January 2012 Print of the Month

Happy New Year!

January Print of the Month is Moon, Mist, and Mountain.

Mother nature favors the prepared mind. Last year, during a summer visit to Zion National Park I put this image together in my mind’s eye, complete with snow and moon.

To make that pre-visualization into a print, four conditions would need to come together in perfect sync –
1) A moon-set at dawn
2) Intense alpen-glow
3) Fresh snow to lend structure and scale
4) I would have to be there when all of this happened

Three weeks ago, after a year and a half of anticipation and planning, the elements came together for a few seconds. This is one of the most exciting and rewarding moments in photographic work.