I’m always up long before dawn. Couldn’t sleep past sunrise if I wanted. One of my favorite things to do in these quiet solitary hours is go through some of my older work, paging through the years to times of inspiration and bliss. It’s a great way to start the day. I always wonder about [...]
Several weeks of hard work, but it was all worth it. New look and new images at http://guytal.com.
Nothing taken for granted. Venture to a frontier and make a life. Build your own house. Deal with the hardship. Reap the rewards. Know that you had truly lived. What few will ever know is that giving up the hardest of the hardships also means losing the most sublime of the rewards.
I spent some time in this spot with Floris Van Breugel. When we arrived we were immediately taken with the interesting patterns in the sand, a result of recent rain. I made a few images, the first of which I posted earlier on NPN was made in dry sand. I later found these fascinating patterns [...]
I visited this little alcove many times. It is located at the edge of a large bench and offers vast views of the canyon country. It is a place for contemplation and thinking; a place to lie awake in the small hours of the night to see the Milky Way, and greet the dawn in [...]
Allergies kept me from my original plans and necessitated staying in Northern Utah last night. The feline alarm woke me up long before dawn and I decided to welcome the new day by the Great Salt Lake. Thanks to my Twitter friends for the concern!
The Internet seemingly never forgets. Out of curiosity, I pulled up some of my older postings on various photography forums. Some of them made me cringe. I said some pretty foolish things over the years. At times I was inexplicably loyal to one brand or another, I’ve been a Large Format snob, an ignorant film [...]
Dying aspens in a final autumn display. Sad and beautiful. Part of me feels fortunate to have had a chance to see them in their prime in previous years. Future visitors to this place may not see such displays again for many years to come, possibly ever.
By Jim Goldstein This blog post was written by photographer and friend Jim Goldstein. Jim is a great photographer and pioneer of social networking. Our blog post exchange today touches on a subject discussed in an essay titled “This Photo Is Lying to You” by Rob Haggart in Outside Magazine. After a brief exchange via [...]
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