Cathedral Rock is the subject Susie returns to most often, and the one she lives closest to. Rain is what makes a frame like this possible: the pools sit on the flats for a day or two afterwards, and knowing where they collect is most of the work.Available as a fine art print and for licensing.

Cathedral Rock doubled in a rain pool on the flats below it. After a storm, Susie knows where the reflecting pools gather.

Beauty's Reflection

One of the quieter spots away from the crowds, reached on a private tour rather than a marked trail.Available as a fine art print and for licensing.

A juniper holding its ground above the red rocks, at one of the off-trail vantage points Susie takes people to on her scenic tours.

Tree with a View

Proof of something Susie tells people on every tour: the camera matters far less than knowing where to stand and when to be there. This one was made on a phone.Available as a fine art print and for licensing.

Moonrise over Cathedral Rock, mirrored in still water. Photographed on an iPhone.

Marvelous Moonrise

The reflecting pools only behave like this when there is no wind at all, which is a matter of waiting rather than planning.Available as a fine art print and for licensing.

Cathedral Rock and its full reflection, caught on an afternoon when the water went completely flat.

Reflection Perfection

Clouds are welcome here. They drop by and make Sedona scenery more magnificent than a clear sky ever does.Available as a fine art print and for licensing.

Cathedral Rock framed through branches as the weather moves in over the red rock country.

Cloud Gathering

Sunset is when photographers get the best light and, often, the colour in the sky as well. It is the most popular tour Susie runs, and most people book four or five hours for it.Available as a fine art print and for licensing.

The final minutes of light on Cathedral Rock. The sunset tour is the one that books up first.

Sunset's Last Light

Moonrises, night skies and reflecting pools are all part of what Susie has learned to track after years of photographing this one landscape.Available as a fine art print and for licensing.

Moonrise over Cathedral Rock, held in one of the reflecting pools that form after rain.

Reflecting Pool Moonrise

The light after sunset is often better than the sunset, and it is the part most visitors have already packed up and missed.Available as a fine art print and for licensing.

Cathedral Rock under a deep evening sky, from the Sedona group photo workshops.

Peace On Earth

You never know what you will find on any given day in Sedona, which is the reason Susie runs tours year round.Available as a fine art print and for licensing.

A rainbow standing over Cathedral Rock as a storm clears.

Cathedral Rainbow

Available as a fine art print and for licensing.

A lone tree against the last colour of the day near Sedona.

Sunset Tree

A blooming agave standing over the red rock country it looks out on.

Blooming Agave Sees On

A sheltered hollow in the red rock, on the way to one of the archaeology sites.

Earth Womb

Susie shoots in the field rather than in a studio, taking subjects as she finds them.Available as a fine art print and for licensing.

Desert succulents close in, one of the many subjects Susie photographs beyond the landscape.

Succulent Garden

Colour and pattern at close range, from the wider body of work.

Cascading Colors

Susie is considered an eminent photographer of Southwest rock art, and has been photographing pictographs and petroglyphs since coming across her first ones near Sedona in 1995.Available as a fine art print and for licensing.

Ancient pictographs on a rock face near Sedona, photographed in their own light.

Circle, Square, Triangle

Susie was mentored by Coconino National Forest archaeologist Peter Pilles, who has enabled her to photograph archaeological sites, excavations and field schools. Many of those photographs are held in the Coconino National Forest archives.Available as a fine art print and for licensing.

Handprints left on the rock, still holding their maker after centuries.

Family's Hands

Susie has been called a conservationist and preservationist for her efforts to keep Sedona treasured landscapes and archaeology sites from being lost to development and vandalism.Available as a fine art print and for licensing.

A commanding figure on the rock, one of the sites Susie documents and works to protect.

Big Presence

On the rock art and archaeology tours Susie explains how and why rock art was made, its possible meanings and uses, and the Native American history of the area.Available as a fine art print and for licensing.

Bird figures worked into the rock at a site off the beaten path.

Birdland

Susie rock art photographs are permanently displayed in Sedona Visitor and Information Centers, thanks to an Individual Artist Grant from the Sedona Arts and Cultural Commission.Available as a fine art print and for licensing.

A spiral cut into the rock, one of the recurring forms in Southwest rock art.

Time Peace

Susie can guide you to serene, remote spots away from the crowds where you can take your time, photograph, or simply be there.Available as a fine art print and for licensing.

Liberte Chan doing yoga on the red rock while out on a tour with Susie.

Susie Reed Photos — Sedona photo tours, workshops and fine art photography