Delicate Arch, Arches National Park

Going through some of the photos from my trip to Southern Utah. Thought I would post this one of Delicate Arch.

Utah Photo Tour

Last week I spent time in Southern Utah with my friend Jason Olson. We started the trip taking care of one of Jason's work assignments at the Deseret News. He was shooting a story in Monticello about high school football in a small town. It was fun to tag along as he attended the school pep assembly, visited a family of fans in their home as they painted their faces for the big game, and shot the peripheral activities of the football game. The people of Monticello were great.

After the assignement was completed, we took off to Canyonlands National Park. We spent the morning in the Needles district (an area I've hiked a lot in while researching my book) taking photos. It was fairly uninspiring. Because we stayed near the car, we were unable to get out to the spires that make the Needles district so unique.

After Canyonlands, we went to Arches to get the obligatory sunset shot of Delicate Arch and then moved on to Capitol Reef. I've posted a shot of an early 1900s barn we took at sunset.

Watch the "Projects" section of my site gallery for more pictures from the trip.

Arches

The family and I spent Friday and Saturday at Arches National Park. We had a great time hiking to Delicate Arch, North and South Windows Arches, Turet Arch, Landscape Arch, and Sand Dune Arch. Despite the normal whining, the kids did great.

The pictures posted above were taken Saturday morning from the side of the road. The first is a rock formation called "The Three Gossips." The second is of an unamed formation (at least I'm not aware of a name) just East of the first picture.

I shot my first roll of Velvia through the Holga. I'm very interested to see how they turn out. I'll post one or two once I have the developing done.