The shortening day
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I have a family history of being stuck in travel destinations. I’ve been trying to make my way home from my family home out in the desert of Arizona. A small river house on the Colorado River.
High gusts of wind for two days have made that imposssible. Not that I wanted to drive home to smoked hellscape that is the ever-intensifying Fire season of Southern California.
I’ve had one last decent evening in the desert. The temperature dropped reasonably below 118 degrees, and the winds calmed. I saw the sunset into the smoky West…a few minutes sooner, it seems, than the previous night.
It’s happening now. That short crawl towards standard time. That change in hour that I despise each year. I can’t think of anyone who actually enjoys the shorter days. The only good thing about it is the slanted, surreal light of the Southwest creating shadows that don’t exist anywhere else.
![Shadow on the beach - Matt Lara Photography Black and white image of a shadow on the beach in Parker, Arizona.](https://mattlara.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Matt-Lara-Photography-356251_0036-1024x679.jpg)
Trying my hand at Tri-X 400 film shooting for the first time.