Rock Art Portfolio - Firefall Photography

Landscape photography is my passion. But, like most folks, I have varied interests. One of them is a fascination with Native American Rock Art that has grown over the years I’ve spent photographing in the American Southwest.

Now, full disclosure. Unlike my landscape work which strives to capture the scene as my eyes see it, the photos shown here attempt to show the art as the original artist first saw it. In other words, time hasn’t been kind to most rock art and I use my skills with processing and new software in an effort to remove the ravages of time.

Sophisticated software like D-Stretch can do an amazing job restoring faded pigment and when blended subtly and carefully in photoshop, the results can be amazing.

This portfolio is a collection of my favorites…enjoy!

$\"Back to the Future\"$

$\"Small Wonders\"$

$\"Second Ascension\"$

$\"Hands Up!\"$

$\"The Gallery is Open\"$

$\"The Conclave\"$

$\"Big Picture Guy\"$

$\"Survivors\"$

$\"Annoying Stickman\"$

$\"Buff alien StormTrooper with Light Sabre assaulting hapless Droid\"$

$\"Those Magic Fingers\"$

$\"Circle of Friends\"$

$\"Ancient Guardians\"$

$\"Shadows of the Shamans\"$

$\"They Walk Among Us\"$

$\"The Original Fake News\"$

$\"Mars Attacks!\"$

$\"Royal Portrait\"$

$\"Fragments\"$

$\"The Great Hunt\"$

$\"Restoration\"$

$\"Rejuvenation!\"$

$\"Headhunters\"$

$\"Katsinas\"$

$\"Lost in Time\"$

$\"Santa is Coming to Town\"$

$\"Meet the Jetsons\" This enigmatic panel is my favorite in Nine Mile Canyon, which is saying a lot since Nine Mile is packed with more petroglyphs than anyplace on the continent. I mean, what an ecletic family...Dad, Mom, two kids, and their pet goats, snake, scorpion and turkeys! Whatever the original meaning, the panel is a visual feast and not to be missed.$

$\"Grizzly\"$

$\"Jazz Hands\"$

$\"The Ascending Serpent\" This 8 foot long snake seems to be looking for a cool den to escape the summer\'s heat near Moore Utah. The famous Molen Reef Snake petroglyph is pretty impressive and easily accessable$