Southern Utah - Desert Voyage

Hello Everyone! My name is Derek Whitton also known as Derek Nation. On March 2-4 I went down to Southern Utah for a trip with my friends. Before the trip, i had subconsciously decided to create a video to showcase the lower part of Utah!

I was SOO excited to come down, that i didn't think about the weather. On the car ride home my eyes were glued to the weather app on my phone. To my horror, the first day we came down we stopped at a gas station. We jumped out and boy was it windy! I was scared, because my Autopilot Camera Stabilizer, a device JUST like the glidecam, wouldn't be heavy enough to withstand the wind. If i did film in the wind, the camera wouldn't be smooth and it wouldn't appear to float.

On the First day, the plan was to drive down to Little Wild Horse Canyon in the San Rafael Swell, and hike in 4 miles. After hiking, we would camp for the night. The Following morning, we would hike another 4 miles to the end of the trail. After hiking the slot canyon, we would then drive another 5 minutes to Goblin Valley State Park. If you don't know what Goblin Valley is, its a Huge Area where these rock formations stand vertically. It's really a sight to see!

 Once we got to Goblin Valley, we would explore it for a few hours. This place is AWESOME because you can go anywhere, climb anywhere or anything, and do what ever you want! After a few hours we went back to our base camp which was only a few minutes from Goblin Valley and Little Wild Horse.  At base camp, we didn't have anything else to do. All our big expeditions were complete. I wanted to make my video a bit more interesting. Not knowing what i could do, i blankly thought of a time lapse. It was a bit of a gamble because i had never done one before.  After 5 hours and about 907 pictures, i did it! i didn't show all of the time lapse but what i did show, i think turned out really well!

I was really disappointed with the first day due to the wind screwing up most of my shots; so in the end only a few shots from the first day got put into the final video. But the last two days were PERFECT! Hardly any wind and if there was a gust, it would only be about  2 mph. So in the end the majority of the shots found in the final video came out from the last two days!

Next Week ill  be posting another video of down south, but in a different perspective! :) and also a PSA for Domestic Violence.

See ya next week! :)