APortfolioby Steve Kossack, Workshop Co-Instructor

Mittens Glow, 2000

When asked by a tourist in Yosemite, "If you only had one day to spend here what would you do?" a ranger replied "If I only had ONE day here I'd sit down and CRY!" 

Time is the key to all things. On this trip we had a total of six sunrises and sunsets to works with and the workshop was set up to take advantage of more than one at this particular location. I was taught a long time ago that photographing in the same place at different times, whether it be time of day or time of year, can be very rewarding. Things change! 

Here, and the photograph below are two images taken from the very same location (the most spectacular in Monument Valley) at opposite ends of the day. It's what I wanted the images to say that determined how they were made. In the predawn image above it was the color and cool stillness that made me want to feature the silhouette at close range. The second sh...