Photo Tips for Utah National Parks

Love to take photos in national parks? Whether it’s a landscape, a wildlife pic, or a Milky Way shot, send it our way. You could win a Tamron camera lens!

Milky Way over a tree's rocky perch in Zion National Park

National Park Trips Media and Tamron have teamed up to offer Photo Workshops inside your favorite national parks.

Sun setting on the Watchman and Virgin River in Zion National Park

At peak season, it can be tricky to move through the crowds in Zion. Plan ahead with these location suggestions from pro photographer Ken Hubbard.

A hiker near the top of Angels Landing in Zion National Park, holding onto the chains and taking a selfie photo.

Zion is an extremely vertical oasis. A slip or misstep in the canyon could prove fatal. Here's where to watch your step while snapping a photo.

The three winners, Roger Twilley, Matt Meisenheimer, and Tony Prince, are all hobbyists—none is a professional photographer by trade—but their images were no accidents.

When the snow does comes to Bryce Canyon, it speckles the hoodoos and canyons and creates another dimension in the mosaic of red rock and green pine.

The Milky Way over Zion National Park. Photo by Ken Hubbard

“Experiencing the parks at night through the lens of a camera is one of the coolest things I’ve done and the images... are absolutely stunning.”

The winners to the 2014 National Park Trips Photographic Memories Contest are in. We had 553 entries in all. See the prize wining photos.

2015 Grand Prize winner is Amit Lamba - A Storm is Coming! Grand Canyon National Park. Runners up are Stephen Goldschmidt and D Brent Young.

Shark and bird at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. Photo by Kate Noll

2016 Grand Prize winner is Kate Noll of wildlife from Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. Runners up are Phill Monson and Sandeep Gali. + 56 Honorable Mentions

2017 Winners of the National Park Photo Contest

The three Grand Prize winners are Matt Meisenheimer for Landscape, Roger Twilley for Wildlife, and Tony Prince for Night Skies. Also see 48 Honorable Mention photos.

The team gets caught in an unexpected rain and snow storm in Zion but comes away with some amazing photos.

Jeff travels throughout the world, to capture nature’s wonders and spectacular scenes. Here are tips for visitors hoping to capture some great photos.

Learn about the night skies photography workshops in national parks and why Ken loves to shoot the stars. What's his favorite? Read to find out.