Fine Art Photography - the Entire Collection: Matt Suess

"Retired Boot" - Texas Hill Country

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:25:05 GMT

]]>This boot may have been made for walking but now in retirement it is adorning a wooden fence pole in the heart of the Texas Hill Country.

There were actually numerous boots along this particular fence. I spent a while looking for the perfect boot with the perfect background and set up my 300mm f2.8 lens on my tripod when I found it for a tight shot with limited depth of field.

Careful framing and focusing allowed me to keep the entire fence and boot in perfect focus and shooting at f8 allowed me to reduce the background to a pleasing blur allowing the fence and boot to stand out even more.

This is a 3-photo HDR image that was processed with Lightroom 5, Nik Software's HDR Efex Pro, Silver Efex Pro 2 and Photoshop.

Sonoran Desert Sunset

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:00:43 GMT

]]>The sky explodes with color behind a majestic saguaro cactus in North Scottsdale, Arizona during a dramatic sunset following a cloudy day.

Home Sweet Home - Superstition Mountains, Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:34:36 GMT

]]>I found this old western room near the Superstition Mountains in Arizona.

Full of texture and detail, I processed this 3-photo HDR image using Lightroom, Photoshop, HDR Efex Pro 2, Topaz Adjust, and Silver Efex Pro 2 software. The HDR process really helped bring out all of the gritty detail, and Silver Efex Pro was used to give this photo an old, timeless look.

"Cholla Sunrise at the Elvis Chapel" - Superstition Mountains

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:41:02 GMT

]]>Early morning sunlight backlights and shines through some cholla cactus at the Elvis Memorial Chapel at the Superstition Mountains in Apache Junction, Arizona.

Check out my blog post here to read a behind-the-scenes account of how this was photographed.

"Chromatic Enchantment" - Zion Natinal Park, Utah

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:40:41 GMT

]]>Water Temp: mid 40’s

Air Temp: slightly colder than the water

Hiking all day in the river for 8 miles with a depth at times above my waist, trying not to fall in the water and risk hypothermia & the loss of my camera gear, and keeping an eye out above for the occasional falling icicles to photograph such beauty: Priceless

Photographed in Zion National Park, Utah in the Narrows.

"Frozen in Time" - Zion National Park

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 21:43:06 GMT

]]>When photographing in Zion National Park in Utah the landscape is so pretty that it can be easy to miss the little details - ahhh but I love the little details.

After a cold front moved through and dropped overnight temps into the upper 20's I knew there would be ice around and I found this bright yellow cottonwood leaf partially frozen along the shore of the Virgin River. The blue is from a reflection of the sky.

"Balancing Act" - Zion National Park

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:52:37 GMT

]]>After a weekend storm in Zion National Park the VIrgin River turned a beautiful chocolate brown and was running fast. I found this rock cairn in the middle of the river and used my Singh-Ray Vari-N-Duo thin ring polarizing variable neutral density filter to allow me to slow down my exposure to smooth out the water.

"Drying Out"

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:14:05 GMT

]]>Cottonwood leaves rest upon dried out mud during the fall foliage season at Ghost Ranch in Northern New Mexico.

This is a Suess Original - only ONE signed photograph is available. It is available as a 19" x 26" HD Aluminum Masterpiece Edition Print.

Price: $6,995

Status: Available

"New Mexico Patina"

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:01:48 GMT

]]>An old car with a beautiful rust patina rests in front of some flowers and trees in Northern New Mexico.

This is a Suess Original - only ONE signed photograph is available. It is available as a 27" x 36" HD Aluminum Masterpiece Edition Print.

Price: $9,745

Status: Available

Vintage Bennett

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:42:39 GMT

]]>This old vintage Bennett gas pump sits rusting away in New Mexico and was phtographed in 2011.

It is an HDR image that was also processed using Silver Efex Pro, Photoshop, as well as a separate textured photo that was blended into the entire image.

"Somewhere, Under the Rainbow" - Colorado

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:28:27 GMT

]]>This was photographed just outside Crested Butte, Colorado and was photographed in the summer of 2012. It is a 3-photo HDR image that was processed using both Nik's HDR Efex Pro 2 software as well as Photomatix Pro.

The rainbow that appeared after a brief afternoon shower was one of the brightest rainbows I had seen in some time. I quickly grabbed my camera from my RV, set it up on my tripod, and started firing away.

You can read a full behind-the-scenes account of this photo complete with before photos here.

Sunrise at the Tetons

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:22:54 GMT

]]>Early morning sunlight lights up some rain clouds above the Tetons in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming in the summer of 2012.

Fireworks at Hyannis Lighthouse

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 03:40:31 GMT

]]>Fireworks explode behind the Hyannis Lighthouse in Hyannis Harbor as part of the Fourth of July celebration in 2002. Cape Cod, Mass.

"104 East Main Street" - Denison, TX

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:31:38 GMT

]]>This is a Suess Original - only ONE signed photograph is available. It is available in your choice of either a 24" x 36" or 30" x 45" HD Aluminum Masterpiece Edition print. Click on the "Buy" link above for pricing.

Status: Available

Blocked from the public with a chain link fence, an historic building in Denison, TX continues to succumb to mother nature following work done while removing a loading dock area on the left, railroad track side of the building two years prior to me photographing here in Spring of 2012.

Separate court cases are preventing anything form being done to the building and it is unclear if the building can be saved at this point. With each passing storm however, Mother Nature causes a little bit more damage and another brick to fall. Soon this landmark may be gone forever.

Photographed with my Canon 5DII and 17-40mm lens. A three photo HDR I processed in Photomatix Pro. I also used Topaz Adjust and Color Efex 4 software, as well as a few manual tweaks in Photoshop.

You can read more about this photo and how it was photographed, with a before photo, here.

"Old Jeep Pickup & Cat" - Texas

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:10:44 GMT

]]>This is a Suess Original - only ONE signed photograph is available. For size and price, click on the "Buy" link above.

Status: Currently Available

This old jeep pickup truck was found behind an old convenience store in North Texas.

I was all set up with camera on tripod when I noticed a cat start exploring the truck. I watched as it started walking around the back and fired off 3 quick exposures with the cat in this position.

The cat couldn't have been in a better position for me with this composition, and I really liked its pose. A nice little enhancement to what I felt was already a strong image.

St. Nicholas Chapel III - Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:03:20 GMT

]]>Outside St. Nicholas Chapel at a Greek Monastary in Florence, AZ.

Northern Lights at Cape Cod Airport

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:24:35 GMT

]]>Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights fill the sky above the windmill at Cape Cod Airport in Marstons Mills Thursday evening.
10/30/03 © Matt Suess www.mattsuess.com

Entrance to Tranquility - Cape Cod, Mass

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:08:24 GMT

]]>I had visited Duck Harbor Beach in Wellfleet before, on assignment for the Cape Cod Times Newspaper covering cold weather strandings of endangered turtles.

I always loved this beach and returned in April of 2003 for some sunset photos, when I photographed this classic Cape Cod scene.

Pastels & Pebbles, Cape Cod, Mass

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:11:46 GMT

]]>A beautiful pastel colored sunrise greeted me this morning at Sandy Neck Beach in Barnsatable on Cape Cod, Mass. in June of 2006. The tide was low, showing off all of the wonderful rocks that normally would be covered by high tide.

Northern Lights at Barnstable Harbor

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:10:06 GMT

]]>Northern Lights add color to the night sky above boats moored in Barnstable Harbor near Sandy Neck Beach in Cape Cod, Massachusetts in October of 2003.

Poppies in the Morning

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:41:02 GMT

]]>Poppy flowers reach for the sky during the morning in Scottsdale, Arizona.

This was photographed with my iPhone 4 camera using the Camera+ app. I adjusted color and saturation and added a texture to the image using Nik's Snapseed iPhone app.

Live Scallops, Harwich, Cape Cod, Mass.

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:33:11 GMT

]]>Live scallops lie on the beach at Red RIver Beach in Harwich Tuesday. The scallops washed ashore due to recent storms. 12/19/00

Race Point Lighthouse, Cape Cod, Mass

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:33:10 GMT

]]>Race Point Lighthouse, as seen from Herring Cove Beach in Provincetown, on Cape Cod, Mass. 12/18/00

Still Standing Tall - Utah

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:47:08 GMT

]]>This is a Suess Original - only ONE signed photograph is available. For size and price, click on the "Buy" link above.

Status: Currently Available

While this was photographed in Zion National Park in 2009, it stayed in my RAW archives until late 2011 when inspiration struck and I ended up processing this image. l used Lightroom to process the RAW file. I then used onOne's Perfect Photo Suite 6 as well as Nik's Viveza 2 software to perfect the image.

Equipment: Canon 5D and 24-70mm lens

"Sunrise at Bryce Canyon" - Utah

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:31:59 GMT

"Dawn" - Colorado

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:58:23 GMT

]]>This was photographed in 2008 at Rocky Mountain National Park.

It is a 5 photo stitched image photographed with a 24-70mm lens.

I saw this location a day earlier, but a little later in the morning when the sky was brighter and not as dramatic. I decided to return to the same spot the next day - earlier this time - so I could photograph this.

"Ristras and Window" Taos, New Mexico

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:47:09 GMT

]]>This was photographed in Taos, New Mexico, and not too far away from Santa Fe. The red peppers hung on the adobe wall gives a great contrast to the blue window. This is a 3-image HDR photograph.

"Jim's Garage" - Florence, AZ at sunset.

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:13:15 GMT

]]>This is a three photo HDR image of an old deserted garage in Florence, near an RV park I was staying at.

It was along a bike ride that I was checking out the building. Seeing the late afternoon sunlight start to nicely warm the building, I raced back to get my camera and tripod and photographed this just as some nice clouds appeared.

"Evening Warmth" - Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:32:00 GMT

]]>This multiple exposure HDR was photographed in the desert in Arizona at an RV park I was staying at. The texture in the sky was the result of a photographic texture that I blended in with the original photo. The texture is from FlyPaper Textures: http://bit.ly/eGfe3o

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:47:16 GMT

]]>Exterior of St. ANthony Church at a Greek Monastery in Arizona.

St. Elijah Chapel

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:34:44 GMT

]]>St. Elijah Chapel on a lightly cloudy day at a Greek Orthodox Monastery in Arizona.

Sky Blue - Phoenix, AZ

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:37:19 GMT

]]>This was photographed during #phxPhotoWalk

It was photographed with my iPhone 4 and processed using Nik's Viveza 2. #Architexture

1885 Schoolhouse

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:56:24 GMT

]]>This 1885 one-room schoolhouse was found in Santa Fe and was photographed in 2011 during a photo workshop Christine Hauber and I were teaching.

This is a 3-photo HDR image that was processed using Nik's HDR Efex Pro software.

"Harvest Time" - New Mexico

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:03:19 GMT

]]>This was photographed in Santa Fe during a photo workshop Christine Hauber and I were teaching. It is a 3-photo HDR image that was processed using Nik's HDR Efex Pro software as well as Viveza 2 and Color Efex Pro 4.

"Vintage Coca Cola" - New Mexico

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:35:23 GMT

]]>I found this old Coke machine next to an old wood wagon and some prickley pear cactus in Northern New Mexico near Santa Fe and Taos. In fact I photographed this with my students during a photo workshop Christine and I were teaching in Santa Fe/Taos in 2011.

While this was photographed in 2011, I didn't process and enhance the photo until spring of 2012.

This was photographed with my Canon 5DMKII and 17-40mm lens. It is a 3-photo HDR image, meaning I took 3 different photos while my camera was on the tripod, changing the exposure in each to allow me to record details in the bright highlights and dark shadows.

I combined the 3 differently exposed photos into one image using Nik's HDR Efex Pro software. I also used Silver Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro 4, and Viveza 2 (use coupon code mattsuess to receive a discount on Nik's plugins) while enhancing the photo.

I also blended in a photo texture from FlyPaper Textures to complete the look.

1950's Packard Hood Ornament

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:56:24 GMT

]]>The shiny hood ornament from a 1950's Packard sits upon the rusted hood in this photo from Northern New Mexico.

"Old Bottle Caps" - New Mexico

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:25:30 GMT

]]>I remember as a kid having a bottle cap collection. I had to hide it from my mother in my closet. I never got to photograph my collection before I eventually had to get rid of it. I wonder if I had any of these...

Why do kids collect bottle caps? Do they still collect bottle caps? The person who had this nice little collection certainly wasn't a kid. I know for a fact though he is a kid at heart.

This was photographed during the Santa Fe workshop Christine Hauber and I in September, 2011. Using the HDR process and CEP4 I was able to control color and detail to get exactly what I was looking for with this image - a gritty, detail rich photo with muted color around the bottle caps.

A total of 56 control points were used in HDR Efex Pro to control color and brightness.

Equipment: Canon 5DmkII and 24-70mm lens, tripod

Processing: 3 photo HDR. Raws were processed in Lightroom. HDR Efex Pro was used for the HDR processing. Image was then processed with Color Efex Pro 4 using Detail Extractor and Tonal Contrast. Then a small adjustment in Topaz Adjust, minor curve tweak in Photoshop, and a last run into CEP4 for Pro Contrast.

Engine #487 - Colorado

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:25:14 GMT

]]>This train was photographed in Southern Colorado during a somewhat stormy summer afternoon. I was traveling in my RV heading from NM to Colorado to participate in an art festival when I noticed this trainyard. I am glad I stopped because as I was walking up to the tracks, this train just happened to be arriving.

It was photographed with my Canon 5DmkII and 17-40mm lens. It is a 3 exposure HDR processed with HDR Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro, and Silver Efex Pro.

"Cow Canyon Trading Post" - Utah

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:20:26 GMT

]]>I have driven past this location over a dozen times in the last few years with never stopping for a photo. Finally after all that time inspiration struck and this is the result, photographed in 2011.

This was photographed with my Canon 5DmkII and 17-40mm lens. It is a 3 photo HDR that was processed with the following software: Lightroom, Photoshop, HDR Efex Pro, Silver Efex Pro, and Color Efex Pro.

Best Friends - Utah old Volkswagens

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 15:00:08 GMT

]]>Two old Volkswagens - Best Friends - sit next to each other in a car junkyard in Moab, Utah in this photo from 2011.

Flowers Below the Bells - Colorado

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:51:26 GMT

]]>Photographed during sunrise at the ever popular and beautiful Maroon Bells in Aspen, Colorado in the summer of 2011.

This 8 exposure HDR was first processed in HDR Efex Pro. I also processed the 8 images in Photomatix Pro. I took the resulting version from each and then manually blended the two versions together in photoshop - keeping the best parts from each. I then took one of the original 8 images and used the sky in that and replaced it in the hdr version. I then used Viveza, Color Efex Pro, and ultimately Silver Efex Pro, as well as many tweaks in photoshop, to achieve the look I was after.

A color version is also available.

Maroon Bells with Summer Flowers - Colorado

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Mon, 21 May 2012 21:25:28 GMT

]]>Yellow summer flowers cover the field in front of Maroon Bells outside of Aspen, Colorado during this sunrise photo.

It is an 8-photo HDR image that was processed in Nik's HDR Efex Pro. Color Efex Pro 4 was also used to enhance the colors, and Nik's Define 2 was used to remove noise from the sky.

This was photographed in 2011 with my Canon 5DII and 17-40mm lens. I originally released a black & white version that year. In 2012 I went back to the original 8 photos and reprocessed it into this color version.

You can read more about how I photographed and processed this photograph here.

"Old Betsy at Sunset" - Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:34:15 GMT

]]>I spent quite a bit of time photographing this old truck for 3 months at the beginning of this year (2011). The fact that it was parked right near where my RV was parked made it all the easier. The cloud cover was really quite striking this particular evening.

Equipment: Canon 5DmkII and 17-40mm lens, tripod

Processing: 6 photo HDR. Raws were processed in Lightroom. HDR Efex Pro was used for the HDR processing. I had to go back to one of the original RAW files to blend in the sky because the HDR software was not able to handle the ghosting due to the clouds moving between exposures.

"Old Betsy" - Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:36:48 GMT

]]>I spent quite a bit of time photographing this old truck for 3 months at the beginning of this year (2011). The fact that it was parked right near where my RV was parked made it all the easier.

This is a multi-photo HDR image that was processed in Nik's HDR Efex Pro software (use coupon code mattsuess at online checkout to save on any of their great plugins)

Weathered Daisies - Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:03:17 GMT

]]>These daisies were photographed with my iPhone. The cracked texture was blended into the photo using an iPhone app.

Colorful fall leaves wet from a light rain photographed with my iPhone 4 in Connecticut.

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:56:57 GMT

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"Phillips 66"

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:24:55 GMT

]]>This was photographed in Northern New Mexico. The interior of this building had a lot of old gas station pumps, license plates, neon lights, and other car themed antiques.

"Empty Bottles" - New Mexico

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:35:21 GMT

]]>"Empty Bottles" - New Mexico

This was photographed in Northern New Mexico in a old fountain drink type of trailer. The glass bottles feature Dr Pepper, Sunkist, and Coca Cola with a rusty old Pepsi sign in the background.

Subjects like this make great HDR photos as the HDR technique brings out so much detail and character.

It was photographed with my Canon 5DmkII and 17-40mm lens.

It is a 3 photo HDR that was processed with the following software: Lightroom, Photoshop, HDR Efex Pro

"Five Old Pumps" - New Mexico

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:05:28 GMT

]]>This was photographed in Northern New Mexico. These old gas pumps were standing tall and strong next to each other and balanced well with the background and clouds.

"Five Old Pumps" is a 3-photo HDR image. I processed the RAW files in Lightroom and used Nik's HDR Efex Pro to do the tonemapping.

"Frontier Gas Station" - New Mexico

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:35:21 GMT

]]>This was photographed in Northern New Mexico. For this 8 exposure HDR photograph, I converted the original color image into a rich sepia, and allowed the red from the old gas pumps to shine through with the red from the Coca Cola sign and cooler, as well as other red objects. I love how the red turned out against that great sepia color.

"Up to the Heavens"

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:47:38 GMT

]]>This was photographed in Taos, New Mexico, and not too far away from Santa Fe. The red peppers hung on the adobe wall gives a great contrast to the blue window. This is a 3-image HDR photograph.

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:37:00 GMT

]]>"Old Santa Fe Door" was photographed in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I added a photo texture and blended it in to the sky so that it would match the texture in the adobe walls.

Cathedral Rock Sunset - Sedona, Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:30:45 GMT

]]>I have photographed in Sedona a number of times, but was never before pleased with what I had from the Red Rock Crossing area. This was photographed in the Spring of this year (2011) - a few years since I last photographed in Sedona.

A fairly boring sky was rendered interesting with the use of a photo texture that was blended into the entire photo.

Equipment: Canon 5DmkII and 17-40mm lens, tripod

Processing: 3 photo HDR. Raws were processed in Lightroom. HDR Efex Pro was used for the HDR processing. Image was also processed using Nik's Silver Efex Pro 2, Color Efex Pro 4, and Viveza 2. The photo texture is from FlyPaper Textures ( http://bit.ly/eGfe3o )

"Harley Parking Only" - Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:00:48 GMT

]]>Coming across this old Harley Davidson motorcycle at a location that mainly features old cars and trucks was a great find.

I started enhancing this 3 photo HDR image by processing it first in Nik's HDR Efex Pro software. From there I used Silver Efex Pro to desaturate much of the background and edges to separate the bike a little bit from the background, leaving color in certain areas that I liked - such as "The Other Woman" truck in the background.

I then used Color Efex Pro 4 software to bring out more detail, to add a slight vignette, and also to soften up some of the background a bit. Additional layer masking as well as dodging and burning in Photoshop.

Lastly, a very subtle photo texture from FlyPaper Textures was added to finish the look.

"Belts & Oil" - Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:51:44 GMT

]]>This was photographed in 2011 and processed in 2012. It was photographed in Jerome, Arizona and is the same building that appears in my "Smiling Billy" photo.

It is a 3-photo HDR that was processed using Photomatix Pro. Other software used to complete the look included Nik Software's Color Efex Pro 4 and Topaz Adjust.

The HDR process really helped bring out all of the detail and grit in this photo. I remember when I was photographing the scene I was facinated with all of the belts hung from every possible place. The old wood door and oil drums were also of particular interest.

You can read more on how this photo was created, with before photos, here.

"Smiling Billy"

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:47:14 GMT

]]>This is a 3 photo HDR image that was processed in Nik's HDR Efex Pro software (use coupon code mattsuess at online checkout to save on any of their great plugins).

It was photographed in Jerome, Arizona in early 2011. By Using the HDR process I was able to get detail in the brightest highlights all the way to the darkest shadows. The three photos were combined in my digital darkroom.

I didn't care for the bright blue sky that was in the original photo so I used a separate photo of a closeup of rust from another car and blended it into the sky.

You can read more on how this photo was processed, with before photos, here.

"Liberty Stage Lines" - Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:06:09 GMT

]]>This is a Suess Original - only ONE signed photograph is available. It is available in your choice of either a 24"x36" or 30"x45" HD Aluminum Masterpiece Edition print. Click on the "Buy" link above for pricing.

Status: Available

This old covered wagon was originally photographed in Scottsdale, Arizona in 2011. The photos sat on my hard drive for over a year, until I processed and enhanced them in the spring of 2012.

It is a 7-exposure HDR image that was processed in Nik's HDR Efex Pro software as well as in Silver Efex Pro and VIveza2.

The clouds were quite amazing for this sunset photo and add a unique depth and quality to the photo.

A saguaro cactus is silhouetted against a spectacular Arizona sunset in North Scottsdale. This was photographed with my iPhone 4 camera in early 2011.

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:57:38 GMT

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"St. Elijah Chapel" - Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:03:19 GMT

]]>St. Elijah Chapel on a lightly cloudy day at a Greek Orthodox Monastery in Arizona.

"Superstition Mountains" - Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:47:08 GMT

]]>This is a Suess Original - only ONE signed photograph is available. For size and price, click on the "Buy" link above.

Status: Currently Available

This photo of the Superstition Mountains in Arizona features a separate photo texture blended in. The photo texture is from some dried out mud I found in Southern Utah. Combining the two photos gives a truly unique and stunning presentation.

"Joshua Tree Starry Night" - California

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:16:45 GMT

]]>Stars light up the sky and a rising moon provides the foreground light in this nighttime long exposure at Joshua Tree National Park in California.

I scouted this location earlier in the day, finding a subject and composition I liked, and hiked out later in the evening in the dark with a flashlight to the same spot.

This is a 40 minute exposure, at ISO 400, using a Canon 5DII and 24-70mm f2.8 lens. I ended up processing the single RAW file twice - once for detail and color in the sky, and again for detail and color in the foreground. I manually blended the two files together in Photoshop using layer masks, spending a ton of time at high magnification on the Joshua Tree itself.

"Joshua Tree Sunset" - California

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:15:17 GMT

]]>A total of 21 separate photos went into creating this panoramic image photographed at Joshua Tree National Park in California.

Seven different compositions were made as I rotated the camera to provide me with about a 140 degree view. Each of the seven different compositions were photographed 3 times at different exposure settings - one for highlights, one for midtones, and one for the shadows. I used Photoshop for the stitching and Photomatix Pro for the HDR tonemapping.

"Joshua Tree Sunset" - California

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:00:28 GMT

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"Scripps Pier" - California

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:44:56 GMT

]]>I have been traveling to the San Diego area for art festivals for the last 4 years and 2010 was the first time I traveled the few remaining miles to the west coast to photograph in the La Jolla area.

This photo of Scripps Pier, in La Jolla, was a time exposure photographed after sunset. It was photographed just before the the last remaining color left the sky. The warm color on the water came from the lights on the pier.

I was up to my waist in the ocean water with my tripod legs stuck deep in the sand through the water during an outgoing tide to photograph this scene.

"Door and Window, Black & White" - New Mexico

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:02:45 GMT

]]>"Door and Window, Black & White" - New Mexico

This old blue door and window was found in an old adobe home in Southern New Mexico. The door was so small I most certainly would have to duck to walk in.

"Door and Window, Blue" - New Mexico

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:06:49 GMT

]]>"Door and Window, Blue" - New Mexico

This old blue door and window was found in an old adobe home in Southern New Mexico. The door was so small I most certainly would have to duck to walk in.

"Serenity" - Texas

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:36:17 GMT

]]>Ahh - the beach.

I was born and raised in New England, and ended up living just miles from the beach in Cape Cod, Massachusetts before I moved to the Arizona desert in 2006.

I certainly miss the shoreline from time to time.

This was photographed at Mustang Island in Texas at sunset during the spring. It was the first time I had seen the ocean since I left Cape Cod.

"Cross at Mission Espada"

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:05:26 GMT

]]>A Spanish Mission in San Antonio, Texas.

"Awakening" - Texas

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:58:53 GMT

]]>"Awakening" - wildflowers in the Hill Country of Central Texas.

"Sonoran Spring" - Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:43:00 GMT

]]>Cactus and yellow flowers are backlit from a late afternoon sun on a warm spring afternoon in the Sonoran Desert just north of Phoenix.

"Sedona Varnish" - Sedona, Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:02:47 GMT

]]>I was hiking along the West Fork Trail in Sedona, Arizona a few winters ago when I came upon a clearing and saw this stunning canyon rock wall in front of me.

I photographed this multi-photo stitched panoramic and intentionally left some of the tree branches in the photo to give it a sense of scale to the image.

"Cape Cod Sunrise" - Cape Cod, Mass.

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:00:27 GMT

]]>I lived on Cape Cod, Mass. for 7 years prior to moving to Arizona.

This mulit-photo stitched panoramic was photographed at one of my favorite areas there - on Sandy Neck Beach along Cape Cod Bay in Barnstable.

"Sunrise at Bryce Canyon" - Utah

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:04:31 GMT

]]>The sun rises at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah in May of 2007.

I had done some scouting the evening before, hiking along the rim looking for good viewpoints. I found this location that evening, made a note of the spot, went back to my tent for the evening, and hiked back to it in the dark the following morning to be ready for this sunrise.

A total of 7 photographs were stitched together to give me this nearly 180 degree view. With the countless hoodoos in this scene one can understand just how difficult it was to make sure all 7 of those photos combined together perfectly. Many many hours in my digital darkroom were consumed making sure it was just perfect.

A collection of various fall foliage leaves along the ground in Albuquerque, New Mexico

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:57:23 GMT

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Winter at Rock Harbor, Orleans

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:24:30 GMT

]]>Fishing boats are stuck in frozen ice at Rock Harbor in Orleans as a light snow falls. 01/19/00

"Dawn" - Colorado

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:00:29 GMT

]]>This was photographed in 2009 in Rocky Mountain National Park.

It is a 5 photo stitched image photographed with a 24-70mm lens.

I saw this location a day earlier, but a little later in the morning when the sky was brighter and not as dramatic. I decided to return to the same spot the next day - earlier this time - so I could photograph this.

"Monahans Sunrise" - Monahans Sandhills State Park, Texas

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:23:30 GMT

]]>A beautiful sunrise at Monahans Sandhills State Park in West Texas, where I spent a couple days photographing on my way back to Arizona after spending a few weeks in Texas photographing and selling my work at fine art festivals.

"Green, Sivler & Gold" - Texas

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:07:04 GMT

]]>This was photographed in Monahans Sandhills State Park in Texas using my Canon 5DmkII and 24-70mm lens.

Photographed at dusk, I used a long exposure - 4 seconds - to allow the grass to show some slight movement due to a very light breeze.

"Shifting Sands" - Monahans Sandhills State Park, Texas

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:40:20 GMT

]]>"Shifting Sands" - Monahans Sandhills State Park, Texas

"Choices" - Texas

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:18:12 GMT

]]>This was photographed at one of the missions in San Antonio, TX. It was photographed with my Canon 5DmkII and 24-70mm lens and was processed in Lightroom, Photoshop, and Color Efex Pro.

"The Way" - San Antonio, Texas

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:52:06 GMT

]]>This was photographed in 2009 on my Canon G10 camera and processed in Photoshop and Silver Efex Pro. It is a door handle to a mission in San Antonio, TX

"Delicate Arch Night Light" - Utah

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:31:59 GMT

]]>This was photographed at night with my Canon 5DmkII and 16-35mm lens. It was about a 6 minute exposure at ISO 320. The light on the arch is from a combination of 3 light sources: a full moon off camera on the horizon, hand-held flashes, and flashlights.

For a behind the scenes look at photographing this particular evening with HD video visit here.

"Winter Sunset at Delicate Arch"

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:57:16 GMT

]]>Arches National Park, Moab, Utah

I took this photograph of Delicate Arch in Moab, Utah on a particularily cold January day in 2009, with a snow-capped La Sal Mountains in the background.

The way I hiked in to the arch was quite dangerous - a narrow sheet of ice with huge drop-offs in some places. I ended up finding another way to hike out later in the dark and was able to avoid the ice on the way out.

For a behind the scenes look at photographing this particular evening with HD video visit here.

"Sunrise at Dead Horse Point" - Utah

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:52:59 GMT

]]>This is a Suess Original - only ONE signed photograph is available. For size and price, click on the "Buy" link above.

Status: Sold, $16,000

This panoramic view of a sunrise at Dead Horse Point in Utah is a multi-stitched panorama photographed in the winter with a dusting of snow on the ground.

"Portal to Ancient Worlds" - Utah

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:32:39 GMT

]]>This was photographed in the winter of 2009 at Canyonlands National Park in Utah.

I started my hike to this location walking through snow on a fairly cold day. The day remained cold, but by the time I got to this location with it bathed in direct sunlight and protected from the wind, I was able to take of enough jackets and shirts and was comfortable in just a t-shirt. I can see why this was such an incredible location.

This is a multiple image stitch that was photographed with a 24-70mm with the use of split NGD filters.

Fire and Ice

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:48:14 GMT

]]>Photographed in the middle of winter on a rather cold morning, Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park in Southern Utah is known for its dramatic sunrise light.

A normally crowded location, I was alone with my good friend Paul Blackmore of Massachusetts as we photographed the sunrise with snow showers in the area.

We had hiked out to this location in complete darkness, knowing that the weather reports were not completely favorable with snow showers in the area. Once it started getting light out we could see clouds on the horizon. Fortunately a break in the clouds occurred shortly after sunrise and we were able to photograph Mesa Arch in all her glory.

The hours I spent in bone-chilling temperatures was certainly worth it for this photo.

You can read about and see a short behind-the-scenes video during our shoot that day by clicking here.

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 21:01:25 GMT

]]>"Storm's Coming" - Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

This is a multi-image stitched panoramic photographed at an elevation of about 14,000 feet along Trail Ridge Road in August of 2008. The incoming storm brought some wind, rain, and a little sleet - not what I was expecting in August.

"Storm's Coming" - triptych - Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:04:22 GMT

]]>This is a multi-image stitched panoramic photographed at an elevation of about 14,000 feet along Trail Ridge Road at Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, in August of 2008.

The incoming storm brought some wind, rain, and a little sleet - not what I was expecting in August.

"Dream Lake Sunrise" - Colorado

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:05:27 GMT

]]>Equipment: Canon 5D and 24-70mm lens

Misc This is a 5 image stitched photo that was photographed by using split neutral density filters to control the bright light relative to the darker foreground. It was photographed in 2008 at Rocky Mountain National Park.

"Aspen Afternoon" - Colorado

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:05:08 GMT

]]>This was photographed in the early afternoon as the sunlight filtered in down through the trees.

"Square Tower House"

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:44:28 GMT

]]>"Square Tower House" - Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

This was photographed in the late afternoon in August of 2008.

"Writings on the Wall"

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 08:00:21 GMT

]]>Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

These old indian pictograph writings were photographed along a hike in Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado.

Ladder at Mesa Verde

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:16:20 GMT

]]>A ladder rests along ruins at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado.

"Kiva and Ladder" - Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:17:55 GMT

]]>Sunlight shines down inside a kiva at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado in this photograph from August of 2008

"Kolob Canyons" - triptych - Zion National Park, Utah

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:00:54 GMT

]]>This panoramic was photographed in Zion National Park in Utah in 2008. It is a multi-image stitched panoramic.

I found this location to photograph earlier in the day and returned hours before sunset to photograph it. I waited until the setting sun behind me created an attractive shadow in the foreground to compliment the overall composition. Split ND filters helped me control the exposure so that the shadows didn't get too dark and the highlights didn't get too bright.

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:27:50 GMT

]]>"Elegant Flux" - Water flows through a narrow crack in sandstone along a creek in Zion National Park, Utah.

"Pools of Enchantment" - Utah

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:26:41 GMT

"Pools of Enchantment" -Zion National Park, Utah

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:02:43 GMT

]]>This was photographed in Zion National Park in Utah. It is the result of an approximately 10 mile hike - a hike made more difficult for me having just recently recovered from a bad case of the stomach flu.

Shooting in RAW allowed me to capture and bring out all of the color and detail in this striking location. It is a mulit-photo stitched panoramic. It was photographed with my camera on the tripod, careful not to move the camera at all during the mulit-exposures while standing in moving water on a slippery slope.

"Pools of Enchantment II" - Utah

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:41:54 GMT

]]>This was photographed in 2008 in Zion National Park in Utah, yet when I first reviewed and edited my favorite photos upon returning, I overlooked this one and never did anything with it. While looking through my archives one day in 2010 this image caught my eye and this is the result.

"Zion Cascade" - Utah

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:40:11 GMT

]]>This was photographed in 2008 in Zion National Park in Utah. On this particular hike I started in the dark well before sunrise. By the time I got to this location the light was perfect - nice and soft. When I returned to this location on the hike out it looked completely different being bathed in direct sunlight. In fact it looked so much different than in the beautiful morning light I almost didn't even recognize it.

Equipment: Canon 5D
Processing: This is an eight-photo stitched panoramic. Lightroom was used to process the RAW files, and Photoshop and Color Efex Pro 3 were used for image enhancement.

"Zion Cascade" - Zion National Park, Utah.

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:05:41 GMT

]]>On my way to another location a mile or 2 upstream from this spot the lighting and scenery was too perfect to not stop and get a few photos.

Standing in the middle of the creek with my camera on a tripod I photographed this multi-image stitched panoramic under perfect lighting conditions.

Hours later when I was hiking back out I almost missed noticing this location again - the mid-afternoon sunlight shining down completely changed the look of this location and would have resulted in a vastly inferior photograph. As I often say, photography is all about light, and composition.

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 21:09:57 GMT

]]>Equipment: Canon 5D
Processing: This is a multi-photo stitched panoramic. Lightroom was used to process the RAW files, and Photoshop and Color Efex Pro 3 were used for image enhancement.

Misc: This was photographed in 2007 in Zion National Park in Utah. On this particular hike I started in the dark well before sunrise. By the time I got to this location the light was perfect - nice and soft. When I returned to this location on the hike out it looked completely different being bathed in direct sunlight. In fact it looked so much different than in the beautiful morning light I almost didn't even recognize it.

"Monument Valley Sunset" - Arizona / Utah

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:02:14 GMT

]]>Both of my parents came to Arizona a few years ago to visit me and see the area for the first time. After bringing them to the Grand Canyon I brought them here to Monument Valley on the Arizona / Utah border.

They were there with me as I was photographing this incredible sunset. I recall seeing another photographer there that evening - he had just missed this sunset, arriving as I was folding up the legs to my tripod and preparing to leave. What a sunset he missed!!

This is a mulit-photo stitched panoramic providing a nearly 180 degree view. It is available as a 5-panel triptych panoramic.

"Monument Valley Sunset" - Arizona / Utah

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:42:37 GMT

Horseshoe Bend

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:56:48 GMT

]]>I photographed this panoramic of Horseshoe Bend in Page, AZ in 2007. It was photographed after sunset with my Canon 5D and 24-70mm lens and is a multi-photo stitched panoramic. Split neutral density filters were used to balance the extreme brightness levels between the sky and water.

In order to photograph this, I had to have my tripod legs within inches of the edge of the cliff wall, some 1400 feet above the Colorado River.

"Powell Point Sunset" - Grand Canyon National Park, South Rim

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:02:47 GMT

]]>I spent almost a week photographing the south rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona on this particular trip in 2007. This muli-photo stitched panoramic was photographed during sunset at Powell Point on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.

I waited the entire afternoon and evening in the mid-summer heat to photograph this scene. This is a 3-panel triptych panorama.

I originally thought I didn't get any great photographs this particular day as there were no dramatic clouds or light at sunset. But I later realized when editing my photos that I in fact did have a striking photo from that day. Instead of high contrast and bright colors, this sunset left me with quite beautiful and soft light, giving this photo a nice pastel feel with the soft colors.

Sometimes what you get is even better than what you expect.

You can read more about this photo trip to the Grand Canyon here.

"Powell Point Sunset" is a multi-photo stitched panorama photographed with my Canon 5D and 24-70mm lens.

Mather Point Sunset - Grand Canyon, Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:01:58 GMT

]]>This is a multi-photo stitched panoramic of sunset at Mather's Point - one of the most popular overlooks on the south rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

It was photographed in the summer of 2007 during a week-long photo trip I did to the Grand Canyon.

You can read more about this photo trip to the Grand Canyon here.

"Virga Mistique" - Grand Canyon

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:34:39 GMT

]]>Virga gets lit up by the sun during an afternoon storm at the Grand Canyon at Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.

You can read more about this photo trip to the Grand Canyon here.

"Yaki Sunrise" - Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:39:03 GMT

]]>The sun rises over the Grand Canyon as seen from the South Rim at Yaki Point.

This is a multi-photo stitched panoramic that provides an almost 180 degree panorama view.

You can read more about this photo trip to the Grand Canyon here.

"Yaki Sunrise" - Grand Canyon National Park, South Rim, Arizona.

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:05:36 GMT

]]>I was in the middle of a week-long trip to the south rim of the Grand Canyon when I photographed this scene.

A cloudy and rainy day before allowed me to scout the perfect location which I went back to the following morning a couple hours before sunrise to photograph this stunning multi-photo stitched panoramic - which provides me with a nearly 180 degree view.

You can read more about this photo trip to the Grand Canyon here.

"Yavapai Spirit" - Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:53:00 GMT

]]>This is a Suess Original - only ONE signed photograph is available. For size and price, click on the "Buy" link above.

Status: Sold

This was photographed along the South Rim of the Grand Canyon at Yavapai Point at sunset.

"Survivor" - Utah

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:32:43 GMT

]]>This was photographed a few years ago with my Canon 5D and 24-70mm lens.

The cracked earth was not de-saturated on the computer. This was photographed in a gray, dried out mud-flat that had a bunch of these tiny yellow flowers in it.

I walked around for over 30 minutes under the hot desert sun looking for an interesting composition, which I found in this image.

"Land Before Time" - Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:40:22 GMT

]]>This was photographed at sunset in a very remote part of northern Arizona in the Vermillion Cliffs. I was told by a geologist once that he belives this area once was sand dunes in the Jurassic Period.

This is a stitched panorama, the result of a number of photographs combined to give me this wind angle of view.

You can read a story about this location on my blog here.

"Land Before Time" - Vermillion Cliffs, Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:00:55 GMT

]]>A combination of 4 photographs were used to create this milti-photo stitched panoramic of a sunset in the Vermillion Cliffs of Northern Arizona.

A 4WD vehicle and some hiking was needed to get to this extrememly remote area. This was my second visit in 2 months. I have been told by a geologist that he believes the rocks to be old sand dunes from the Jurassic Period.

You can read a story about this location on my blog here.

Little Tree, Big Shadow

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:56:49 GMT

]]>This was photographed in April of 2007 on one of 2 separate hikes I did in Coyote Buttes, Arizona that month. I really love the light and shadow in this photo and how Mother Nature always finds a way to create life where none is expected. The small tree has no business growning where it is in the middle of sand - yet there it is healthy and alive as ever.

The Wave

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:56:48 GMT

]]>The Wave is in Coyote Buttes in Northern Arizona along the Utah boarder. I had the opportunity to hike to this remote and beautiful location twice in April of 2007.

This was photographed with my Canon 5D camera and 24-70mm lens.

"Sandstone Striped" - Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:52:59 GMT

]]>This is a Suess Original - only ONE signed photograph is available. For size and price, click on the "Buy" link above.

Status: Currently Available

This was photographed in a remote area in Northern Arizona at Coyote Buttes. It is a detail photo of some striking stripes on a sandstone wall.

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:30:30 GMT

]]>"Indian Paintbrush Bouquet" - Arizona

"Lake Powell Sunrise" - Utah

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:39:45 GMT

]]>The sun rises over Lake Powell in Southern Utah in April of 2007. I had driven my 4wd to this location in the dark the night before. I stepped out of my tent to this beautiful view the following morning.

Superstition Mountains in Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 15:20:10 GMT

]]>A Suaguaro cactus stands tall in front of the Superstition Mountains in Arizona from this photo in 2007.

"Saguaro Sunset" - Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:36:07 GMT

]]>A saguaro cactus is silhouetted against a colorful sky in this photo from 2007 photographed north of Phoenix.

Photographed with my Canon 5D and 70-200mm f2.8 lens

"Winter Sunrise at Cathedral Rock" - Sedona, Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:12:16 GMT

]]>The last sunrise of 2006 warms up Cathedral Rock in Sedona, Arizona as a light coating of snow covers some trees on a cold winter morning.

"Old Time Monument Valley" - Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:36:51 GMT

]]>This is a Suess Original - only ONE signed photograph is available. For size and price, click on the "Buy" link above.

Status: Currently Available

Originally photographed back in 2006, I blended in a separate photograph of dried out mud that I found in Southern Utah in 2010.

The result is an incredibly unique view of Monument Valley with a real old time, old west feel to it.

Antelope Canyon, Page Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 15:17:53 GMT

]]>Sunlight from above filters down and reflects off sandstone providing a range of color in the slot canyon Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona, photographed in 2006.

"Antelope Drapery" - Antelope Canyon - Page, AZ

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 23:14:39 GMT

]]>Sunlight from above filters down and reflects off sandstone providing a range of color in the slot canyon Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona.

I only photographed here once (as of spring 2012), back in 2006. I left the shutter open for 30 seconds to be able to properly expose for this scene, photographed with my Canon 5D.

Antelope Canyon, Page Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 15:18:12 GMT

]]>Sunlight from above filters down and reflects off sandstone providing a range of color in the slot canyon Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona, photographed in 2006.

"Antelope Waves" - Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:58:21 GMT

]]>Photographed in Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona in 2006.

Photographed with my Canon 5D and 24-70mm f2.8 lens

"Sunrise at Mather Point" - Grand Canyon, Arizona

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:24:55 GMT

]]>Marci and I had never previously been to the Grand Canyon, so during our first photo expedition to Arizona in February of 2006 (at the time we were living in Cape Cod, Mass.) we made plans to visit the South Rim at sunrise. We checked-in to our hotel in Flagstaff at midnight and checked out 5 hours later.

Arriving at the Rim just before sunrise, the morning was very windy and cold - temperatures were well below freezing and in the single digits. Wearing multiple layers with handwarmers in our gloves and shoes, I set up my camera and tripod and waited for the sun to appear above the horizon. Surrounded by a surprising number of spectators also braving the cold, we watched as the warm light from the sun slowly started to touch the highest peaks in the Canyon. It was an incredible sight seeing it for the first time. First one peak would light up, then another, then another. All the while the continuing brightness of the morning slowly and steadily increased giving more and more detail to the valley below.

Watching the Canyon awake and come to life quickly made us forget about the cold that morning and also went a long way in helping our decision to move to Arizona - a move we would make some nine months later.

An Immature Snowy Egret at the Dora Canal in Tavares, Florida.

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:48:54 GMT

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Orchard Orbweaver Spider

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:48:42 GMT

]]>An Orchard Orbweaver Spider sits upon it's web above a canal off Lake Harris in Tavares, Florida, in 2005.

An American Alligator suns itself on a log in the Dora Canal, Tavares, Florida.

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:48:17 GMT

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American Alligator

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:44:00 GMT

]]>An American Alligator suns itself on a log in the Dora Canal, Tavares, Florida, as a caterpillar walks across the tip of it's nose.

A Green Heron hunts for food along the shoreline of the Dora Canal, Tavares, Florida.

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:47:44 GMT

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Adult Tricolored Heron

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:33:34 GMT

]]>An adult Tricolored Heron searches for food in the Dora Canal in Tavares, Florida.

"Moss Glenn Falls" - Vermont

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:24:54 GMT

]]>Equipment: Canon 5D and 24-70mm lens, tripod

Processing: This was photographed in RAW. It's been six years since I originally photographed this. Since then, the file has been re-processed a couple times to improve the look. I may have used Capture One for the RAW conversion back then. I definitely used Color Efex Pro as well as Topaz Adjust to help with color and detail.

Misc: This was photographed back in 2005 when I was still living in New England. An overcast day with a slight drizzle really helped out with the fall color.

Winter Sunset at Paines Creek #2 - Cape Cod, Mass

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:15:10 GMT

]]>The sun shines down on a frozen Paine's Creek Beach and Landing in Brewster, Mass, on Cape Cod, just before sunset.Paine's Creek was always one of my favorite places to photograph in the 7 years I lived on Cape Cod. This was photographed a day or two following a blizzard that dumped a few feet of snow on the Cape.

Winter Sunset at Paines Creek

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:20:09 GMT

]]>The sun shines down on a frozen Paine's Creek Beach and Landing in Brewster, Mass, on Cape Cod, just before sunset.

Paine's Creek was always one of my favorite places to photograph in the 7 years I lived on Cape Cod. This was photographed a day or two following a blizzard that dumped a few feet of snow on the Cape.

"Private Beach"

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:32:01 GMT

]]>Dark clouds during sunset at Craigville Beach in Craigville on Cape Cod, Massachusetts in June of 2004.

Beach Fence, Cape Cod, Mass.

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:06:14 GMT

]]>A rather colorful sunset at Craigville Beach, Craigville, MA.
06/04/04 Matt Suess

Sunset at Paine's Creek Beach & Landing

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:31:59 GMT

]]>Sunset at Paine's Creek Beach & Landing in Brewster on Cape Cod, Massachusetts in June of 2004

Sunset at Paine's Creek Beach & Landing

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:14:58 GMT

]]>Every once in a while everything lines up perfectly and you hit a home run.

That is what happened to me this particular evening at Paine's Creek Beach & Landing in Brewster on Cape Cod, Mass.

One of my favorite places to photograph, I arrived here in the early afternoon - hours before sunset. And once the sun started setting, it kept getting more colorful and more intense as each minute passed.

Easily one of the best sunsets I ever saw on Cape Cod in 7 years of living there.

Sunset at Paine's Creek Beach & Landing

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:31:58 GMT

]]>Sunset at Paine's Creek Beach & Landing in Brewster on Cape Cod, Massachusetts in June of 2004.

Cape Cod Sunset

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:06:13 GMT

]]>A beautiful Cape Cod sunset at Chapin Memorial Beach on the bay side of the Cape in Dennis, Mass.
07/31/03 Matt Suess © www.mattsuess.com

Beach Blizzard - Cape Cod, Mass.

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:06:13 GMT

]]>Heavy snow falls at Sandy Neck Beach in Barnstable on Cape Cod, Mass. during a blizzard.

The snow was falling so heavy that you can barely make out a partially frozen Cape Cod Bay in the background.

02/17/03 Matt Suess © www.mattsuess.com

Iced In - Cape Cod, Mass

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:10:41 GMT

]]>Heavy snow falls at Sandwich Marina during a blizzard.

These fishing boats didn't stand a chance, as the harbor quickly froze, trapping the boats at dock.

Needless to say, it was an extremely cold and blustery day when I photographed this. I jumped out of my running Jeep, took a few frames, and ran back into the cover of the Jeep. Fortunately I didn't need many frames to capture a great scene.

02/17/03 Matt Suess © www.mattsuess.com

"Come Fly With Me" - Cape Cod, Mass.

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:53:31 GMT

]]>A lone seagull takes to the air as rays of sunlight break through the clouds at Paine's Creek Beach and Landing in Brewster on Cape Cod, Mass.

Photographed with a Canon D60 and 70-200mm f2.8 lens

Hyannis Harbor Fireworks

matt@mattsuess.com (Matt Suess) — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 02:01:00 GMT

]]>Fireworks explode during Forth of July celebrations above Hyannis Harbor as people look on along the shoreline.

This was photographed with a digital camera in 2002. It was photographed with the Canon 1D and is a 2 second exposure.