The Chisos on Fire Size:48x72 The light inside the structure

The light inside the structure was built carefully through controlled light painting

The water kept moving

Their stark geometry contrasts with the softer desert floor and sparse vegetation that surrounds them

The sun sat through the stone that evening

I love placing cactus and subjects in the extreme foreground as well

The Chisos on Fire Size:48x72 The light inside the structureBig Bend Region, Texas We had been teaching astrophotography late into the night, walking through exposures and tracking techniques under a sky that felt endless. I drove out before sunrise to scout for the next evenings session. I planned on sleeping afterward but the clouds were starting to give promise of an amazing sunrise. High altitude texture started forming before dawn. Thin at first, then layered. By the time the eastern horizon began to