Astrophotography

We were in this corner of the state because of some badlands. That was the whole reason for the routing. Pokin found Bisti, decided it would …

Great Sand Dunes was never really a decision. Once you have gone to Black Canyon, the dunes are just the next thing east. The map makes the choice and …

Day four had the same question as every other day. Where do we point a camera at the galaxy next? Black Canyon of the Gunnison was the sensible …

Day three was a border. Nicholas has been to Colorado before. Pokin has not. Chestnut has not. I had not. So three quarters of the vehicle were about …

Day two began exactly like day one. Nicholas had calls. Long ones. I had assumed the whole point of a spontaneous road trip was that nobody could …

Do you realise the last time we went on a proper spontaneous road trip was 2014? Twelve years. Twelve years of flights and hotels and airport lounges, …

A while back I posted a preview. One frame, color graded on a phone in a freezing lodge, with a promise that the real versions were coming once we got …

People have been asking about the astrophotography. Fair enough. We’ve spent the last several posts talking about Nicholas destroying his body …

Three for three. That was the goal. The Sherpa Memorial timelapse had worked. The Kala Patthar Milky Way over Everest had worked. One more clear …

12:30 AM. The alarm went off. Nicholas had skipped dinner again, gone straight to bed after speed-running the entire length of Everest Base Camp, and …

There are no photos in this post. It was pitch black, well below freezing, and Nicholas wasn’t about to pull out his phone to stage a portrait …

Nicholas had been planning this shot for months. Long before we left Vegas, before the trek even started, he’d mapped out a narrow window where …

Day two of the Bruce visit. After Bryce (where I was cruelly left behind), we headed back to Zion. Our usual routine: bike the canyon, hike the …