Low-angle landscape photograph of flat river rocks and dried reeds along the shoreline at Milner Historic Recreation Area on the Snake River, Idaho, with calm water and a soft blue sky in the background.

Take the Time to Plan

The weather didn’t cooperate this weekend for a predawn astro shoot, but I still worked on my craft. We headed out to scout future locations and stopped by an old favorite just because.

We practiced what one of our instructors taught us, go out ahead of time and plan where you’ll shoot. I’m not sure we found exactly what we were looking for, but we had an adventure, and that counts.

A thank you to the family at Cauldron Linn on Sunday for sharing your chocolate dog. I know he wasn’t following commands, but by the look in his eyes, I’m certain he was sent with a message from my boys on the other side of the rainbow bridge.

Message received. Have fun over there boys.

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