Night sky over Temple Mountain in the San Rafael Swell, Utah desert
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welcome to our story

 

We're Brian and Sam. We photograph landscapes, night skies, and wildlife around Utah and the mountain west — red rock and washboard roads by day, some of the darkest skies left in the country by night. Brian drives, shoots, and flies the drone. Sam finds the shot and tells the story. Every photograph on this site is ours, taken in a real place we actually stood in. Nothing here is AI-generated and nothing is stock. Prints of our favorite frames are in the shop.