As the original scheduled plan, we will meet up in Moab for lunch enjoy food and then head out towards Goblin Valley. The plan is to catch sunset and enjoy hoodoos and in all their weird glory. This is a compositional wonderland that requires some hiking to really enjoy. Images can be taken from overlook, but the best and most interesting images come from down in the basin.

We will wake up and catch sunrise in Goblin Valley one last time before heading off into one of the most remote sections of Canyonlands, Horseshoe Canyon. This day will be a day of hiking and exploration and visiting some of the most impressive native American ruins in the American southwest. This includes the Grand Gallery of Canyonlands. This will be a big day of hiking, but will introduce you to some of the most impressive Native American art that Utah has to offer. This hike is about 6 miles. 3 miles in 3 miles out. 95% of it is flat but you do have to drop into and climb out the canyon. It is non-technical and I saw many older individuals doing the trail. The ground is uneven and sandy throughout.

We will see how we feel after our adventure. If we are feeling adventurous we will drive to either Little Egypt and catch dinner in Hanksville or we will set up camp and call it a night. If we want we may even head out towards Factory Butte and catch sunset looking into the factory. We’ll decide as a group.

We begin this day with a hike into an Arch called Colonnade Arch and catch the rising sun from within the multi arched structure. This will be a short hike in the dark, but should be an all around amazing trip. If the sun matches what I plan it to do, we will have an image of the rising sun through a multi arch structure. It is a really impressive location, and is one I have been dying to go to for years.

From here we head back into Moab, catch lunch and then get ready to explore further into the canyons at rarely visited overlooks to oversee the towers called Moses and Zues. This is a spot that is rarely photographed and should be a really interesting treat. In fact, I know of only one photographer who has ever photographed it and they have not shared the image for a while in public.

The fourth day will begin with a banger of a location where we will head to Marlboro Point. Once upon a time this area used to be visited more, but over the years, the road has really deteriorated and has now mostly turned into a 4x4 trail. The hope is, due to this challenge, we will have this lovely location all to ourselves and catch some stunning light as it rises through the canyons. We may even catch the setting full moon over the canyons as the sun rises.

After we finish at Marlboro Point we will head off into the desert one more time and explore one of Nature Photography Collectives most interesting and unique spots we go to in Canyon Country, Dead Man Point. If you look it up, you won’t find many images of it and those you do are really selling the place short. This might be one of the prettiest areas in Moab that is off the beaten path. Mind you it does require a jeep to get there.

We will wake up from our camping location on the rim of Dead Man Point and will photograph the glowing dawn as the sun rises over the desert. The beauty of this photographic location is that we camp on the rim, which gives us the easiest possible walk to our morning photoshoot. No driving and a short venture.

Once we wrap up our photography workshop, we will deliver everyone back to Moab and end the trip with a lunch/brunch in town. From there we will drop you off at your vehicles and you can either begin your journey home, or you can simply stay at a local hotel and enjoy the area for a few more days.