It’s almost a wrap for 2025. For me, this year was a particularly successful year photographically. I traveled to nine different park units: Carlsbad Caverns and White Sands national parks in New Mexico, Petroglyph National Monument, also in New Mexico, Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas, Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State, and Sequoia, Kings Canyon, and Yosemite national parks in California. This plethora of parks provided plenty of imagery for all sorts of Traveler articles as well as the monthly photo columns I pen.
If you are like me, you read photo articles because – no matter how well-versed you believe yourself to be regarding national park photography – you always learn something new while picking up bits here and there about new techniques and ideas. That, or you just want to see the pretty pictures that will give you an idea of what you can photograph.
As such, the time is nigh for a year-end recap of park photography articles published in the Traveler. How many of these have you read?
Favorite Spots Along Mount Rainier's Nisqually-Longmire Corridor
Continuing the series of telling you where and how to get to my favorite spots at Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State, in this photo column I describe my favorite places all along the Nisqually-Longmire Corridor, from the Paradise area down to the Nisqually Entrance near Ashford, Washington.
Favorite Spots at Mount Rainier's Paradise Area
Continuing the series of telling you where and how to get to my favorite spots at Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State, in this photo column I describe my favorite places in the park's Paradise area.
Favorite Spots At Mount Rainier's Sunrise Area
Every photographer has his or her favorite spots from which to photograph in a national park. I have plenty of favorite spots and tell you how to get to them at the Sunrise area of Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State.
Mesa Verde Revisited
It’s good to revisit a favorite unit of the National Park System. You can capture images of places you’ve seen before of which you want better or different compositions, as well as subjects and landscapes you’ve only just now noticed or maybe wanted to photograph in the past, but didn’t during that first visit.
Early Summer At White Sands National Park
If you have not yet visited White Sands National Park in New Mexico, you may initially assume there is nothing but white gypsum sand dunes to photograph. There's so much more than that, if you are observant enough.
Food Photography And A Cookbook Review
The National Parks Traveler publishes various book reviews, including cookbooks. Contributing photographer Rebecca Latson guides you through capturing great food shots while visiting a national park lodge and also writes a review about her experience cooking recipes from The National Parks Cookbook by Linda Ly.
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Contributing photographer Rebecca Latson has visited several cave-centric parks, using a smartphone camera, point-and-shoot, and SLR. Rebecca visited Carlsbad Caverns National Park with her SLR cameras and provides tips and techniques for getting great low-light cave shots while guiding you along the Natural Entrance and Big Room trails of this cavern.
Yellowstone's Grand Loop Road Part 4
The Grand Loop Road in Yellowstone National Park is 142 miles (229 kilometers) long and takes you through many ecosystems within this park. Contributing photographer Rebecca Latson wraps up this photo series with the last 19 miles from Norris Geyser Basin back to the beginning at Mammoth Terraces.
Yellowstone's Grand Loop Road Part 3
The Grand Loop Road in Yellowstone National Park is 142 miles (229 kilometers) long and takes you through many ecosystems within this park. Contributing photographer Rebecca Latson continues this photo series from West Thumb Geyser Basin all the way up to Norris Geyser Basin.
Yellowstone's Grand Loop Road Part 2
Contributing photographer Rebecca Latson continues to take you along Yellowstone National Park's Grand Loop Road to show you all the photo ops you might capture. This part of the route is from Tower-Roosevelt Junction to West Thumb Geyser Basin.
Yellowstone's Grand Loop Road Part 1
Perhaps you only have one or two days to spend in Yellowstone National Park. Where should you go during that time and what should you photograph? Contributing photographer Rebecca Latson takes you along the park's Grand Loop Road from Mammoth to Tower-Roosevelt Junction to show you the many photo ops available.
My 11 Favorite Shots From 2024
In keeping with a January tradition started around 2015, contributing photographer Rebecca Latson showcases her 11 favorite images captured over the course of 2024.
From me to you, I wish you all Happy Holidays and great photographic moments out in the National Park System.
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