11/18/2023 0 Comments Monument valley photos![]() If you get “that shot” and want to sell it in the future – the park may just make a call when they see that image for sale, and then you’re in to a rather large negotiation…!įinally, the park is a no-alcohol zone (even in the hotel, you won’t find it for sale). Just as I’ve mentioned before, however, please, please, please, don’t risk shooting without one. The guys at the park are really helpful, and despite it being quite some paper-trail to get through, it’s not too difficult to get one. Second, if you plan to shoot images with commercial intent (as I do), you must have a photography or film permit. (Just make sure your rental car insurance covers off-roading!) In a similar way to USNPS, you do need to pay for a permit to enter the park (it’s valid for a few days, per vehicle), but once in you can go and explore to your heart’s content. First, it’s not a National Park – your parks pass won’t work here, and you’re not on US Federal ground – you’re on Navajo Tribal land everyone you meet working here is a local/native Navajo tribespeople. So a few things to note about Monument Valley. Still, you’re not paying for the service (or the food), you’re paying for the view. I say “hotel” in its loosest possible definition as sadly, despite the high prices and fantastic view (which I’m sure are linked!), in every other expectation we had as even the most basic of hotels – this place fails. This would be the first time I’d actually stayed inside the Navajo Park itself – at the only hotel that exists here, “The View”. The valley itself is amazing to see, nobody can deny that – but the rocks themselves have been photographed so many times that they’re just not enough on their own in a picture. Weather had plagued us and I just couldn’t get anything “different” to the million other standard postcard shots that exist already. This was the view I’d been hoping for – the ruggedness of the mountains and red rocks below, echoed by a powerful cloud formation that lifted just enough to allow the sun to pop through for a second or two □Īrriving into Monument Valley, having spent the past week or so exploring other canyons and parks, I recalled my last visit here – it hadn’t been as successful. What a view to wake up to (well, kind of “wake up to”, if you ignore the hour we’d already been standing there in the cold waiting for the light to pop through the clouds…!)
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