Big Bend has some of the most spectacular scenery in Texas, if not the entire US.  Our big sky country rivals any other state and our night skies are as dark as anywhere for excellent star gazing. The beautiful light and great scenery make for a photographer’s paradise. 

Shooting a great landscape is 20% skill and 80% being in the right place at the right time. Please come down and give it your best shot.  Our collection is replete with breathtaking landscapes, but it’s much harder to capture the human element. We have launched our Video Collections with not only professionally produced segments to highlight lodging, dining and activity possibilities, but also personal vacation videos of people having lots of fun in Big Bend both behind and in front of the camera; Big Bend’s all time favorites.

As they say, everything is bigger in Texas. It does certainly seem that the Texas sky is bigger than in any other state. If you haven't experienced the flat plains, blue skies, and long, straight horizons offered in Texas, consider stopping by some time. You'll see just how seriously the Lone Star State takes the expression "wide open skies."

With larger than life scenery, you can understand why sometimes Texas landscapes just can't fit well into a simple photograph. Some things are just too big to fit in a picture frame, and in fact it feels that your mind can't even imagine the beauty and magnitude of such sights. With Big Bend, pictures are often pushed to their limits, trying to incorporate the Chihuahuan Desert, the winding Rio Grande, the Chisos Mountains, or those glorious Texas skies—all in a single frame.

Fortunately, technology has more to offer us than simple photos. We can now download and watch online videos just as quickly as digital photography. If you're following Visit Big Bend's Twitter feed, you may have noticed that we post links to great Flickr images of Big Bend and the surrounding area. While these photos are often breathtaking and enchanting, we'd like the world to see more of the action, motion, energy, and life of our little corner of Texas. So, we're highlighting Big Bend Videos as well. While you're always welcome to look in on Visit Big Bend's Flickr pool for more great pics, now you can also take a gander at our Video Collections.

We've launched the Video Collections just in time for Christmas.  While this present won't fit under your tree, consider this as our gift to our loyal Big Bend fans. Now, you can enjoy the sights and sounds of Big Bend from the comfort of your home, hopefully bringing a bit of holiday cheer to your web browser.

What will you find on our video collections page? Think of it as the cream of the crop as far as Big Bend videos go. We continue to search through all the clips that places like Youtube and Vimeo have to offer so we can present to you videos that show energy and excitement, motion and emotion, shrills and thrills, and of course, that wide open Texas sky!