MOONRISE OVER PENITENTE MORADA, DUSK, LATE AUTUMN, NEW MEXICO 1991
Photograph by ©Craig Varjabedian  All Rights Reserved

All the planning in the world can make for a wonderful photograph. And all the planning in the world can be useless when nature behaves independently of the photographer’s desires. This photograph was a gift. I planned for it long and thoroughly, but in the end I received a gift when the moon rose above the clouds and revealed a moment of serenity and joy.