The Natural World
What nature photographers do is capture moments of the natural world through our own individual eyes. It never looks the same from one photographer to the next, but we try to capture the beauty, diversity and uniqueness that surrounds us all in this beautiful world that we call home. One thing that has always been on my mind while searching for those moments is that each capture is unique and will never be duplicated. Sure, we can watch a hundred Blue Ridge Mountain sunsets, but each one will be its own special moment, never to appear again. Or we can capture a Black Bear feasting on wild cherries, but each moment will be unique. So, I consider it a privilege to be able to share with you the way I see the world. Although I probably do this more for myself than anything else, it is nice that sometimes a moment that I capture can be appreciated by someone else and may possibly have a positive impact on how people see the world or their own place within it.
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Recent Captures
Recently, I made a road trip to photograph in The Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument and to also get some much-needed alone time camping. But before I made it to the Staircase, I had heard of a place to camp in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area that required a 4-wheel drive and high clearance vehicle just to get to, but the payoff view was spectacular. This place is Alstrom Point. It is reminiscent of Grand Canyon views with Lake Powell snaking through the valleys below instead of the Colorado River. Setting up camp on the edge of a cliff and spending a day and night there, decompressing after the long drive from Atlanta was everything I had hoped for. Then I packed up to spend the rest of my time camping and capturing The Grand Staircase. I spent time in the mornings and late afternoons capturing the desert light on the many varying colors of sand, rocks and shrubs. I also flew the drone to capture this vast landscape for a forthcoming video that will be available on my YouTube channel. In addition, I captured some drone still photography, where I’m looking for abstract patterns that are revealed from the sky. After spending several days camping in and capturing the Grand Staircase Escalante, the road out lead me through Capital Reef National Park where I was rewarded with a beautiful rainbow over the mighty mesas that stretch through this famous landscape. As I left Utah headed off into heavy storm clouds over the nearby Rockies, I was already trying to decide where and when my next trip here would b