More from the American Southwest: Utah

I’ve finally finished processing all my photos from my two-week Christmas-New Year’s road trip through the national and state parks of Southern Utah.  You might notice I’ve also been playing around with textures in some of the photos.  Fun!!!  My next fine art exhibits will be in April (Art League of Germantown’s “Shades of Spring” show) [...]

Playing around in Photoshop: Day for Night

I was playing around with OnOne Plug-In Suite 5 on my Utah Parks Road Trip Day 12 photo of Landscape Arch in Arches National Park, Utah.  Check out this look.  It’s called “Day for Night.”  I like it… 

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Landscape Arch, Arches National Park, Utah

Utah Parks Road Trip, Day 12: Arches National Park and Behind-The-Rocks, Moab, aka Day of the Fruitless Search for Mystical Tukuhnikivats

We’re exshausted, having spent the afternoon on a wild goose – or should I say wild arch – chase through the Moab wilderness.  We were searching for that most mystical of arches, Tukuhnikivats, the unpronouncable.  No one we asked had ever heard of it, not the park rangers at Arches National Park nor the woman who [...]

Utah Road Trips, Day 8: Zion National Park and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument

 

Virgin River, snow-covered mountains in the background, Zion National Park, Utah

With yesterday’s AWESOME fiery Zion sunset, we were totally motivated to get up early this morning, hopeful for an incredible sunrise.  Alas, it was not to be.  It was already snowing when the alarm sounded at 6 AM.  We still rushed  to get ready and [...]

Utah Parks Road Trip, Day 5: Bryce Canyon

This is our last day in Bryce Canyon.  Four nights is probably more than what most people spend, and tomorrow, we head over to Zion.  Everyone talks about how wonderful Zion is, but I just can’t imagine it being more spectacular than Bryce.  It’s too bad that a lot of the trails weren’t tracked what [...]

Utah Parks Road Trip, Day 3: Bryce Canyon

Photo of the viewfrom Sunset Point, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

Today, we visited Inspiration Point, Bryce Point, and Sunset Point.  In the afternoon, we hiked the 2.2 mile, 1.5 hour Navajo loop from Sunset Point down into the canyon.  The snow is deep, but just a few icy points on the path.  Not bad if you [...]

Utah Parks Road Trip: Day 2, Scenic Byway 12

"Head of the Rocks" Panorama, Scenic Byway 12, between Escalante and Cannonville, Utah

Merry Christmas everyone!  I want to wish you and your families and friends a holiday season and coming year filled with joy and good cheer!  To download a pdf on buying fine art photography, click here. 

As for us, today we drove from [...]