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 by Matt Suess

Winter Sunset at Delicate Arch in Arches National Park Utah

Winter Sunset at Delicate Arch

“Winter Sunset at Delicate Arch”

Arches National Park, Moab, Utah

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I took this photograph of Delicate Arch in Moab, Utah on a particularly cold January day in 2009, with a snow-capped La Sal Mountains in the background.

The way I hiked in to the arch was quite dangerous – a narrow sheet of ice with huge drop-offs in some places. I ended up finding another way to hike out later in the dark and was able to avoid the ice on the way out.

For a behind the scenes look at photographing this particular evening with HD video visit here.

Photo Details:

Photographed with a Canon 5D MarkII with a 24-70mm lens

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 by Matt Suess

onOne Releases Perfect Photo Suite 8

onOne Software today has officially released version 8 of their excellent photo editing & enhancing software Perfect Photo Suite. A number of great improvements makes this a must-have for photographers!!

On top of that it looks like they reduced the price of the software. The full premium suite used to sell for $299 but now is available for just $179.

Perfect Photo Suite 8

If you haven’t used this software yet I encourage you to download the free trail. This is software I use almost daily and has been a great replacement for Photoshop on most of the things I do in my digital darkroom.

I will be teaching classes on Perfect Photo Suite 8 in 2014, with the first class in April – details can be found on my photo workshop page.

Here is the official press release from onOne regarding Perfect Photo Suite 8: 

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 by Matt Suess

Zion National Park 2013 Fall Photo Workshop Wrap-up

I am now back in Scottsdale, AZ following the 5-Day photography workshop Christine Hauber and I taught in Zion National Park, Utah. Registration will open later this week for our 2014 Zion Fall Workshop but in the meantime enjoy this wrap-up from the 2013 workshop.

Getting up early to catch the first rays of sunlight is what is needed for great photos and our students were up for the challenge.

Getting up early to catch the first rays of sunlight is what is needed for great photos and our students were up for the challenge.

We were treated to some unseasonably warm temperatures this year with daytime temps reaching the upper 60’s to low 70’s and nighttime temps falling to just above freezing to the low 40’s. While the fall foliage this year wasn’t as good as in the past – see my fall foliage 2013 report here – we still were not at a loss for beautiful and dramatic things to photograph.

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