A perfect rake moved across the sand, though the hand that held it was less than steady... Then came the birds, the snake, and all those whose passage would mark the surface. As morning came and the first rays of the rising Sun shone on this tableau, even the imperfections were made perfect. Photographed August 2021.
Sedona is one of a handful of cities on the International Dark Skies Community list. Not only can you see a thick blanket of stars at night, you can even see the Milky Way with the naked eye. May I present Milky Way over Sedona, photographed at 1:00am in the morning in May 2020.
I have always vowed to greet sunrise as often as I can, and on road trips this becomes a balancing act between photographing late into the night, greeting sunrise, and driving hundreds of miles afterward. On this last day of our father-son road trip, the already tenuous cloud cover began to stream away just as the first light of dawn touched the ancient walls of the canyon, setting the stage for a sunrise to be remembered... Photographed August 2021.
