Posts by Jefferson Graham

  Huge mountains, a creek that runs through town, a funky downtown with cool shops and cafes and historic buildings that date back to the 1800s, and for nostalgia buffs, an easy walk to the home shared by “Mork and Mindy” in the opening credits of the 1970s/80s TV series. There’s lots to photograph in…

Prescott, Arizona is just a seven hour drive from the South Bay bubble, and into another world. The old west lives on in Prescott, which was the original Arizona state capital in the 1800s, and a favorite haunting ground for the likes of Wyatt Earp and the Earp Bros., Doc Holliday and Big Nose Kate.…

It will take about ten and a half hours to drive from the South Bay to get to Moab, but its so worth it.  Leave the beach and you will enter an otherworld, a tiny small town in southeastern Utah, pop. 5,300, just down the road from Arches National Park. This is the place best…

There is a very special place on the Arizona/Utah border that is synonymous with the American West and should be visited by every photographer at least once. This giant landscape is tailor-made for mobile phone cameras and the ultra-wide angle lens. No fancy gear needed! It’s Monument Valley, part of the Navajo Nation, discovered by…

Jackson Hole, Wyoming is one of the most beautiful, yet pricey places you might consider visiting. It’s a popular spot for wealthy millionaires and billionaires to spend a few days in their second home during summers and ski seasons, as well as ordinary folks who love the skiing and national park touring. While winter is…

PhotowalksTV recently returned to California from a mammoth 9-state, 30-day photo tour, where every stop (with the exceptions of Henderson, Nevada and Chadron, Nebraska,) was particularly spectacular. But it’s fair to say our photographic journey of South Dakota was easily the most memorable. This is a place we had been to before, so we weren’t…

In 1923, the late Los Angeles Times publisher Harry Chandler was instrumental in having a big sign erected for his “Hollywoodland” real estate holdings, a $21,000 billboard that was intended to last a little over a year. Instead, it morphed into a free-standing Sign and is still standing, all these years later.     Cut to…