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Monument Valley Sunrise

After driving for 17 plus hours straight through from Texas to Monument Valley in Utah/Arizona and arriving at 4:00am, I did a little shooting at night then found a spot to park my truck out of the way. I got settled in and took about an hour and a half long nap in my truck before my alarm went off to wake me up so I could be ready for the sunrise.

It was 34 degrees when I woke up and climbed out to see the sunrise. Being winter and the middle of the week, there were almost no tourists in the area, and there was not another person at all up anywhere that I could see (and you can see a long way out there!), so it was totally quiet and calm with a cool crispness in the air. I found this scene and set up my gear and waited to see what happened over the next half our. Just as the sun came up over the horizon I was able to grab this shot of one of a mesa and a small butte with the early morning, orange glow from the sun at a low angle lighting them....

Photographer - Adventurer - Explorer - Artist I create beautiful landscapes, cityscapes, night time landscapes and night sky images to hang on your walls or to license for commercial uses such as book illustrations, advertising, travel industry, etc. The first memory I can recall of being fascinated with photography was when I was in the 7th grade in Art class. I had the opportunity to build a pinhole camera from scratch and then use it to make photographs which I developed in the dark room. Fast forward quite a few years and I am still fascinated with photography and excited about the ability to use it to create art that conveys the feeling, beauty and awe of the world, the way I see and feel it in person. I love to explore,...