Vermillion Veins by alexnoriega

2015 Autumn in Olympic Tour with Alex Mody
Private Workshops and Tours
Private Online Post-Processing Instruction Via Skype

Incredible otherworldly sandstone formations in a very remote area of northern Arizona, at morning twilight. Looks best on black.

I’ve been wanting to get out here for years, having been inspired by others’ images of this seemingly alien landscape. There are many locations in the American southwest where taffy- or candy-like formations can be found, but I still haven’t seen anything that compares to the combination of sharp folds and color contrasts of this particular geologic marvel, so adeptly showcasing the forces of time.

Although it was a great time coming out here with my friends Joe and Scotty, crushing the notoriously rough 4×4 roads with ease in our monster of a vehicle, we arrived with only an hour to scout before sunset, and only stayed one night. Therefore, without much time to find something 100% unique, I chose to shoot the formations that interested me most, despite knowing they’d been photographed before. Additionally, with nary a cloud in the sky, I wanted to focus on areas that had an abundance of visual interest in the land portion, which would be complemented well by featureless or starry blue skies. Hopefully my interpretation is able to stand on its own. I know I’ll be back here again, as the photographic possibilities are endless.

http://bit.ly/1Ekuorx

Vermillion Veins by alexnoriega

2015 Autumn in Olympic Tour with Alex Mody
Private Workshops and Tours
Private Online Post-Processing Instruction Via Skype

Incredible otherworldly sandstone formations in a very remote area of northern Arizona, at morning twilight. Looks best on black.

I’ve been wanting to get out here for years, having been inspired by others’ images of this seemingly alien landscape. There are many locations in the American southwest where taffy- or candy-like formations can be found, but I still haven’t seen anything that compares to the combination of sharp folds and color contrasts of this particular geologic marvel, so adeptly showcasing the forces of time.

Although it was a great time coming out here with my friends Joe and Scotty, crushing the notoriously rough 4×4 roads with ease in our monster of a vehicle, we arrived with only an hour to scout before sunset, and only stayed one night. Therefore, without much time to find something 100% unique, I chose to shoot the formations that interested me most, despite knowing they’d been photographed before. Additionally, with nary a cloud in the sky, I wanted to focus on areas that had an abundance of visual interest in the land portion, which would be complemented well by featureless or starry blue skies. Hopefully my interpretation is able to stand on its own. I know I’ll be back here again, as the photographic possibilities are endless.

http://bit.ly/1Ekuorx

Vermillion Veins by alexnoriega

2015 Autumn in Olympic Tour with Alex Mody
Private Workshops and Tours
Private Online Post-Processing Instruction Via Skype

Incredible otherworldly sandstone formations in a very remote area of northern Arizona, at morning twilight. Looks best on black.

I’ve been wanting to get out here for years, having been inspired by others’ images of this seemingly alien landscape. There are many locations in the American southwest where taffy- or candy-like formations can be found, but I still haven’t seen anything that compares to the combination of sharp folds and color contrasts of this particular geologic marvel, so adeptly showcasing the forces of time.

Although it was a great time coming out here with my friends Joe and Scotty, crushing the notoriously rough 4×4 roads with ease in our monster of a vehicle, we arrived with only an hour to scout before sunset, and only stayed one night. Therefore, without much time to find something 100% unique, I chose to shoot the formations that interested me most, despite knowing they’d been photographed before. Additionally, with nary a cloud in the sky, I wanted to focus on areas that had an abundance of visual interest in the land portion, which would be complemented well by featureless or starry blue skies. Hopefully my interpretation is able to stand on its own. I know I’ll be back here again, as the photographic possibilities are endless.

http://bit.ly/1Ekuorx

Vermillion Veins by alexnoriega

2015 Autumn in Olympic Tour with Alex Mody
Private Workshops and Tours
Private Online Post-Processing Instruction Via Skype

Incredible otherworldly sandstone formations in a very remote area of northern Arizona, at morning twilight. Looks best on black.

I’ve been wanting to get out here for years, having been inspired by others’ images of this seemingly alien landscape. There are many locations in the American southwest where taffy- or candy-like formations can be found, but I still haven’t seen anything that compares to the combination of sharp folds and color contrasts of this particular geologic marvel, so adeptly showcasing the forces of time.

Although it was a great time coming out here with my friends Joe and Scotty, crushing the notoriously rough 4×4 roads with ease in our monster of a vehicle, we arrived with only an hour to scout before sunset, and only stayed one night. Therefore, without much time to find something 100% unique, I chose to shoot the formations that interested me most, despite knowing they’d been photographed before. Additionally, with nary a cloud in the sky, I wanted to focus on areas that had an abundance of visual interest in the land portion, which would be complemented well by featureless or starry blue skies. Hopefully my interpretation is able to stand on its own. I know I’ll be back here again, as the photographic possibilities are endless.

http://bit.ly/1Ekuorx

Vermillion Veins by alexnoriega

2015 Autumn in Olympic Tour with Alex Mody
Private Workshops and Tours
Private Online Post-Processing Instruction Via Skype

Incredible otherworldly sandstone formations in a very remote area of northern Arizona, at morning twilight. Looks best on black.

I’ve been wanting to get out here for years, having been inspired by others’ images of this seemingly alien landscape. There are many locations in the American southwest where taffy- or candy-like formations can be found, but I still haven’t seen anything that compares to the combination of sharp folds and color contrasts of this particular geologic marvel, so adeptly showcasing the forces of time.

Although it was a great time coming out here with my friends Joe and Scotty, crushing the notoriously rough 4×4 roads with ease in our monster of a vehicle, we arrived with only an hour to scout before sunset, and only stayed one night. Therefore, without much time to find something 100% unique, I chose to shoot the formations that interested me most, despite knowing they’d been photographed before. Additionally, with nary a cloud in the sky, I wanted to focus on areas that had an abundance of visual interest in the land portion, which would be complemented well by featureless or starry blue skies. Hopefully my interpretation is able to stand on its own. I know I’ll be back here again, as the photographic possibilities are endless.

http://bit.ly/1Ekuorx

Milky Way over Fairyland Point by nightscape

Milky Way over a light painted Fairyland Point, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. This image is from page 80 in my new “Milky Way NightScapes” ebook. You can preview it here. The two previous images in my profile (pages 78 and 79) are examples from my ebook, showing how this image was lit. The orange glow in the clouds is reflected light from the little town of Tropic, Utah, 4 miles behind me; the glow on the horizon is light pollution from St. George, 90 miles away. ONE EXPOSURE: This image was lit using the stationary “light painting” set up shown in my new ebook (and in the next two images). The purpose of the stationary light painting is to give recognizable detail to the landscape foreground —enough that you only have to make one exposure. This makes post processing considerably easier, as you do not have to combine separate exposures for the sky and foreground.

My new ebook goes on to give extensive details on lighting tricks and procedures, i.e. filtration, light modifiers, and calculating exposures. Three other chapters cover planning, scouting, shooting and post processing.

http://bit.ly/1yBMmk9