Storm Rolling In at Arches NP | Northern California Landscape Photographer
After leaving Capitol Reef NP, I headed to Moab for a photography workshop presented by Nate Leubbe and Autumn Schrock. After our Meet & Greet, we headed out to the La Sal Mountains Overlook.
Storm Rolling In at the La Sal Mountains Overlook – Arches National Park
There are moments in nature that feel cinematic—where light, landscape, and atmosphere combine in a way that reminds you just how small you are, and how powerful the world can be. One of those moments happened for me at the La Sal Mountains Overlook in Arches National Park.
As we pulled into the overlook, the sky was already shifting. What had been a bluebird desert day quickly turned overcast, flat, and then brooding. Thick, bruised clouds spilled over the La Sal Mountains in the distance, their peaks momentarily illuminated by shafts of filtered sunlight. The air felt charged. Even the red rocks around me—normally warm and sunbaked—took on deeper, richer hues under the darkening sky.
I set up my camera quickly. From the overlook, you get an unobstructed view of the dramatic La Sal Range, which rises like a fortress beyond the desert. The contrast between those peaks and the sculpted red rock in the foreground is always striking, but with a storm moving in, it felt mythic.
That storm at the La Sal Overlook wasn’t just weather. It was a reminder of nature’s scale, its beauty, and its wild unpredictability.
Bluebird skies soon became cloudy.
The Three Gossips
Approaching Storm
The weather intensifies.
As the storm moved in, the light reflecting off the cliffs was electric!
Once the storm moved in over us, I decided to try a time lapse as the clouds were just amazing! My time lapse is a bit short, but you can get an idea of the incredible movement of the clouds. Time lapses were one of the photography techniques that Nate and Autumn covered during the workshop. Although I have made them before, I cam away with some new tips and techniques to use going forward.
After the storm moved on, we were treated with a beautiful sunset with light trails from the passing cars.
Although I teach workshops, I love to attend them as well. I always learn something and take away a new appreciation for the entire photography process. In fact, I wrote a blog post about it some time ago. You may enjoy reading it:
Photography Workshops - Why I Attend and Why I Teach
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