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Housed in a Utah Historic Waverly building built in 1897 in Murray in the Salt Lake Valley is Day Murray Music. Day Murray Music was formed in 1946 by a young couple Arlette & her hubby John Day in Murray Utah. The name is derived from their last name and hometown. Incredible collection of choral music, teaching facilities, it is an integral part of Salt Lake City Murray community. The back story of the Day Murray Music, a young Arlette Hart was convinced to by her family to go on a blind date with a young army veteran who John Day who had just returned from his service. Finally, she agreed and they met at Arlette’s brother’s store Hart Brothers Music and the rest is history or sweet music. My damsel and I paused in Salt Lake City to meet her oldest son and this quaint business & historic structure was across the street from where we were stayed the night in our cross-country journey. iPhone 7. #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america #omsystem @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #tamractales @kehcamera @mpbcom #iphone7 @visitsaltlake @visitutah @apple
Second in a series. I went on a quick drive into the Wasatch Mountains following a storm. The clouds were incredible; and then the sun shot out and highlighted the mountains and made the moment magical.
Nikon D810 ISO160 ƒ/11 1/250sec 70mm
The original location of the hiker is the one at the bottom. The actual Utah geological wonder is formed of "sandstone cliffs soaring above narrow slot canyons." You can read about it here: www.visitutah.com/places-to-go/parks-outdoors/grand-stair...
This day in early February, the snow fell all day. Except for a short period around one, when I was able to make this picture. As a ten-image panorama, this image has incredible depth and clarity.
D810 24mm ISO64 Æ/9.0 1/100 sec (10 image stitch)
Afternoon heat stirs the air, and by late day the sky starts to build. Towering clouds rise over the horizon, stacking higher and darker until they burst into summer’s show; rolling thunder, flickers of lightning, and the scent of rain on dry ground. By evening, the storm drifts on, leaving behind a washed sky and glowing light.
Early morning in Southern Utah. The sun rises over Goblin Valley State Park. The blue of the shadows in the valley combine with the red of the rocks or make a strange purple tint in the shadows. The sun pours gold onto the landscape. The sphinx-dog looks to the west. Every rock shape looks like something.
There is not a whole lot to add to this shoot. Once the sun started coming up, I was shooting like a machine gun. Every way you turn in Goblin Valley is a great shot. Early in the morning was so much more spectaular, as you will see in upcoming shots. As an advance peak- smoke rising from the HooDos as the dew steams off, and frsot gems along the ground. You won't see either in the heat of the day.
But the Hoodoos are the real draw here. There is so much avriety. When you shoot to the west, you wonder what you are missing to the East or the South! You really have to edit in your eye, becayuse you can't shoot everything.
This shot interested me for the obvious dog profile. And the sphinx-like body. This was stille arly enough I was getting a lot of color contrast between the shadows and the sunlight. The red rock definitely enhances that color contrast. A little twist up on the vibrance and the contrast is much more obvious.
This was my second feild trip with my D810, the first being Bryce Canyon the weekend before. This was shot with my workhorse Tamron 24-70, which is a great all-purpose lens. Polrizer? Not in this shot! A polorizer will do nothing when you shoot direct into the sun. And I do like shooting into the sun!
So, how to shoot into the sun? Well, first remove ALL your filters. Hopefully that leaves you a very clean lens. If your lens isn't clean, clean it! Any dust will show up and, more often than not, screw up your lines. Now to get the sunburst, you ahve to do two things. First, shoot all stopped down. You need the smallest aperture possible. (You can open up one stop, but the effect will be less).
Second, the whole sun will not burst. You need a tiny part of the sun peaking out from something onscuring it. WHat I often wuill do is put the camera on a tripod (ALWAYS!!!!), and then move it until the lens is covered by the shadow of the object. Then get behind the camera and make minor adjustments until you get the burst. Expose for the general scene, NOT for the sun.
There you go. Now getr out there and shoot something!
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I like it when late snows decorate Bryce Canyon. The park is t an elevation of 8000 feet, so it's not uncommon. This is from a visit in April 2010.
For more photos from my trips exploring Utah, see my Utah album here on Flickr.
I love this National Park. The high desert is so special. When I stand at a vista like this I feel like it's a part of me and I'm a part of it. I'm proud to call the western US my home.
As Kay and I walked along the rim trail in this beautiful state park, I had to continuously stop for a quick photo op. The rugged beauty of the landscape starts right in front of you and extends as far as the eye can see.
Afternoon heat stirs the air, and by late day the sky starts to build. Towering clouds rise over the horizon, stacking higher and darker until they burst into summer’s show; rolling thunder, flickers of lightning, and the scent of rain on dry ground. By evening, the storm drifts on, leaving behind a washed sky and glowing light.
The great looking 1996 custom Harley was displayed at the 2018 Dream Car, Truck, and Cycle Show held in Shawnee Kansas at Old Shawnee Town. The background is the Bonnieville Salt Flats an internet image from visitutah.com. The two images seemed like a good fit, at least in my mind.
Down in the Byrce Canyons, snow still finds a way to get you....
Nikon D810 ISO64 ƒ/2.8 1/125sec 24mm
I returned to this spot for sunset.
Just a minute before this, there were about a dozen people standing in the middle of the arch. They all left just as the sunset light started shining through the arch. Since Kay and I were behind the arch, we saw the scene differently and stayed a while longer.
Airplane sight from the inside of an Anasazi prehistoric house.
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Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum
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A translucent and symmetrical 14' waterfall in Southern Utah. Lit mainly be a small patch of blue sky far above, my exposures here spanned from 10 to 30 seconds. This single 10 second exposure was my favorite, but I was limited by the size of the shooting space and my focal length.
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This was named a Photo of the Year for 2006 on MyParkPhotos.com. It's my most-viewed photo on Flickr, with over 4.1 million views and over 36,000 favorites!
- Added to the Cream of the Crop pool on Flickr as my personal favorite.
From this easily accessible canyon near Goblin Valley, this is in the second section of slots in Little Wild Horse Canyon.
D810 ISO400 1/125sec 24mm ƒ/8
This Ancient Pueblan granary is in Mule Canyon in the BLM's Grand Gulch/Cedar Mesa Plateau property near Monticello, Utah.
Much of the BLM's land in southern Utah is currently threatened by oil and gas exploration. I toured Utah last Fall and while visiting BLM's Fantasy Canyon and witnessed firsthand the devastation wreaked by the oil and gas industry in the northeast end of the state. To prevent this destructive abuse in the most scenic portions of southern Utah, please follow this link to politely ask your Senators and Representative to co-sponsor America's Red Rock Wilderness Act:
We saw this scene as we were scouting locations for night shots. I knew it wasn't going to last long, so I was frantically driving around to find a pull out. When we finally got parked, I ran to the edge of the canyon and fired off one round of bracketed exposures.
I actually thought I had missed it because when I looked up from my camera, a lot of the rainbow had faded. Luckily, the brackets did their job and I caught the colors just before they faded away.
We spent the better part of the night at Delicate Arch a couple weeks ago. We had a great time lighting this beautiful landscape and watching the Milky Way rise in the sky.
Zion National Park, Utah.
Update May 2016: I replaced the original edit with a new, higher resolution image.
Stone monoliths bask in the first light of the rising sun.
January 2016 update: I uploaded a new edit and higher resolution file. I hope to lead photographers in Southern Utah in 2018. My workshop schedule should be ready in February.
Alone on the salt flats. Alone with an iPhone. So are you ever really alone anymore?
D500 ISO100 155mm ƒ/11 1/320 sec
A late-winter hike up to Donut Falls was quite rewarding. The area itself is beautiful. And the solitude. But in the cave that the falls tumble into was beyond description. The sun streamed through the the donut hole and the whole interiour glowed yellow.
Nikon D810 ISO32 Æ/22 15sec 15mm © 2017
Third in a series. I went on a quick drive into the Wasatch Mountains following a storm. I hiked up a frigidly cold stream in my tennis shows and stood in the just-melted run off for 20 minutes to get this image. Strangely, I never felt the cold. A three image panorama.
Nikon D810 ISO32 ƒ/22 1.6sec 15mm