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In n’ out of MSP last week

Super thankful that @juddsather is a wicked photographer and brought his rig out to the airport.

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Reflections 🪞

#nationalparks #sonyalpha #sonyalphasclub

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Starting off October by adding a little extra charm to our lounge area! 🤍📚✨ The perfect cozy touch to make the space feel even more special! 💕

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1000 miles of the Iceland Ring Road in 5 days - what an amazing country!

I am planning on going back as a northern lights smartphone workshop + hot springs + stargazing… anyone interested??
@juddsather

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Recently returned from another trip to southern Utah, meeting up once again with a group of astrophotographers for more adventures and sleepless nights under the stars! Saw some old friends, met some new friends, and got some great photos.

This is from one of the viewpoints of the Bryce Canyon amphitheater (with a guest appearance by @juddsather ‘s timelapse gear). This is about 40 minutes of milky way integration, during which I also caught 3 shooting stars and about 1582638 satellites. Only one meteor fit in this ig frame though, going right through Rho Ophiuchi.

Got a lot more to come from this trip, hopefully I can stay in the editing mindset and process everything!

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came for the stars, stayed for the people :)

so thankful for this little astrophotography family — strangers turned friends — and the excuse to get back into some dark skies!

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Mesa Arch at Sunrise

On my first trip to Mesa Arch, I was determined to be the first tripod down. I’d heard plenty of horror stories about sunrise crowds, so my friends and I got up hours early and drove to the trailhead in the dark. As we got close, we realized another group was heading the same way. Nobody said anything, but we were definitely racing them. We barely beat them there and got our comps figured out before everyone settled in.

The crowd ended up being great. People respected each other’s space, and while we waited I somehow became camera tech support. We fixed a tripod that was coming unscrewed, helped someone with their camera settings, and showed a few people how to get better photos with their phones. I’m normally much more locked into my own photography, especially somewhere that has been photographed thousands of times. I’m watching the light and weather while obsessing over whether I’m getting something that still feels like mine.

Mesa Arch is about 27 feet long and sits on the edge of Island in the Sky. It’s made of Navajo Sandstone dating back roughly 185 million years, when enormous sand dunes covered this region. Those sands were eventually buried and cemented into rock. Later, uplift of the Colorado Plateau and millions of years of erosion helped create the cliffs, mesas and canyons surrounding the arch today.

Sunrise itself was cloudy, and we didn’t get much color. Not long afterward, the clouds started opening up and I decided to stay. I still wanted a sunstar under the arch, and as the sun climbed, I thought the stronger light might throw better shadows across the distant formations and possibly give us some visible rays.

Most people had packed up or left by then, but I stayed well into the morning. Eventually the sun reached the position I wanted, and for a brief stretch I got the sunstar and the light farther out in the canyon I had been waiting for. Sunrise wasn’t much of a show that morning, but waiting around afterward gave me the photo I went there for.

#mesaarch #canyonlands #MoabUtah

Helping out some of the other people that morning

@juddsather getting some rest after a long night

@matty.bags locked in to his s

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Hotdoggin’ in the orange life jacket on a Monday morning #hardpost

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A look back at where it all began. 🤍

Our owner, @juddsather, photographed Hannah and Michael, who had the very first wedding at our venue in 2016. So many beautiful memories have been made here since, and we’re grateful to be part of so many love stories. ✨

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I had never ran more than a 5k before, and @s.s.sommers called me and asked if I wanted to run a marathon. Of course I said yes haha and it was only a month and a half away. I actually ended up having a really good time!

A lot of people thought I was crazy and that there was no possible way I was going to finish, but there are a lot of people out there going through things that are a lot harder both mentally and physically than just running a marathon. This one was for them! Love you guys ❤️

A wise man once said: “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.”

Also, big thanks to everyone who came to support, and @nick_ski123 for letting me use his meta shades for the last couple miles!

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🩷🧡💛 forever the crew - we couldn’t have done this day without you 💕 from my two best friends with me *literally* all day, to the most supportive and loyal wedding party *ever* ✨ to our cutest niece and nephew, to my mom for everything (always) 💕 to my dearest uncle being our officiant, to my cherished friend being our reader ✨ to the best photographer / vibe maker in the world, and to all our friends and family who traveled thousands of miles to celebrate our love - ¡¡muchismas gracias!! forever and ever 🙏🏻
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we feel so blessed by you all and the support and love you share towards our marriage ~ let’s do it all again, yes? this time the dance party would never stop 😇

ps - loading more pics, stay tuned / sorry in advance for the constant love spam lolll #ixtapa #destinationwedding
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all photos by the ever-so-talented @juddsather at @sunscapedorado 🩷🧡💛

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“It makes me feel like a real novelist” ~Leonard Hofstader

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