Utah Landscapes Photo Workshop Trip Report for Tom Bol Photo Workshops

We started our Utah Landscapes Workshop in Capitol Reef National Park, the perfect place for photographer's to ditch the crowds and photograph colorful rock walls and blooming orchards.

Navajo Dome for our first sunrise shoot

Tom watching for traffic

Gloria enjoying the Mulford Orchard

Capitol Reef is a geologic paradise. Layers of sandstone comprising the Waterpocket Fold seem to go on forever. Temperatures were colder than usual this year. We welcomed the snow capped peaks in the distance during our sunrise and sunset shoots.

The Pendleton Barn in the historic Fruita DIstrict

The Castle shot with a 15 stop Singh Ray ND filter

Lynn putting her shoulder into it

Capitol Reef is an International Dark Sky Park. It is our favorite location to photograph the galactic core in the Lower 48. We had three night shoots during the workshop. In Capitol Reef we photographed the galactic core over Chimney Rock, at the Pendleton Barn and over the National Park entrance sign.

Chimney Rock and the Milky Way

Our first night shoot right off the main road in Capitol Reef

During our conference room sessions we discussed filter use and editing night sky images with masks

The desert varnish on the sandstone and the warm orange colors created captivating backgrounds for a variety of foreground subjects.

Vivek with farm equipment as his foreground

Shadows and light

Michael working tall backlit grasses

Panorama Point is a favorite shooting destination for both sunrise and sunset. From this high point, we have a view of rock layers in all 360' directions. On our final morning in the park, we used 15 stop ND filters to stretch the layers of clouds over the rocks.

Mike gives Capitol Reef a big thumbs up

Bryce National Park was breathtaking this year. It was a heavy snow year and even in mid April we had snow in our landscapes.

Jim and Maura were all smiles in their home state

Working the sunrise colors at Inspiration Point

Sunrise Point was a big surprise this year. We had stormy, dappled light for our shoot there. Everything looked better with brooding dark clouds.

Our group of photographers after a dramatic shoot at Sunrise

Limber pine clinging to the edge of Sunrise Point

Gary taking in the views at Bryce

For our final evening shoot we visited Sunset Point for a night sky shoot during the Lyrid Meteor Shower. We finished the workshop the next morning at Inspiration Point with a pastel sunrise sky and a happy group headed home.

Thanks to an awesome group of photographers on our Utah Landscapes Workshop!

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Tom and Cree

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