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March 15, 2023 – Yet another atmospheric river event over the SW Utah in a Winter of relentless storms.  Currently as of March 23 when I’m writing this, Utah is sitting at 190% Snowpack state wide and near record SWE (Snow Water Equivalent) which will certainly also be surpassed.  This day was a warmer day with heavy rain for nearly 12 hours.  Much of the snow at mid elevations melted on this day with the rain, causing every stream and waterfall in the park to flow constantly.  This is a dream for me to see Zion flowing in so much water and experiencing a record to near-record season.

This is only one single day and all were photographed in pouring rain.  I’ve been sharing videos from this day on my Instagram to see a little of these locations in motion.  Shooting in the rain is incredibly challenging for reasons you may already know and in Zion, safety is also a HUGE concern.  There are so many places to go to look at waterfalls, hundreds are visible on the Shuttle on a rainy day!  I wanted to head out to find a few that were a bit more “wild” and came across one scene that led to several images.  2 of the other images are falls near the road but hopefully from a perspective you haven’t seen before.

Lastly, all images were photographed using a technique I use often in my work of creating stitched panoramic images instead of wide angle lenses.  The lens I use, and also my favorite, is an older Nikkor (manual focus and not weather sealed!) which makes this type of shooting quite easy.  I’ll have to expand on these 2 ideas in a future blog post.  You can always join me for a 1 Day workshop and I guarantee you’ll learn this skill and WAY more:)