I woke up early this past Saturday to photograph Garden of the Gods and Pikes Peak at sunrise from the Mesa Overlook, one of the best places in Colorado Springs to get sweeping videos of the red rock formations and the 14k peak. I took this with a Canon 6D DSLR camera and a Canon EF 70-300mm telephoto lens.

I woke up early on Saturday to photograph the moon above Pikes Peak and Garden of the Gods. And here they are, in a long exposure photo taken just before sunrise. I ended up having more fun photographing the deer in the area, but made sure I got a few shots of the landscape as well. I took this with a Canon 6D DSLR camera and a Canon 17-40mm lens.

I had my Mom and nephew in town for Thanksgiving and we took a drive through the Garden of the Gods the next day. We've had a particularly wet fall, with several snowstorms coming through Colorado Springs since mid-October. Our most recent storm dumped 7 or 8 inches of snow on the city, with far more in the mountains. This photo was taken a couple days later, when warming temperatures had begun to slowly melt the snow. I took it with a Canon 6D DSLR camera and a Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens.

This photo shows the Garden of the Gods from a less common viewpoint, from the west looking east towards the backside of the famous rock formations in Colorado Springs. I took this photo while hiking in Red Rock Canyon Open Space using a Canon 6D DSLR camera and a Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM lens.

Red Rock Canyon Open Space is a wonderful spot for hiking in the foothills of the Front Range Rocky Mountains in Colorado Springs. The park offers terrific views of the famous Garden of the Gods rock formations, which you can see here in the upper-left. I took this photo with a Canon 6D DSLR camera and a Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM lens.

I took this photo while hiking the Scotsman Trail in Garden of the Gods Park, using a Canon 70D DSLR camera and a Canon EF-S 17-55mm lens. This is looking northeast, towards the park's main rock formations.

I took this photo while hiking in Garden of the Gods, a beautiful spot for hiking in Colorado Springs, at the base of Pikes Peak. This is a backside view of two of the park's most prominent rock formations, taken while hiking the Scotsman Trail. I took this photo with a Canon 70D DSLR camera and a Canon EF-S 17-55mm lens.

A snowy Garden of the Gods and Pikes Peak, a day after a snowstorm, as seen from the Mesa Overlook near the entrance to the Garden of the Gods park. This was in the morning; after a few hours of high elevation sun, most of it have melted away. This was taken with a Canon 70D and Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X116 Pro DX lens.

A snowy Pikes Peak and Garden of the Gods, a day after a snowstorm, as seen from the Mesa Overlook near the entrance to the Garden of the Gods park. This was in the morning; after a few hours of high elevation sun, most of it have melted away. This was taken with a Canon 70D DSLR and Canon EF-S 17-55mm lens.

I took this photo the day after a big snowstorm hit Colorado Springs, from the Mesa Overlook near the entrance to the Garden of the Gods park. This was in the morning; after a few hours of high elevation sun, most of it have melted away. This was taken with a Canon 70D DSLR and Canon EF-S 17-55mm lens.