The End of the Road

After picking-up where I left off on the Californian border last year, I continued my journey down Route 66, travelling through the Mojave desert and finally found myself at the end of the road in Santa Monica.



Santa Monica marks the end of the 2448 miles of the original Mother Road from Chicago to LA. Having driven along all the remaining road surface, there was a certain melancholy on reaching the Pacific.


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Another month, another country...

Ok, that's 2 months since my last post, but I've been busy!

Aside from editing the mountain of US images clogging up the hard drives, I couldn't resist driving North for a few days and getting a taste of Highland Scotland.

Much more to come from a longer shoot, later in the year...

Highlights from Fall in New England

The 2 weeks I spent shooting the Fall Foliage in New England was amazing... though it's taken a little longer than that to get the results edited!

Click here for some highlights!

Winter Wonderland

They say it hasn't snowed this much in London for 20 years...

I just know it made for some great pictures!

(belated) Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year!

Just a quick seasonal greeting to everyone that has been following my blog.

I'm back in the UK, full of festive cheer, after a crazy final 3 weeks in the US.

After Antelope Canyon, featured in the last post, I revisted Grand Canyon, then zigzagged out of Arizona and across SE Utah via Monument Valley, Canyonlands National Park and Arches National Park, before scaring myself silly driving I-70 in a car clearly incapable of dealing with the piles of snow building up under my tyres!

Once the New Year madness has settled, I'll post an update with the last part of the shoot, update the Mother Road Images website with the new material and give some pointers to my agents' sites where you can see more from the Open Road.

Until then... all the best for 2009!!!

From Big to Small...

Compared to Grand Canyon, Antelope Canyon should hardly be called "canyon"!

In places it's only a shoulder's width, which can make both photographing and just enjoying it a little tricky at times.

Having said that, it is one of the few places (along with it's much bigger cousin) that really lives up to the hype, and received "wows" from every single person in our Navajo escorted visit.

Grand Canyon!

This is the Hole-in-the-Ground to end all Holes-in-the-Ground!

When you first see it, the scale really takes your breath away. But it's not long before you find yourself running around, trying to get that interesting tree in shot, along with the amazing view and the pink sky... then your breath gets taken away again when you realise how stupidly near the edge you are!

... and now a Meteorite Impact!

This huge hole in the Arizona desert was made by the impact of a meteorite some 50,000 years ago. The meteorite was around 50m diameter, producing this crater of about 1,200m in diameter and 170m deep.

Imagine the result of such an impact today, in a more populated area.

Dinosaurs Run Amok...

Shocking scenes today, in Holbrook Arizona, as dinosaurs run amok.

Authorities warned all mannequins not to go out alone, while on the plains, a triceratops was the latest victim of the marauding T-Rex!

RedTop Diner on Route 66

Many thanks to Jerry Ueckert (pictured) for inviting me over to his newly restored Valentine Diner, in Edgewood, NM. Once there were 1000's of these pre-fabricated Diners around the US, now there are fewer than 20. For more information on Valentine Diners, click here and here.