Moonrise at Castle Butte, Valley of the Gods Size:30x45 drawn toward the sound of

drawn toward the sound of moving water

You’re never really photographing a fixed subject

I had no certainty that photography would become my future

and dense spines

and walked away

Moonrise at Castle Butte, Valley of the Gods Size:30x45 drawn toward the sound ofValley of the Gods, Utah This photograph was made near the Castle Butte in the Valley of the Gods, and it came from a single frame pulled from a time lapse sequence. It was never intended to be a complex composite or a heavily engineered night image. The moment simply worked on its own. The bright glow on the left horizon and the soft illumination across the desert floor come from a moonrise, captured just as the moon crested the horizon. That natural