I had some night time to kill because the sun went down around 6:30ish, so after I would eat at Joe's Camp Shack, I would drive around in Zion...at night. I don't know about you, but when I am stuck in the wilderness for a couple of nights all by myself, my mind starts to spook itself out. At first, I thought it was cool that the park was completely empty (except for the old VW bus in the back of the park, which I thought was odd and out of place, especially when they started to stare at me). Then I would drive around some more, looking for some cool nightscapes. When you are standing around in the still dark setting up the equipment and exposures for a few minutes, you start to notice all of the noises, your mind and imagination start to work against you. After while, I realized that the rustling in the bushes was not a giant animal stalking me. I got a little brave and I would purposely place myself in awkward terrains for the dark night time to see how far my imagination would go.
In conclusion to the nightscapes, I saw thousands of photographers during the day, but I was the only one at night. I have crossed a few fine lines of insanity, dumb, irresponsibility, and more awesome than the rest of the photographers.
"Yea, kids are afraid of the dark..
You are afraid of the dark too, Marv!"
-Home Alone
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