Instagram Spotlight: Go West, Young Man

Photographer Aaron Huey likes to take road trips with his son, Hawkeye. But these are no ordinary road trips. Huey and Hawkeye explore the world with their cameras in tow. In fact, Hawkeye has over 85,000 followers on Instagram, and Huey and Hawkeye have been featured on PetaPixel and the Huffington Post. Hawkeye is five years old.

While many people think Huey simply brings Hawkeye with him on assignment for National Geographic, what he really does is plan trips just for Hawkeye to explore with his camera of choice, a Fuji Instax. Recently, Huey and Hawkeye took a five day trip out West, taking in Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon, Zion National Park, and the Navajo Nation. This was their fourth trip together since they

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