This is our group! A wonderful mix of old friends and new friends, they are having a blast and we will be doing out first group star shooting session in the morning! We did Dead Horse Point State Park this morning, and had a great time. I mostly shot images of participants having fun, it was my 26th trip to this location, not much left to shoot here for me!
I have found some cool things to shoot while scouting, enjoy!
Blessings,
the pilgrim
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This entry was posted on Thursday, March 27th, 2014 at 5:05 pm
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Before I start, please know I am not boasting, I’m actually praising God!! I fly out to Salt Lake City in the morning and I am really looking forward to being with friends and shooting in Arches. O.K. I’ve been to Arches probably 25 times, so I’ve already shot it, what I really am looking forward to is sharing the “experience” with my pals. Arches is one of the few national parks that is so spectacular that it literally takes your breath away!
Honestly, I could go the rest of my life and never return to the parks, I have loved so much, but I would never pass up the chance to watch others soak them in!!! This group that is coming to this workshop are some great friends and we are looking so forward to having a great time with them.
So back to God, there is a scripture that says, “He will give you the desires of your heart…” This is what this is, “the desire of my heart” to share the joy He has given me for so many years with those that I care about…
Could it get any better than this?
Blessings,
the pilgrim
Oh, the shot above, Moab also has a field full of great old cars and trucks, bet we will be shooting them too!!! Like I said, “Could it get any better than this!”
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This entry was posted on Monday, March 24th, 2014 at 5:13 pm
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Dr. Charles Stanley at North Window and Turret Arch
Sorry I missed yesterday’s blog entry, been rushing around getting ready for the Arches event!!! I am personally excited about this event for many reasons, not the least of which is the wonderful team we will have in place!! I will be joined by my long time friend and former boss at Nikon,(and now also retired), Bill Pekala, my partner and brother Jim Begley and our team member, “Snake” Barrett, and some important surprise guests! I love Arches/Canyonlands and I can’t wait to share the parks with these friends, and our wonderful group attending the workshop. Many of our attendees are long time friends and His Light customers already, so that makes it special as well! * (just fixed about ten typos, not sure where my head was, sorry!!!!)
This event will feature night time photography of the Milky Way over some of the fantastic stone monoliths in Arches, and that should be a lot of fun! Regular early and late light locations are also great in these two parks! If all that were not enough, a trip to Milt’s Stop & Eat (one of the very best cheeseburgers in America), is worth the trip alone!
I have a very special request for those of you that read this blog entry. Our first event of the year last week in Old Car City was a great event and the spiritual aspect of the workshop was on of the most profound ever. When Jim and I started His Light Workshops it was with the expressed purpose to not only help people improve their photography and have a great time, but to also lift them up spiritually! Our hope is always that anyone that goes on a workshop with us will leave renewed both photographically and spiritually. By that I mean that they will go home with a deeper commitment to serve God in their family, with their friends, an co-workers, but also to deepen their walk with Him. The workshop company does not belong to us, it belongs to Him.
Please pray for the folks that are joining us, and for our team, that we will be obedient to Him and make people feel welcome and encourage them to find a deeper walk in the spirit! Also please pray that those attending, that they will come with an open heart to what God wants to teaches during our time together!
Thank you for your prayers, on many occasions I’ve reached out to my readers and He always responds in miraculous ways to your prayers and I know He will again!
I will keep you posted with images and updates through out the week! Thanks again for taking a little time out of your day to cone and visit with me here, I will always strive to make it worth your while!!!
Blessings,
the pilgrim
Workshop update & spots available for the remainder of 2014:
March 26-30 Arches/Cayonlands SOLD OUT
May 28-June 1 Grandfather Mountain and Blue Ridge Mountains 3 spot available
June 12-15 Columbia River Gorge, Oregon with Jack Graham 4 Spots available
June 19-22 The Palouse in Washington State with Jack Graham SOLD OUT
July 30-August 3 Ricky Skaggs Workshop in Nashville TN 6 spots available
September 23-28 The Badlands/South Dakota Tour 6 spots available
October 15-19 Fall Color in Brown County Indiana SOLD OUT
October 21-25 Acadia N.P. with Jack Graham 4 spots available
October 29- Nov. 1 Fall in the Great Smoky Mountains SOLD OUT
November 6-9 Nelson Ghost Town (Las Vegas, NV) with Jack Graham 5 spots available
To sign up for the Jack Graham workshops, contact Jack at
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This entry was posted on Saturday, March 22nd, 2014 at 4:34 pm
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I’m getting ready to join my team in Moab for the Arches/Canyonlands event next week! I’m honored and thrilled to have a long time dear friend, and my former boss at Nikon as a member of the team in Moab! Bill Pekala was the head of Nikon Professional Services for almost 4 decades and there is not a person in the pro community who does not know him and very few Nikon shooters he hasn’t pulled their fat from the fire at some time in their career!!!! Because Bill was hips deep in running our department he didn’t have a lot of time to shoot, but he always was, and when he got back in practice showed what an excellent shooter he truly was! I thought I would share just a few images he made when we did one our favorite assignments, the Reno Air Races!
Our favorite activity was dawn patrol, getting up before sunrise and shooting the fantastic planes on the tarmac in that great morning light!!! Here are just a few of his images I had in my files from our previous shoots togetherI know our group in Moab is going to enjoy his company, and learn a lot from him, I always did!! ….and if you are coming to Moab, get excited! Enjoy!!
I’m honored to get to work with such great shooters, and people as Bill, Jim, and Snake, can’t wait for Wednesday and our opening night!!!
Blessings,
the pilgrim
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This entry was posted on Friday, March 21st, 2014 at 1:36 am
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