Saturday afternoon and evening sunset shoot will be from 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Those who can hike will go to the Delicate Arch in Arches National Park. Non-hikers will go to another location in Arches National Park. Sunsets are at 8:30 pm.

Sunday morning we plan to do a sunrise shoot at Canyonlands National Park. Sunrises are at 6:30 am. (Allow extra time to get on location for sunrises!) Sunday morning we would need to leave the hotel at 5:00 am. We will depart from the park around 8:00 am.

Flights

If you depart Canyonlands National Park by 8:00 am, you can be at the Salt Lake City airport around 1:00 pm.

If you plan to fly from Grand Junction, CO, you can make it to the airport in about 2 hours.

What To Bring

Food and spending money as there's lots of good shopping in Moab.

Plan for comfortable clothes for walking and sturdy walking, running or hiking shoes. Be sure to have sunscreen and a hat. Morning temperatures can be cool so a light jacket or polar fleece might feel good. Daytime temperatures will be very hot so we will spend that time in the classroom in order to stay out of the sun.

As you can see from the above schedule, we'll spend the morning in the field and then not return to the field until later in the afternoon.

If you like hot tubs they have good one and a pool at the Moab Valley Inn so don’t forget your bathing suit!

The most useful equipment after the camera body, I carry a wide angle zoom (17mm-35mm), mid-range zoom (24mm-70mm), telephoto zoom (70mm-300mm), tripod and cable release, and polarizing filters.

View From Dead Horse Point iin Canyonlands National Park
(sunrise location) © Bill Fortney

Additional Information

Hotel

Lodging will be at the Moab Valley Inn. A double room with two occupants is $99 per night. Contact the hotel directly to make your reservations.

Park Fees

Plan for sharing cost of vehicle entrance fee to park $10 per vehicle. (Good for a 7 days.)

Helpful Websites

Local Moab Info

Bill Fortney
Nikon Professional Services

Our instructor and guide will be Bill Fortney of Nikon Professional Services. Bill is a professional photographer with more than 35 years experience. He has been a newspaper, magazine photojournalist, and sports photographer. He has done medical photography, commercial, and annual report work.

For the last fifteen years Bill has been one of America’s leading nature photographers, founding the Great American Photography Workshop company. His best selling books well exceed 100,000 copies, making him one of the top photographic authors in America today.

His best selling books include; The Nature of America, America From 500 Feet, American Vision, and Getting Serious About Outdoor Photography from Bill Fortney’s Great Photography Workshop.

As the tehnical representative for Nikon Professional Services, Bill covers the Southern U.S. and the entire country for the natural history market.

As the technical representative for Nikon Professional Services, Bill covers the Southern U.S. and the entire country for the natural history market. Bill lives in Corbin, Kentucky, (when he is not on a Delta jet), with his wife Sherelene.

Check out these websites for more information and photos by Bill Fortney.
www.americafrom500feet2.com
www.billfortney.net