Southwest US
Zion Wall
To capture the size and grandeur of the American West, you need to make the images big. But, big images fail when the details are lost in fuzzy enlargements. On this day, I set out to make a very large image. When I returned home, I stitched together the 67 images I captured to make this one print. In the final print, you can peer deeply into the image to see hikers on the trail. It is then that viewers mouths gape as they step back in awe of the grandeur of the American West. I feel blessed to have captured an image that can convey a small portion of the feeling of being there.
Calico Red Rocks
I was at a conference in Las Vegas. After a few days, I was desperate to get away from the blinking lights and the 40 foot tall televisions. Fortunately for me, about thirty minutes outside of town is Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. I arrived in the morning and hiked around all day, making photographs and taking in the desert scenery. By 6:30 in the evening, I was just hanging out looking for the sun to set and cast warm light on Calico Rocks. In the full-sized print, you can pick out trails in the ravine and rock climbers on the rocks. A wonderful green swath can be seen at the bottom of the ravine telling a story about the seasonal wash that runs during the infrequent rains.