The second full day of the tour we were up early for two locations characterized by wide open spaces of the American West. Our first location was Professor Valley following the Sylvester Trail. I’d been here before. It is the area used by the TV series Westworld, and it has amazing monoliths in the surrounding landscape. In particular many of my shots featured the Castleton Tower (Castle Rock) and the Priest & Nuns Rock in the background. There was lots of brush and trees and creek beds in the surrounding landscape to provide good shooting locations, and I managed to get some nice shots with all the models. As we had started early, we finished up before the sun got too high and before it got too hot.
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After the morning shoot, we headed into Moab to get some lunch at a favorite food truck Quesadilla Mobillia. It’s become a go-to place on the tour, and it’s a nice place for lunch. They had some nice mist sprayers going which helped as the day was starting to heat up.
After lunch we took off towards the San Rafael Swell for a scenic drive along the Buckhorn Draw Road. We passed along prairie land, and then stopped at the Buckhorn Wash Pictograph Panel, which features some ancient drawings on the beautiful stone walls dating to 2000 years ago. Finally, we made our way to the Wedge Overlook, which features what is referred to as the Little Grand Canyon formed by the San Rafael River. I had been here on my first Utah tour, and it has some beautiful views. We were here as the sun set and I was able to get some gorgeous golden hour images. After we lost the light and wrapped shooting, we had a picnic dinner before heading home.
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