Our favorite pastime as a family is traveling and documenting what we see. Despite all our good intentions, we can never get up early enough to see the sunrise and are often too tired to stay on the road until the sunset. 

And so what? I don’t mind shooting in the full sun. If you embrace it and carefully direct the face towards the sun, you can get pleasing results: sharp focus, saturated colors and the joy of carrying only your camera around, no lighting equipment.

These portraits are from our latest trip to Death Valley in California where we hiked from Zabriskie Point into the desert. More to follow as I edit the rest of my photos.