🏔️ PARK CITY PHOTOGRAPHY LLC — Est. 2003
Award-Winning Landscape & Wildlife Photography
of Park City & The American West

Welcome!

My name David Winegar, a Utah native and longtime Park City resident. I have been creating photographic art since 2003.

Subject Matter. My photography celebrates the wildlife and landscapes of Park City, the desert Southwest, and untouched wilderness. I also enjoy street photography, capturing life unscripted. What follows is an introduction to my art and philosophy, with underlined links to examples of my work.

Knowing a Place. Meaningful photographs come from knowing a landscape and its wildlife. I return time and again, observing the changing seasons, wildlife behavior, and the play of light. I seek dramatic weather, magical light, and a decisive moment. My goal is to create images filled with emotion—not simply photographs of a place, but images about a place. With each image, I share a short vignette about the scene, its story, and what I felt when I pressed the shutter. Nature is a mirror of human life.

Painterly Quality. Many of my images look like paintings. This is the intentional result of the scenes I photograph and the fine-art materials I choose for the finished art. In Snowstorm Sheet Music, I saw songbirds as musical notes, bare branches their staff, and falling snow their score. My choice of German Hahnemühle cotton rag paper and exhibition canvas enhances the delicate textures and subtle tones of snow and ice, inviting viewers to feel as though they are within the scene.

Close to Home. Few places inspire me more than the wildlife and landscapes of Park City, a place I’ve called home for over 36 years. Robs Trail Baby Moose celebrates our wildlife, while Rob’s Trail Vista celebrates the landscape itself. Among my most acclaimed images is Leap of Faith which captures a Park City red fox leaping across McLeod Creek along Old Ranch Road. An International First Place Wildlife winner, a wall hanging is permanently exhibited at Park City’s Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter.

The Desert. The American Southwest has been a lifelong passion, so much so that I maintain a second base in Moab. My image Balancing Act, captured on a winter morning in Canyonlands National Park, portrays an ancient pinyon pine clinging to a sheer cliff—a metaphor for resilience and the determination to stay rooted in what you hold dear. In 2026, I created and led the Moab Landscape Photography Retreat for the Intermountain Professional Photographers Association.

Pre-Visualization. With an active imagination, many of my photographs begin long before I pick up a camera. Sovereign of the Storm began with a vision of a mountain goat standing resolute on an exposed cliff as a fierce winter blizzard swept across Utah’s high country. Bringing that vision to life required repeated journeys into the alpine wilderness, waiting for nature to bring all the elements together. I seek out moments that are unique, rarely if ever witnessed and unlike no other. A year spent in the field may yield only a handful of images worthy of becoming fine art. But when imagination and reality meet, the result can be extraordinary.

Mirrors and Metaphors of Life. In nature, I see reflections of our own lives. First Snow on Fall Leaves — La Sal Range marks autumn’s passage into winter, while When the Leaves Are Gone — East Canyon Sunrise reveals the next chapter. To me, these scenes mirror life’s seasons—new beginnings, marriage, raising children, and the bittersweet joy of watching them leave home. A desert scenic in Canal Canyon near Moab titled Departure, rendered in timeless black and white, captures that same emotion.

A Collector’s Story. The collector my museum piece First Snow on Fall Leaves cherished its traditional silver-based photographic process, a connection to the film photography of his youth. The changing seasons was deeply personal, and a reflection of his children growing up and now leaving home to attend college. His story captures what I hope my art inspires—a connection not only to the landscape before you, but the landscape within you.

The Fine Art Experience. After years of gallery representation in Park City, I now bring the gallery to you. Compare fine-art finishes in your own home, under the very light where your art will live. Your investment goes into the art itself, not gallery overhead or commissions, offering substantial savings. I invite you to see firsthand how my fine art rivals or exceeds the quality of work found in galleries, and art that has met the standards of museum exhibitions.

News and Media. For television features, newspaper articles, and interviews about my photography, click the social media icons in the header at the top of this page.

Photography as a Witness. Whether or not you invest in my art, I hope my photographs inspire you to protect our natural world. With 91% of Bears Ears and 90% of Grand Staircase–Escalante losing national monument protections, nearly three million acres of Utah’s wildlands face an uncertain future. For what we love, we must protect.

David Winegar
Park City Photography LLC
“Where Nature Meets Fine Art”
ParkCityPhotography.NET
(435) 640-5123 — Call or Text

Art As Visual Metaphors of Life 

Career Highlights

Visit Accolades for a complete history of competitions, exhibitions, awards, and professional recognition.

Juried into the Kimball Arts Festival — 2026

• A lifelong artistic goal—being juried into Park City’s Kimball Arts Festival and receiving the invitation to exhibit was a meaningful milestone in my career.

Museum-Juried Artist

Springville Museum of Art — Annual Spring Salon

102nd Annual Exhibition (2026) — Balancing Act — Canyonlands National Park, Utah

101st Annual Exhibition (2025) — First Snow on Fall Leaves — La Sal Range, Moab, Utah

100th Annual Exhibition (2024) — When the Leaves Are Gone — East Canyon, Utah

Permanent Exhibition

Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter — Park City, Utah

Leap of Faith
1258 Center Drive
Park City, Utah 84098
Permanently displayed on the south wall of the EcoCenter.

International Recognition

2007 — Leap of Faith — First Place, Wildlife
Art Wolfe International Photographic Competition

2016 — Better and Better — First Place, Street/People
International Color Awards

2022 — Full Moon Rising Over McPolin Barn — Honorable Mention
International Black & White Spider Awards

2026 — Snowstorm Sheet Music — Bronze Medal
Professional Photographers of America International Photographic Competition

Professional Standing

• Founder & Owner, Park City Photography — Est. 2003

• Board Member, Intermountain Professional Photographers Association (IPPA) — 2025–2026

• Member, Professional Photographers of America (PPA) — Since 2005

• Member, Intermountain Professional Photographers Association (IPPA) — Since 2003

• Graduate, New York Institute of Photography — 2015

Serving Clients Throughout the Park City Area

The Colony · Victory Ranch · Hideout · Glenwild · SkyRidge at Jordanelle · Ranch Place · Sun Peak · Silver Springs · Jeremy Ranch · Old Town · Prospector · Pinebrook · Silver Creek · Tuhaye · Canyons Village · Deer Valley Kamas · Oakley · Peoa · Midway · Heber City

And many cities in the United States

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Please enjoy the galleries, and thank you for visiting!

David James Winegar

If you would like to connect, please reach out directly or through this site.

photomojo@comcast.net |  435-640-5123