Why not make like a monkey and shoot? In following my own e-letter advice to rediscover your home playground, I headed up Grizzly Gulch at the top of Little Cottonwood Canyon the other day to shoot some sunset skiing shots. There were fleeting moments of spectacular light, but it seemed by that point we had already used up what little good snow there was. It was a bit of a frustrating night, but fortunately, simply for the sake of trying to get a new angle on an area that has been shot hundreds of times over, I think I came away with at least one keeper. This is a testament to not standing up and shooting. Look around, get down on the ground, get up high, peek in between a foreground object–all of these techniques will allow you to portray the same old scene in a new and different light.
Adam, nice shots. Skied the Patsy shoulder yesterday and the snow was great, but it was socked in. How’d you get up that tree in your ski boots?!