I knew I needed to shoot the Bountiful Temple at sunset. Like the Draper Temple, it's up against a mountain and not a candidate for great early-morning light. I was a little worried because all the good clouds seemed to have left Utah once I arrived. There were a few clouds in the western sky, but they always have the potential to do more harm than good.

     The Bountiful Temple shares a lot of design similarities with the Mt. Timpanogos Temple.


     After living in Arizona, Daylight Savings Time always throws me off. What seems like late afternoon to me becomes evening in Utah. Because I was in Bountiful on a Monday, the Temple was closed and the grounds were open only until 8pm. That was almost an hour before sunset. Thanks to a really nice security guard, I was able to shoot until 9pm.
     Sure enough, the clouds in the western sky began to kill the warm, late light. After a while, I started to see some promising gaps in the clouds as a big shaft of sunlight hit the Great Salt Lake and started to angle my way. At this point the light got really good and I had to put down the digital camera and work with the big camera.


     This next image was taken a little earlier, but you can seen the composition I was working with.


     Yes, I'd prefer a foreground other than a driveway, but the shadows help a little bit.