Last year I gave Tom a photography workshop for his birthday and wanted to do it again this year, but he opted for a photography trip out west instead. Although we were just out to Wyoming this past May, he wanted to head back to Southern Utah.
He invited me to come along, and since it's about my most favorite place in the world, I said "yes" even though most of the time will be spent watching Tom do things like this photo of him at Monument Valley.
I don't mind. It gives me a chance to do something I've been calling "plein aire sketch writing" - which is a borrowed term from the art world which means creating art, usually painting, outside on site.
When I do sketch writing I try to capture with words the scene as Tom is seeing it through his camera, only I try to capture the other senses too. Not just, what am I seeing?, but what am I hearing, smelling, feeling, even tasting?
I experimented a little with this concept in the Grand Tetons this spring, but plan to use it more in Utah this fall. I'll post some examples when I have them.
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