.

Reflections in stoneThere's something meditative about finding perfect stillness in the desert. These ancient sandstone ...
01/19/2026

Reflections in stone

There's something meditative about finding perfect stillness in the desert. These ancient sandstone formations at White Pocket took 190 million years to form—and just a few windless seconds to create this mirror image.

Converting to black and white strips away distraction and lets the lines, curves, and textures speak for themselves. The rock becomes almost abstract, a study in pattern and symmetry.

Autumn reflection photography featuring golden aspen trees mirrored in a crystal-clear mountain lake. The vibrant fall f...
01/15/2026

Autumn reflection photography featuring golden aspen trees mirrored in a crystal-clear mountain lake. The vibrant fall foliage contrasts beautifully with dark evergreens on the hillside.

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