Utah Extreme — Day 5

By this point in the tour the weather, either rain, wind, or low temperatures, had totally disrupted our planned agenda. Instead of two shoot locations on Sunday, one of which I’d shot at before and one of which I hadn’t, we went with an alternate plan. After checking out of the motel, we started the day with a quick breakfast in Moab then ended up going to Hauer Ranch for the entire shoot. This is a large private ranch in the vicinity of Moab again with some classic western vistas as well as horse riding. Dima had become friends with the owners whose family had owned this land for generations. We did some interesting shoots around the monolithic Locomotive Rock and the surrounding area. Climbing up on top the wind became so strong it almost blew you off. In addition to the beautiful outdoor locations we had access to the ranch house that was beautifully decorated in rustic true western cowboy style. We eventually all moved down there as the windy weather outside became a bit much. The shooting day turned out to be a bit shorter than we had probably originally expected, but it was a beautiful location and I was able to get some interesting shots. After the shoot, we got an early dinner at the traditional quesadilla truck in Moab, then made our way back to Salt Lake City for the last night of the tour.