I never thought of photographing Antelope Canyon at night.
It was suggested to me the very last minute before my trip to the Southwest and I could not have been happier that I decided to shoot this staple with a night sky, light painted walls, and in almost freezing weather. Full moon washed out most of the stars in the sky and in this shot was somewhat obstructed by the rock so thus the “moonstar”.
We had the canyon all to ourselves – which during the day would seem to be crazy impossible considering thousands of people shooting there shoulder to shoulder.
This is a reprocess of the file from 2013 – there is definitely a lot more things I have learned since then, thanks to magic of Alex Noriega (http://ift.tt/1vlmHfL) who’s Skype lessons were incredibly impactful on how I approach my post work.

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Taken on August 23rd 2013

In the weeks leading up to China I had decided that I was going to take some time for myself to just check out the country and hopefully get some shots before knuckling down to work in Shanghai. I decided I would spend a few days in the Yangshuo county (see previous posts) and then travel to the Great Wall for the remaining few.

Researching the Great Wall one thing became immediately apparent – it’s home to a lot of tourists. Naturally this was a problem because people + landscape photography don’t work. So – with a little more research I discovered Jinshanling. Still a magnificent section of the wall but it’s distance and difficulty to easily commute to from Beijing made it a less desirable section for sightseer’s then the Badaling and Simatai alternatives.

Perfect? No. As I would soon find out it was near impossible to get to (especially for an English speaking visitor) and even harder to get back from. None-the-less, I did eventually get there (and eventually get back as-well but that’s a whole other story).

So when I finally arrived in Jinshanling three things struck me. First was the smog in the air. I knew Beijing would be incredibly polluted but with Jinshanling being some distance away I didn’t think this would be a problem, unfortunately, it seemed to be. Second, the wall was a long way UP and I was a long way DOWN. Getting up there would require a lot trekking. Finally, it was still damn hot!

The next morning my alarm was set for 3:30am. I had a bad feeling about the smog and wasn’t expecting much.

After a hard trek in the dark I had finally reached a section that appeared to be high enough to offer a suitable vista so I stopped to catch my breath. It was then that my cognizant moment arrived – I was standing on the Great Wall of China! By myself, absolutely alone. There was not a single sound to be heard, not a single person to be seen and to my astonishment, the smog had disappeared.

Alone with my tripod, water bottle and camera I stood there and took it all in – stretching into the distance as far as I could see was an ancient brick wall, snaking it’s way along impossible ridges, atop incredible mountains and through deep green valleys. It could have been the year 1388, 1600 or 2013 – this was a timeless moment.

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Looks a lot better on black!

Taken on a cold, windy winter evening in the Canadian Rockies.

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Three hot sausages

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It was really windy day

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A quiet morning in Sunol, CA

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AS THE SUN WAS GO DOWN AT THE END OF THE DAY,I PLACE MTSELF TOWARDS THE SUN TO CAPTURE THE BACK-LIT EFFECT WITH ALL THE ADDED COLORS.

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In a gigantic places like this location, you can illustrate its size and dimensions to the viewer by adding a known size element. Such as the (human) element as it’s shown on my picture.

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