For Shelley and I’s first stop of the morning, we were headed to Grandview point. I find that when photographing a location that is as popular as the Grand Canyon that I am drawn to compositions that are overlooked. Compositions that most of the visitors simply walk past on their way to the grand vistas.
Twisted – Grandview Point Grand Canyon 2019
Upon my arrival at Grandview Point, this tree spoke to me. Well okay, not in a biblical sense. Like that of a burning bush. But more as a photographic subject. Something that most of the other visitors would not even think to use as a subject of a photograph at the Grand Canyon. I made this photograph with my Nikon D600 at ISO 100, 14mm, f11, and at 20 seconds.
Ghost of Time – Grandview Point Grand Canyon 2019
One of the questions that I am most often asked is why I photograph at all times of the day? While photography requires light to work, it also requires emotion, subject, and story to be successful. I find that when photographing in a popular location, like the Grand Canyon, I can use the crowds to my benefit. In order to do this, I need a few things. The first is a way in which to slow downtime. Or more accurately to slow down the speed at which my shutter works. This is why I have a body of work in the series Ghosts of Time. I use this series to demonstrate human interactions with the landscapes that I photograph. I made this Ghost of time photograph with my Nikon D600 at ISO 100, 14mm, f11, and with 15-second shutter speed.
Twisted – Moran Point Grand Canyon National Park
Next Shelley and I headed to Moran Point. It was here that I was able to get further away from the crowds. I follow a small trail that leads out the actual point from the main overlook. It was on this trail that I happened upon another tree for my Twisted series. After finding the composition that I wanted. I set up my tripod and broke out the filters. I needed both my ten stop neutral density and circular polarizer filters in order to achieve the effect that I wanted with the clouds in the sky. With both filters on I locked in my final composition and made this photograph with my Nikon D600, ISO 100, 14mm, f11, and a shutter speed of 30 seconds.
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