And then there were Arches…

Turret Arch, Arches National Park, Utah, © Jay Goodrich

Yesterday I was in Arches National Park photographing locations and compositions that I see less frequently than some of the most obvious. I sat at Turret Arch waiting for the sun to rise for what seemed like an eternity. The pink through red sandstone sat dull and mediocre at best until close to 30 minutes past when the sun was supposed to come up. Unfortunately, some cloud cover over the Lasal Range made me wait until the sun breeched the dense barrier before any light would shine. Once it did though there was that classic desert light that this area of the United States is so famous for. Our national parks are amazing places of preserved natural history and traveling to them to capture more than just the iconic or known images allows the photographer to visit these locations indefinitely.

I am now headed home from Aspen to Denver to Seattle. I have slept in different beds every night of the last four and it will be great to see my kids and Heather again after five days of missing them.

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