greetings, earthlings

Once again, back from a blogging hiatus.  Been super busy with the business of life...which has mostly consisted of working and not working.  I'd say a 50/50 ratio.  My seasonal employment allows me to explore the awesome rivers, canyons, and endlessly inspiring landscapes of the Colorado plateau while on the job, as well as ample time off to do...whatever i want!  During the month of August I put nearly 5,000 miles on my car/mobile command center.

(sometimes hard miles.  but the SOOB is a champ)

Made it out to the Sierra Nevada's for about ten days, with a stop at Mono Lake.  This place is a photographers dream!  These are my favorite shots from that venture.  I was hoping to get some night shots, but the clouds in these photo's were the first signs of quite a storm that puked rain all night and next morning--the only adverse weather of the trip.  Made for a spectacular sunset.     

These formations are called tufas, limestone formed by
springs which were once submerged (another story entirely)

 
More to come..........................................next stop:  Ye ol' ROCKY MOUNTAINS

Lunar Eclipse

Got this one this morning during the total lunar eclipse. I found out about the event midday yesterday, and decided to check it out. I thought about doing a series of the entire eclipse put together into one image, but that would have taken about two hours from 5-7 this morning. I didn't have that kind of motivation since the temps were in the teens and the wind was HOWLIN'. So i winged it, found this composition and came up with this shot. It was a pretty majestic moonset/sunrise.

Desert Sentinel

Got this shot from an overnight foray into the desert. I was searching for that classic-looking saguaro--quintessential Southwest. After stumbling around in the thorniest place on earth for a bit, I came across this guy, and got the composition i was after. I suppose I'll call it "Desert Sentinel", that's what jumped out at me. yeah...I'm going with it.

River Love

Here are some shots of a bridal session I did with my friend Malia on the Green River in Utah. The shoot went great, the wedding was a riot, and I'm very pleased with how all the photos turned out. The last shot is an overall view of the wedding reception at Swaseys Beach, taken at about 10pm. Congrats Malia and Brian!

Landscape Arch

Largest natural arch in the world. Nearly 300 feet across. The pics don't do the size of it justice, but this thing is huge when you stand underneath it (which actually involves a little bit of illegal off-trail scrambling). But hey, no one was around, and i got the shots I was after. Hope yall like 'em! Click to enlarge...

Delicate Arch

Last night was a new moon, and the milky way was out in full force, so I made my way out to Arches National Park and schlepped all my camera gear up to Delicate Arch to see what i could pull off.   I'm very pleased with the results.  I even put a watermark on em...

Goin' with the flow: San Juan River

This summer I am working as a river guide for Holiday Expeditions in Utah.  We run single and multi-day trips on a bunch of sections of different rivers throughout the state.  You can check out their website at: http://www.bikeraft.com/    Here's a few shots from the San Juan River in Southeastern Utah.  Though it's not known for it's whitewater, this section of river contains some amazing petroglyph panels and ruins.  

River House at night.  An Anasazi ruin built in the mid 1200's.

Spiral petro at night.  River House

Typical Basketmaker figure.   Butler Wash

Sun Spiral.  Butler Wash

Bighorn Sheep petro.   Butler Wash

I've been slacking on the blogging lately with how busy I've been.  I'll be posting more as I have time.  PEACE