I got in late last night from an incredible weekend of shooting with some friends in Moab, Utah. It was almost non-stop photography from late Friday through Sunday night. Sunset and sunrise were key, so sleep was a casualty. There was little of it and, once the adrenaline kicked in, there seemed to be little need for it.

Needless to say, I have a lot of images to go through and a lot to show you in the upcoming days  … er …  weeks … er … months. Yeah. We did a lot of shooting.

Today’s image is a shot I grabbed of a few of the gang at Arches National Park. Meet Chris Nitz, Rick Louis, Dave Wilson and Michael Criswell. You’ll be hearing more about them as well as the other two guys on the trip, Justin Balog and Mark Garbowski as I go through the images.

About the title … “NXNW” is the acronym for North by Northwest, the name given to the annual Photo Blogger Meetup I am part of. The name was coined at last year’s first meetup in Oregon (which I missed). I added the “Mafia” part today. Since we felt like we owned every place we shot, it just seemed right.