The Road to 63 · National Parks of America

There are currently 63 National Parks in America. One for every year I’ve been alive… give or take. The goal is simple: To visit all of them! But the mission is bigger than a checklist. It is to see each one of them slowly, deliberately, and with a fresh perspective.

I’ve already been to about 28 of these parks over the course of my life. But I was a different person then… moving fast, checking boxes, photographing on autopilot. This time I’m going back with slow travel eyes, a lighting professional’s obsession with when and where the light falls, and enough time to actually listen to what each place is trying to say.

The posts in this section are being built in advance of and alongside that journey. They’re part research, part planning, part love letter to landscapes I haven’t stood inside yet. Some parks I’ve visited before and am seeing again for the first time. Others I’m approaching completely fresh.

Every post is designed to be a free planning resource… for photographers, slow travelers, and anyone who wants to understand a park more deeply before they arrive. Think of it as a field guide in progress, built in public, one park at a time.