Escalante, Utah

So while I was in Escalante, Utah I was able to see the waterfall at Calf Creek. It was a 3 mile hike (one way) to see the waterfall that was about 130 feet tall. We saw some pictographs before hand too. Once we got to the waterfall- we all jumped in and lets say the water was FREEZING. I went in with my jeans on and it was brutal. Unfortunately Tony slipped on the rocks. Luckily he was OK. On the 3 mile hike back we stopped into town to shop and look around.






The day after Mark and I stayed behind to photograph while the rest of the group went to the Slot Canyons. WE photographed around our campsite (that had showers) and hauled the 4x5 up the trail for about 1/2 mile. It was nice to use the camera for once but the trail wasn't that easy carrying all of my camera equipment. The latches broke on my 4x5 case so I improvised by tying rope around the case. I also tried using the Polaroid 4x5 film after it got wet in the cooler. For certain though, the film is not good because the darkslide is stuck to the polaroid which causes the film to NOT be exposed. OH WELL






That night we decided to have a group cookout. There was grilled chicken, fried broccoli, zuccini, onions, red peppers, baked potatoes, some pineapple with creme cheese-honey mix that was pretty good, and some cookies and pie. It was the best prepared meal we've had this whole trip. After eating and sitting on the lake I decided to take more night time exposures with color gels. Since taking Adv Color Printing last semester, I have enjoyed photographing color-but more importantly magic color. When I was planning these images I had a good idea how the color was going to turn out based on the power of the flash and exposure but it is always a surprised to see how the color turns out on different objects. I plan on continuing this magic color project while I'm out west and hopefully when I am in Italy too