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The 12 Best Photos from 2011
January
Pilgrim Mountain in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming rests under glowing sunset clouds.
I found myself rather unproductive in early 2011 in terms of stills. With the recent purchase of a 7D and getting it up to working order, as well as discovering time-lapse photography, my still photography became a bit stagnant. As a result, most of my work was in the form of a time-lapse and before finding a good balance of time-lapse, video and still, I even wondered if I would move entirely into video. Eventually the balance did work itself out and once I had my 7D back and functioning properly the following spring, it was full-steam ahead in every direction!
I discovered this image during that time after forgetting about it. I was looking back through a day in January where I hadn’t shot very much at all, but saw potential in a nice sunset … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Landscape, Panorama, Video, Wildlife
Tagged Article, Aspen Trees, Bears, Bighorn Sheep, Birds, Bison, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Canyon, Canyonlands National Park, Cottonwood Trees, Desert Southwest, Fall Leaves, Fog, Glacial Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Grizzly Bear #399 and Family, Milky Way Galaxy, Moose, Mountains, National Elk Refuge, Night, Northern Lights, Oxbow Bend, Panorama, Sleeping Indian, Snow, Storms, Time Lapse, Utah, Video, Water, Waterfalls, Wildlife, Willow Trees, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park
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Court of the Patriarchs in Zion Canyon
The Virgin River flows past the Court of the Patriarchs in Zion Canyon of Zion National Park, Utah.
Zion Canyon in Zion National Park can be a tricky place for sunrise or sunset. Locations for capturing direct light on any of the surrounding peaks or canyon walls is pretty minimal, so as a result, I began scouting out some potential shots, and eventually settled on the Court of the Patriarchs with the Virgin River as the foreground. While it wasn’t a spectacular sunset, there were a few clouds in the sky that made it worth it and provided a good amount of interest to round out the whole scene.
Zion National Park was the first national park I ever visited back in 2004, so it holds a good amount of sentimentality for me, and seeing the towering sandstone peaks is always a welcome sight. I also didn’t have a good … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape
Tagged Cottonwood Trees, Desert Southwest, Fall Leaves, Mountains, Utah, Water, Zion National Park
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If There’s Good Light, Capture It
A fiery sunrise lights up the clouds above Canyonlands National Park, Island in the Sky District near Moab, Utah.
Several months ago, I was visiting with another photographer passing through town, and we got on the discussion about breathtaking sunrises and sunsets. We both agreed that no matter what the foreground or landscape below looked like, it would come out looking great simply because of the light and clouds, provided they offered enough interest. While I certainly agreed with it, it was never my intent to be forced to try it. As a photographer, I always want to be around some magnificent landmark with such dramatic skies.
On my recent road trip, my first morning into Canyonlands National Park, however, gave me no other choice. I miscalculated the distance from my campground to the park, and as a result, saw the beginning signatures of a brilliant sunrise forming while I … Continue reading
Posted in Panorama
Tagged Canyonlands National Park, Desert Southwest, Panorama, Storms, Utah
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Delicate Arch Under the Milky Way Galaxy
Delicate Arch stands below the Milky Way Galaxy in Arches National Park, Utah.
Note: This is a minimally processed photo. I’m on my laptop so the final version may or may not change in terms of processing once I’m back home.
Since I had never really gotten the chance to explore Arches National Park on my own before this trip, I wanted to make the most of it, and that meant spending a few hours at the park’s most prominent feature, Delicate Arch.
Despite it being photographed from virtually every angle and time of day, as well as not having any clouds in the sky that evening, I knew I wasn’t going to get anything groundbreakingly new, so I simply went up and enjoyed myself and took the best photos I knew how to do. I wound up meeting a couple of other photographers who were out to do the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arches National Park, Desert Southwest, Milky Way Galaxy, Natural Arches, Night, Utah
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Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park
Sunrise lights up the bottom of Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
Note: This is a minimally processed photo. I’m on my laptop so the final version may or may not change in terms of processing once I’m back home.
I’ve spent the last few days here in Moab, Utah, which I like to describe as a Jackson Hole in the desert. It’s a beautiful place with all kinds of outdoor activities, set in dramatically natural, sandstone carvings all over the landscape.
One of the more iconic spots is sunrise on Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park’s, Island in the Sky District. The high altitude of the landscape looking above the valley below is just high enough for the first light of day to illuminate the bottom of the arch, creating a unique glow hard to find in any other location.
Before Moab, I was in Hovenweep National Monument … Continue reading
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Tagged Canyon, Canyonlands National Park, Desert Southwest, Mountains, Natural Arches, Snow, Utah
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I Love Mountains
First of all, thank you to Greg Russell of Alpenglow Images for pointing me toward the cause I’ve been waiting for (among others)!
Shortly after moving out to Phoenix, Arizona in 2004, I got sight of my first strip mine. Even back then, before I was really into photography and before the thought of conserving nature had ever even entered my head, I found it to be a horrendous sight. Entire mountains being completely devoured, forever changing what was once a beautiful desert landscape. Social media was only in its infancy, and as a result, I felt powerless about voicing my opinion on something so incredibly disgusting looking. The friends I voiced my opinions to agreed, but it didn’t help us to feel like we had any more power than the mines did.
Fast forward to 2011, where social media has not a become a way of life, but was … Continue reading
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