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The Wave Hike

Yewtah — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:19:54 +0000

How is it that I live within 100 miles of the world renown Paria Canyon – Coyote Buttes management area (better known as The Wave Hike) and have never in my life heard of it until a few months ago? I mean now that I have been there I can recall seeing pictures of “The Wave” in calendars, screen savers, post cards and websites. I just find it hard to believe that with all the outdoor activity I do and have done from birth, thanks to active parents, something this beautiful has never been introduced to me before now. This was truly an amazing piece of artwork.

Ok for those of you who HAVE heard of it I know what you are asking, “How in the world did you get a permit?”

To explain: Yes this is a managed hike. Only 20 permits are issued per day, and they are issued through a lottery system (I am not an authority on this you may be able to get a walk-in permit as well- not sure). I have since heard that this is one of the hardest hikes to get a permit for.

So how did I get a permit for it you ask? I did not! :) My friend actually arranged the permit through his work and sold it on raffle at an IHC foundation banquet. I was asked to donate my time as a Photographer and gladly accepted.

So without further ado, and for your consideration I present The Wave!

My suggestions: There are other phenomenal arches, and sights (as seen in the pictures) that are beyond the actual wave.
I am also including the GPS coordinates of the route to the wave. Also, I would try to plan on doing it in the spring or fall as opposed to the middle of summer like we did. Note the image below. Needless to say it was HOT

And finally, our group of six was the only Americans on the hike that day. We met a great couple from Germany and made great friends very quick. So work on your foreign language, and people skills.

And here are the coordinates.

Parking lot at Wire Pass
37°01.1749N
112°01.4967W

The Wave
36°59.7386N
112°00.3583W

Top Rock Arch
36°59.6724N
112°00.2889W

Alcove
36°59.5730N
112°00.3326W

Melody Arch & Grotto
36°59.4680N
112°00.314W

Dinosaur Tracks
36°59.860 N
112°00.650 W

Skim board design

Yewtah — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:58:51 +0000

A preview of the skim board design I am working on for my son. Sorry for the crappy photos my daughter took them with my iPhone

Who Do You Know Tour

Poster Design

Yewtah — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:27:37 +0000

Just a quick little post with my latest graphic design.

Ok here’s a quick run down (I’ll get better at this I promise.)
1. First, I drew the sun and rays in Illustrator.
2. Then I found the VW bus and pine tree online- opened in Photoshop erased the backgrounds.
3. Then applied the artistic >> cutout filter to both the bus and tree.
4. Then composed the sun, rays, bus and tree until satisfied.
5. Placed the Polaroid mock up received from client (my wife :))
6. Found a great free old paper texture from bittbox.com
7. Placed the texture on top of the all ready composed image.
8. Changed the blend mode on the texture to hard light and didn’t mess with the opacity.
9. Arranged the typography and used different blend modes for each.
10. Finally I burned the midtones and highlights around the edges.
11. Voila, there you have it.