moonrise
At the end of a rural land photography shoot in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, I turned from the west after getting the required sunset shots to see the moon rising over the Sandia Mountains. I would come to learn that in a few days this would be a very rare full (blue) moon on Halloween night. To get unique views one must go to unique places, and not many go miles off road in the desert northwest of Rio Rancho wit a camera.
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Moonrise over The Pier St. Petersburg Florida - SETUP: f/5.6 ISO 200 1/40th handheld
"Sometimes I can't believe in, I'm moving past the feeling again." -- Arcade Fire
As society moves further and further into illusion, the order of the natural world ever gets pushed more and more into the background. This is one of my main motivating forces as a photographer. I want to preserve the natural world while it is still visible for me to see. This is the only way I currently know how to stop time. As I have said before, I make photographs first and foremost for myself to look at. If others dig them, so be it.
Every sunset to me seems the death of the world. The sky closes its eyes. Darkness falls. Yet, in due time the world brightens again and, lo, there is another day.
Yet I remain drawn to every sunset I see. There has to be some escape through it.
