I’ve had absolutely no time to shoot lately so I’ve been going back through my archives. From my Arches trip, this view is adjacent to Landscape Arch (one of the most viewed and photographed arches in the park). So like most we set out to photograph Landscape. As you would have guessed the photos of Landscape were boring and ordinary. The sunrise here just seemed to sing against the rock faces. Hope you like.

This shot was taken on the second floor of the Inergi building where I work. Just thought it told an interesting narrative.

Another from the Steamtown series. This shot was taken from the giant turntable in the middle of the park. In order to turn the engine around or to put it in it’s designated “garage” the table would spin around (slowly I might add) until the front of the engine lined up with the right set of tracks. They allowed me to take a shot from the table while it was spinning which was pretty cool. I had hoped for a greater sense of movement but given the time of day my exposures could be no longer than about two seconds.

During my visit to Steamtown I was fortunate enough to take a ride in the cab of one of the steam engines. Shooting in there was very difficult for me. My height always poses problems but the heat coming out of the firebox was blistering. Sweat was pouring down my face and all over my camera. The closer you get to one of these machines the more fascinating they become… gauges, levers and valves everywhere! This is one of the conductors from that afternoon (can’t for the life of me remember his name). These guys were gritty and tough just as you would expect and seemed to carry the personality of the engine.

The “Big Boy” from Steamtown. As I said in my last post this is the biggest steam engine ever made. An incredible machine.