Desert Spines - 2010

 As a southerly flow begins to make its way into Utah's red rock country, bringing with it cold winds and dry powder, I can't help but wonder if the spines and gullies are in. Memories of the great 2010 winter are still fresh, when the snowpack was fat and sexy....

Even at 7500' there was enough snow to take it all the way to the desert floor. 

Some sweet looking lines at 10500', and a lot more wind.

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the "look but do not touch" spines

Well, if I wasn't nursing two subperiosteal hematomas and a flesh wound (its a long story, but essentially I ate shit on to some rocks, hard) you know where I might be doing some exploring this week.

TimeScapes 4K

I wanted to post this video from Tom Lowe, the man behind TimeScapes. Its really incredible what this dude has done. Almost 4 years ago, when I got into cinema for the first time with the purchase of my 5D Mark II, Tom was already pushing the limits of what can be done with these cameras. He was a huge inspiration for me, because I couldn't believe that he was producing these time-lapse images with the same camera. He's now responsible for a time-lapse craze sweeping over everyone and their grandma with an SLR, but he's always a few steps ahead with his imagination and use of emerging technologies. Do yourself a favor and buy his film, it will be the ultimate benchmark for moving images of the American southwest.

Zion

Its been a while since I've been to zion, it was as just as hot as I remember. Mid july is not the best time at all to visit the park, extreme crowds and heat are guaranteed. We were on a mission to show our friend from switzerland something crazy before he left, southern utah is about as crazy as it gets.


^first stop was gooseberry mesa to ride the famous slickrock trails. Our timing was good, riding at sunset to avoid the penetrating heat. It was very impressive, and none of us had ever seen anything like it.


^The trail ends at this point. Crazy.


^Neil riding over some exposure.


^Kilian has been helping Inspired Media for some time now, and he has been here in Utah for the last month doing all sorts of graphic and design work. We thought 3 days of camping in the desert would be a unique way to end his trip


^Camping on the mesa gave us a huge view of the sky. The milky way appeared as a rainbow from one end of the sky to the other. crazy


^looking east towards zion and the moon is rising over the great domes


^a few hours later and the sun follows.


^Hiking in the lower narrows of Zion canyon was really nice. On our second day we had planned a hike into the eastern part of the park to explore a remote river, but ended up going the wrong way and just walked around in the desert for 6 miles. We went to the narrows to cool off.







The desert is a harsh place of beauty.