It was the second morning of the 2007
Digital Summit conducted by
Alain Briot and
Uwe Steinmueller, this year in Zion
National Park. While most of the
attendees were off shooting sunrise in
the more conventional parts of Zion, Uwe
and I struck off for the Kolob Terrace.
The storm that rolled in the evening
before and provided a spectacular sunset
was just moving out, providing a
spectacular sunrise - my kind of storm.
We enjoyed the first light of day at
another location and pretty much
exhausted the possibilities there.
It was getting time for us to get back;
Uwe had the first session of the
morning. I argued that we had ten
minuets to scout some other locations
and Uwe reluctantly agreed.
So I drove up the road, checked things
out and turned back to Zion canyon.
Perhaps I was driving a bit faster than
I should but I'm a man of my word.
I'm going to get him back in time.
All of a sudden Uwe calls out, "Stop!
Pull over!" I do and we get out,
cameras at the ready to grab a couple of
great shots. Then back in the car
and quickly down the road again when Uwe
calls out a second time, "Stop!
Pull over!" I do and we jump out
once more, cameras in hand.
This wonderful shot came from the second
stop. It's interesting how a shot
develops. There were about four or
five different compositions that lead to
this one. Can you believe that at
first I didn't see the white peak in the
background. Then I became
interested in the pattern the sage brush
makes to the right. Finally as I
walked back to my car I turned around
one more time and there it was.
"If this isn't the Wild West, I don't
know what is," I muttered as the camera
came up to my eye, my left hand adjusted
the zoom, my body steadied and my right
index finger gently pressed the shutter
and captured the moment.
Oh, we were back in plenty of time.
And his session was excellent.
