Utah, May 2019.
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Desert reflections
Utah, May 2019.
Crow of Arches
Arches National Park, Utah, November 2020.
Watch the video from this beautiful national park here.
Ride through Utah
Utah, April 2019.
Desert world
Utah, September 2020.
Morning ripples
Great Salt Lake, Utah, September 2020.
Watht the video: Great Salt Lake: a photography adventure.
Salty ripples
Great Salt Lake, Utah, October 2020.
Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah
Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, May 2019.
Sometimes, you just get lucky. I've been to the Salt Flats in Utah a few times, but I had never seen like this morning in May 2019. Recent rainfall had flooded the area with 1-2 inches of water, creating a landscape like no other. The reflections on this calm water were out of this world.
Desert tree, Utah
Arches National Park, Utah, November 2020
The long way back home
This is the last video from the road trip. It documents the long drive back home, after 3 months on the road. Hairball was kind of falling apart, so that made the trip a bit... interesting. I hope you enjoy it.
Arches in Black and White
Last video from my recent road trip across the US, from beautiful Arches National Park.
Safety when photographing in the outdoors
I like to get out in nature, away from the crowds. Even though I’ve been pretty far from civilization at times, I’m aware that you don’t need to be in a remote place for something bad to happen to you. Anything could happen at any moment, anywhere. If you get hurt and can’t walk, 1 mile becomes 1,000.
In this video, I talk about some of the safety measures I take when I photograph in the great outdoors.
Always keeping in mind that there’s no such thing as a risk-free life and we must embrace some degree risk, this is about minimizing the chances of something happening and increasing the odds of us getting of that situation in one piece.
Photographing colorful landscapes in Black & White
Today’s video is from Canyonlands National Park, in Utah. A landscape that is mostly about the colors: the red rocks, the green vegetation, the sunrises and sunsets… how do we photograph all of that in black and white?
As I explore the park, I share some tips and ideas to create good monochrome images in places where color is king.
Update: second part of this mini series is now available. I share a few more tips and ideas, this time from Arches National Park.
Photography as a lifestyle, from Zion National Park
I breathe photography, it’s my life. I always have a camera with me, ready to create something at any moment. If photography were to be done only from beautiful and stunning places, I wouldn’t be doing it. I believe photography should be done anywhere, at all times. There’s an image to be made everywhere.
In this video from beautiful Zion, I talk about this approach to photography.
Hiking Mt Timpanogos, Utah
Mt Timpanogos, in the Wasatch Range, rises almost 12,000 feet above sea level. The view of the Salt Lake valley and the neighboring mountains was something I had to check out in person. So I did.
This is not an easy hike: 15 miles round-trip and almost 5,000 feet of elevation gain. Count on 4-5 hours to reach the top. Because I was recording myself and had to walk back and forth many times to retrieve the camera, my hike clocked at 22 miles and 6,000+ feet elevation gain. It took me almost the whole day.
Despite its difficulty, it’s a pretty popular hike: I did it on a Friday, and the trail was pretty busy. Plenty of people in their late 60s (one man was celebrating his 68th birthday by summiting the mountain) and even kids.
If you are planning on doing this hike in late summer / early fall, make sure to bring plenty of water. There are a couple of streams at the beginning, but nothing after that.
The trail is well maintained and easy to follow, although it requires some scrambling in the last section, where you should expect loose rocks. Even though people climb this mountain year-round, I’d definitely not do it (at least the last section) with snow or ice on the ground.
When it comes to photography, the place offers plenty of opportunities for great images, but I wasn’t very happy with what I got. The weather and nearby fires didn’t help, it was kind of bland and hazy day. The hard climb takes a lot of your physical and mental energy as well, so I found it difficult to focus on making images. But I’m glad I went for it: a mostly peaceful hike to a beautiful peak with stunning views.
Great Salt Lake: a photography adventure
I spent a few days photographing the Great Salt Lake, and this video is the result of that time. What a beautiful place.
How we travel
We are moving again, leaving Colorado and heading towards Utah. In this video, we talk about how we travel, why we do it this way, what we carry with us, and I make some images in Salt Lake City.
Spring 2019 road trip
These are some of the images I made during my recent road trip across the Southwest, the West Coast and a bit of the Midwest.
Read MoreSunrise at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah
I had to wake very early and drive for almost 2 hours to get there, but it was totally worth it. What a morning at the Salt Flats.
A morning in Moab, Utah: photographing Corona Arch
Utah is one of those places every photographer should visit and photograph at least once in their life.
I'd been to the southern part of this beautiful state before (Zion, Monument Valley...), but I was missing on what are probably the most visited parks: Arches, Canyonlands and Capitol Reef, all very close to each other around this small town, Moab.
This trip wasn't supposed to change that, I want to spend some significant time in the area and this wasn't the best time to do so. I still wanted to get a glimpse of this sacred place for photographers and think about what I could create here in the future.
I only had one morning, and I decided to spend it photographing Corona Arch, just outside of Moab. This is the video of that morning.