Photographing sunrises are hard for me, simply because it goes against my love to sleep. But this was my first national park sunrise in awhile and I was really feeling itchy to photograph one. Luckily the sunrise at Bryce Canyon National Park turned out to be everything I needed and more. It was still dark as we pulled into the empty parking lot at the Inspiration Point Overlook. We had left from Zion in the middle of the night and drove through the dark Utah roads in an effort to beat the sun. I was so excited, I practically skipped to the overlook. But as I setup my camera gear and started photographing I had to remind myself to slow it all down and take in the moment. It’s a promise I made myself years ago, that for all these moments I’m lucky enough to see I need to take a moment for myself and remove it from the camera. Take it in with my own eyes and not just look at it through my cameras screen or viewfinder.