Technical Storyteller
The Utah desert may appear barren, but if you look closer you’ll see that life finds a way, sometimes clinging to the walls of a canyon. I was hiking back to the truck at the end of a shoot, and happened across this scene on the side of canyon. The sun was setting and light fading, so I only had time for a quick hand-held shot (and dinner was waiting too!), yet it captures the magic of the southwest.
First of all, Moab is a terrible, ugly place that no one should ever visit – certainly not the hordes of people loving Arches National Park to death :-).
Seriously, it’s an amazing location, with iconic scenery – you can almost see the Duke as he rides across the skyline. We were there for the very last Moab Photo Symposium a couple of weeks back, and as we drove through the canyon, the fog and clouds rolled in. I pulled off the side of the road and grabbed a couple of quick shots in the rain – the way the fog highlights the depth of the canyon really caught my eye.
I really enjoy shooting panoramic photographs – there’s no better way to capture the scope and scale of a scene. Normally this involves a tripod, leveling and pano heads, and a lot of fiddling – none of which can you do while on tour at the top of an ancient Abbey in Bath, UK. This is a handheld pano, shot quickly while walking across the roof, hoping the rain would hold off just a bit more. You can see the Roman baths to the right, and the courtyard out front. Bath’s a great place to just go and relax for a week…just leave the tripod in the hotel room!