Ten-Years Ago (19-September-2008) — Utah

Gone to See America 2008. Moab Utah Photography Workshop with Winston Hall. Day 5: Arches National Park.

Time-Lapse Video of a Hike down Park Avenue in Arches National Park. Winston Hall talked me into carrying a tripod on my shoulders so the Nikon D3 camera would be above my head. We set the camera up with a 16 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens and had it take images every 15 seconds. I used the ~850 images to make a time-lapse video of the hike. This was before the days of the lightweight GoPro cameras. All of the images have been re-processed with Capture One Pro for the new version of the time-lapse video.

Thanks to Jim Batey, I’ve added an image he took of me wearing the Tripod Headcam.

Tripod Headcam. Park Avenue Trail, Arches National Park. (Jim Batey)
Tripod Headcam. Park Avenue Trail, Arches National Park. (Jim Batey)
Park Avenue Hike — Image Locations

Nine-Years Ago (16-September-2006) — Utah

Gone to See America 2006 Driving Tour. Day 18: Arches National Park, Utah

I passed through Moab and Arches National Park as part of my Gone To See America 2006 driving tour. Little did I know that I would be visiting Arches National Park on the same day of the year two years later. Keeping the people in the image gives an idea of scale.
On this trip the images were taken with a Nikon D200, and only saved in jpg format.

Arches National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D200 camera and 18-70 mm kit lens (ISO 100, 70 mm, f/7.1, 1/200 sec). (David J Mathre)
Arches National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D200 camera and 18-70 mm kit lens (ISO 100, 70 mm, f/7.1, 1/200 sec). (David J Mathre)
Delicate Arch at Arches National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D200 camera and 80-400 lens VR (ISO 100, 400 mm, f/8, 1/250 sec). (David J Mathre)
Delicate Arch at Arches National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D200 camera and 80-400 lens VR (ISO 100, 400 mm, f/8, 1/250 sec). (David J Mathre)

Seven-Years Ago (15-September-2008) — Utah

Gone to See America 2008. Moab Utah Photography Workshop with Winston Hall. Day 1: Arches National Park.

First day of a Photography Workshop and Safari with Winston Hall. He told me to always look behind as there may be a better image that I wasn’t thinking about. While we were focusing on the sunset, I turned around and saw the moon rising.

Moon rising in Arches National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D300 camera and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 400, 400 mm, f/11, 1/25 sec). (David J Mathre)
Moon rising in Arches National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D300 camera and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 400, 400 mm, f/11, 1/25 sec). (David J Mathre)

Three-Years Ago (19-September-2008) — Utah

Gone to See America 2008. Moab Utah Photography Workshop with Winston Hall. Day 5: Arches National Park.

Time-Lapse Video of a Hike down Park Avenue in Arches National Park. Winston Hall talked me into carrying a tripod on my shoulders so the DSLR camera would be above my head. We set the camera up with a fisheye lens and had it take images every 15 seconds. I used the ~900 images to make a time-lapse video of the hike.

Thanks to Jim Batey, I’ve added an image he took of me wearing the Tripod Headcam.

Tripod Headcam. Park Avenue Trail, Arches National Park. (Jim Batey)
Tripod Headcam. Park Avenue Trail, Arches National Park. (Jim Batey)