Utah Road Trip
OK, I’m back now. The trip was killer, the photography conditions were top notch and the scenery beautiful. The weather was really cold. I got a sunrise in Bryce at -4°F, two sunrises at Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park at 0°F and 8°F, and sunrise in Arches National Park at about +11°F. Each morning I would scrape the ice off my windshield with a credit card. All the food in my car froze solid each night – it’s not easy eating frozen pesto pizza from Jax in Moab for breakfast the following morning, and I damn near cracked a tooth on a rock hard Clif bar. Fortunately, the cold front had dusted the landscape with snow and provided for clear skies – not a cloud in 4 days. It finally warmed up a little by the time I got down to Monument Valley and Antelope Canyon, and the drive home through Zion was downright balmy at 30°F. I’ve got 1700 images to sort through now, so it will take a few weeks to get them edited and selected for the stock files, and then I’ll start posting them.
I’m in Utah right now, shooting landscapes in Bryce, Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, and running some control tests to determine just how bloody cold the weather must be before my camera freezes and I switch my attention to sampling the microbrews of Moab. My office will be handling requests for comps (for layout) and low-res images (for publication), sending those by email but with a delay of up to 6 hours before those requests are sent. Unfortunately, I will not be able to deliver high res images until I return after January 12. Happy New Year!
