Cold Desert.
A unique collection of photographs showcasing Antelope Canyon's water carved walls.
By Chase Teron
This photo was the first of the collection to embrace the blue. I am an Arctic wildlife and landscape photographer and this photo looked like glacial ice. A simple change in colour tones, saturation and hues completely transformed these Antelope Canyon photos that I have been sitting on since 2016.
One of the best features of Antelope Canyon is the dramatic plays on shadows and highlights. You can get an entire range of a just one colour with the mid day light. This is one of the only places on the planet where shooting midday is beneficial for a landscape photographer.
A natural occurring Ying Yang. This is a bracketed photograph to manage the drastic dynamic range of light.
Blowing snow in the desert. A light beam enters into the canyon highlighting the air borne sand particles.
Blue flame. Photographing the canyon is a true challenge especially with hundreds or thousands of visitors per day. We opted in for the regular tour and there is no stopping allowed and as a photographer that was an obvious mistake. However, it also presented itself as a fun challenge to look for textures, lines, shapes and unique abstract compositions.
For photographers finding unique compositions that evoke emotion or that have the wow power is becoming more and more of a challenge. The talent pool is significant. For this project I wanted to focus on the source of beauty of these abstract shots, so adding the cool blue tones provided me with an alternative angle and a very fun result.
Thank you for viewing and you can follow me on instagram at @Chase.Teron and visit my site at www.artica-studios.com
