Bryce Canyon
“I don’t want this to sound like it was some great expedition to go shooting the Canyon, as it was really a family vacation; although it fast became the perfect shoot when we got there and saw how beautiful that place is! I had never been there before, so I was like a little kid completely overwhelmed by everything I saw.”
“It’s 800 feet to the Canyon floor, which is a big hike even when you’re not carrying tons of lenses and slider etc. And, every time I saw something special, I just had to stop and setup and then shoot! Although my wife is an incredible hiker, she had to be so tough on this march. All my stuff weights so much; my still lenses, slider, tripod… and then there was lunch too! Marie was completely amazing, because it must have been anything other than a fun, helping carry all my gear to the bottom of the Canyon and then back up again.”
“The Canyon is so big and impressive that there are peaks that never get full sun, so they are always covered in snow. It’s spectacular, because you get these amazing contrasts in texture and color; which is to die for when you are a photographer.”
“When shooting in a place like this, everything is massive and far off in the distance. So when you’re working with a slider like mine, then you’re continuously looking for something powerful to pan off. Something that can fill the frame and anchor the shot for you, otherwise the size of the scenery just overwhelms everything and the slider looks like its doing nothing.”
“You’re constantly looking for tree branches and rocks that you can put into the frame, to make the foreground interesting. In a place like Bryce Canyon, it’s all about having a critical eye on the framing, because the atmospherics are so beautiful that they pretty much just take care of themselves.”
