The Chisos on Fire Size:48x72 The light inside the structure

The light inside the structure was built carefully through controlled light painting

Curves like this one exist briefly

More restrained

water traces the curves of stone

Monahans Sandhills State Park protects one of the most unusual landscapes in Texas

The Chisos on Fire Size:48x72 The light inside the structureBig Bend Region, Texas We had been teaching astrophotography late into the night, walking through exposures and tracking techniques under a sky that felt endless. I drove out before sunrise to scout for the next evenings session. I planned on sleeping afterward but the clouds were starting to give promise of an amazing sunrise. High altitude texture started forming before dawn. Thin at first, then layered. By the time the eastern horizon began to