My Show is finally hung!!! I spent alot to time toiling over what to choose and hours upon hours framing everything.




Here is the program from the show:

RJ Pieper Photography: A Portfolio As a native of Wyoming, RJ has a deep love of his home state. Born in 1985 in Rock Springs where a passionate journey began, bring him where he is today. Beginning early in childhood with a cheap point and shoot camera, taking pictures almost constantly, he developed a love of the lens and eventually enrolled into his Jr. High School's photography class. Starting with remedial film shooting and printing skills, he soon honed his talents where later on into high school, he had to work independently from the lack of a photography program.
From the time where he first picked up his father's digital camera and began taking photos, and while attending College, his talents and skills have flourished, capturing the essence of this wild frontier and the wildlife within it. With RJ's talents and help by the renowned Photographer, Paul Ng who was teaching photography on campus, RJ's passion and technical competence has propelled him to the status he enjoys today. This passion has only been compounded by the inspiring work of other local artists, talented friends for all over the country who enjoy photography, as well as world famous artists such as Ansel Adams and O. Winston Link. Each image below has a common thread, that of Wyoming's wild nature, which is what leads him to call it "PHOTOGRAPHY UNTAMED" and his audience calls quite simply- exhilarating!
In the high tech digital age today, RJ's passions and technical skills have also followed suit, shooting now with a Canon 20D & 5D.
(Written by RJ Pieper, Edited by R.C. Jones)

Chosen Works


1. Big Spring Revisited – The only waterfall in Sheep Creek Canyon enters the creek after flowing out of a cave higher up the canyon wall.


2. Palisades – The rock formations in Sheep Creek Canyon are another must see for the region. The creek has cut amazing outcroppings, and the salmon run in the fall is a must see.


3. Water Among the Stones – At the foot of Medicine Bow Peak, Lake Marie is a beautiful place high in the mountains. Views like this just can’t be seen from today’s Interstate Highways. This is a perfect example of the things people miss by taking the faster route.


4. Beartooth Butte – Fall always seems to bring out the true beauty in nature and the same is true here high in the Beartooth mountains of Northwest Wyoming.


5. Lit up Like a Flame – Monument Valley in Southern Utah is an amazing place. This is possibly one of the most beautiful places on earth.


6. Red Creek – Southwest Wyoming has a vast array of landscapes providing literally thousands of beautiful vistas. The beautiful Red Creek drainage is no different. With the red bedrock and unique erosional patterns, it may be one of the best views in Sweetwater County.


7. Roots: A Rock Springs Icon – The Old city hall is a staple of Rock Springs history. It housed people in its jail to the likes of Butch Cassidy, and today, it houses the city’s rich history.


8. A Long Day’s Work – After a day’s work in the dusty fields baling hay, the ranch hand finally stops for the evening to rest and recharge for another grueling day in the fields.


9. Living History – The Union Pacific Challenger #3985 is the World’s Largest Operating Steam Locomotive and was restored to operational status in 1981. It was built to haul freight on the Cheyenne to Ogden portion of the Transcontinental Railroad.


10. Image of the West – The wild horses that roam the area may be one of the most powerful symbols that the west is still wild.


11. What Lies Beneath - The old windmill sits alone among the sagebrush as a symbol of modern agriculture used to water crops and livestock.


12. In the Mist of the Falls – The plant life that grows near a waterfall is absolutely amazing. The idea that it must adapt to a cool moist area to survive truly shows how resilient plants can be.


13. Northern in Three – Three distinctive shots of the Union Pacific Northern #844 Steam Locomotive. It is the Last one bought by the Union Pacific, and is the only steam locomotive to never be retired. Today, she still rides the rails pulling vintage passenger cars in special excursions for the Union Pacific.


14. Wyoming Chipmunks – Two chipmunks greet each other while foraging for food atop Dead Indian Pass.


15. A Break in the Storm – The late afternoon mountain rainstorm that made quite a few tourists wet, breaks and the fresh sun shines on the awe inspiring lower falls of the Yellowstone River.


16. Rainbows over the Canyon – A late afternoon rainstorm in early fall forms an amazing double rainbow over the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park.


17. Standards: Oxbow Bend – This is perhaps one of the most photographed points in all of Grand Teton National Park. Oxbow Bend provides a spectacular view of Mt. Moran and the Snake River.


18. Prismatic in Steam – Steam shrouds the majestic and colorful Grand Prismatic Hot Spring in Yellowstone National Park on a cool spring day.


19. Tower Falls – Tower Creek falls over a ledge of Volcanic rock with pinnacles of the same surrounding the falls. This just shows the Violent and Fiery past of Yellowstone National Park.


20. Rush - The Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River falls 308’ into the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park.


21. Queens Mount – These Lionesses enjoy their late afternoon perch in their habitat at an English wildlife safari park.


22. Thames Morning – Morning in Downtown London begins a beautiful summer day over Tower Bridge and the HMS. Belfast. Print on Canvas.


23. The Cost of Freedom – This cemetery is American soil overlooking a beach in France. Buried here are 9900 Americans who died in the largest military action in history. It is almost as if the ghosts of all those soldiers look out over Omaha Beach and out into the sea and see that today, this normal beach is free because they were willing to give their lives in the name of freedom. May every last one of them rest in peace, for they are true heroes.


24. Sea Tractors HDR – The Northern coast of the English county of Norfolk is dependent on the rich Crab Fishing Industry in the North Sea. These boats are launched directly on the beach with the tractors. This Image is made by compiling 3 different exposures to get all color tones. This is called High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDR).