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Canyonlands Redux by moab
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I’m sorry for the delay since my last posting. As you can imagine, the last month has been prime time in the desert for image-making. Now that temperatures have soared, I’m back in my office for a few days.Twenty-six years ago I was hired to do a book on Canyonlands National Park. This was my first such assignment, and since I was barely 30 years old, I approached it with all the zeal I could muster, and it was a dream come true for me in the early stages of my career. In those day, the park was practically deserted, no one had ever done a book on Canyonlands ... | 6 |
Change is Now: Into Digital, part I by moab
1 month ago | 0 | 1 |
Four by five photography and the large image produced by that wonderful camera system has been been the guiding thread in my photo career. Most of my professional colleagues have used a 4×5, and I started with one in 1977. My files now contain 70,000 4×5’s from all fifty states and from about sixty countries. As early as eight years ago, I saw the writing on the wall and realized that to stay competitive, or even survive as a professional landscape photographer that I would have to start scanning my transparencies. At that time I purchased an Imacon s... | 1 |
Cataract high water by moab
1 month ago | 0 | 1 |
We had known that the water would be high this Spring, but didn’t know when the peak would happen until just a few days ago. Looks like Saturday the 24th will be a big spike, with cold temperatures bringing the level back down into the terrible 50 through the week. Park Service boats and crew are underway with their catch and release program, plucking out swimmers as needed at The Big Drops. I’ll try to get some pics and video posted on Monday. | 1 |
A Passage to India by moab
3 months ago | 0 | 1 |
I just returned from India, a place that assaults the senses (not always in a good way), and is the most colorful place I’ve ever seen. Indians live and breathe color, and for a color photographer it’s quite a mother lode. This was also my first big trip anywhere without my 4×5 camera. I knew in advance that I would not be able to use a tripod (people always ask why tripods are not allowed in many sites around the world, and I have no idea), so I knew my only hope was the high ISO of my new Canon camera and my Image Stabilization lenses.Right off the bat, ... | 1 |
Snow Patrol by moab
4 months ago | 0 | 1 |
Images of red rocks and snow are not big sellers, either in my gallery or as images for publication, but there is something about the beauty of these amazing storms that really excites and inspires me. This winter continues to be unusually stormy and snowy throughout the region. Last week I awoke very early, as I often do, to check the weather and see if any good morning shooting opportunities were in store. Fog had formed over the night, so since I’m working on a Dead Horse Point project, I quickly ran out there hoping the mesa top was above the weather. ... | 1 |
Dead Horse Point in Snow by moab
5 months ago | 0 | 1 |
Is anything more beautiful on film or on your computer screen than red rocks and white snow? We have been blessed with several magnificent snow storms this year. Before Thanksgiving the La Sals were almost completely devoid of snow, reminding me of 1977-the year of no snow whatsoever. After Thanksgiving we had several snows which I missed, and finally a beautiful storm came on Sunday night. Though spotty (Arches got nothing) I had about four inches at my house, and Dead Horse Point, where I have gone to shoot for the last two evenings, got about the same. Ca... | 1 |
Happy Shooting in 2008 by moab
6 months ago | 0 | 1 |
I’m sorry so much time has passed since my last post. I was traveling overseas and had planned to post from over there (Fiji and New Zealand), but was unable to find time to do so. When I’m in the field the meter is ticking, so I really have my nose to the grindstone shooting imagery. More about the trip later, but this morning I wanted to mention my sadness at the death of Dan Fogelberg, a consummate musician and songwriter. Many of Dan’s songs have Western themes and I believe he lived at least part time in Pagosa Springs. His live album is called “Greetin... | 1 |
Red Rocks and Magic Light by moab
7 months ago | 0 | 1 |
Welcome to the first of a continuing series of blogs on photography and the Canyonlands. I was flattered that the Times has asked me to be involved with the paper in this way, since the T-I has been a part of life for almost forty years. At that time long ago, I was an Iowa college student attending classes and playing in rock bands, but returning every night to a apartment covered with maps of Canyonlands and Arches on the walls and with a horde of backpacking and camera equipment in the closet.What a long, wonderful trip it’s been. Even as Moab gets busier... | 1 |