First Snow, Fall Colors

Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune
A layer of snow on pines at in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest Wednesday, September 30 2009 in Farmington Canyon.
A layer of snow on pines with fall colors on aspens and others at in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest Wednesday, September 30 2009 in Farmington Canyon.
Here’s a beautiful photograph that was never published. Every fall newspaper photographers are sent out to capture the changing of the season. I got the call one day, with the reminder that, “It’s got to have people in it!” I drove up Farmington Canyon after a light dusting of snow and there was not a soul in sight. But there was this beautiful scene as the sun snuck out through the foggy clouds. I was unaware that another Tribune photographer had also gotten the fall colors assignment. His photo ran in the next day’s paper. Was it because there were no people in mine? No. His shot had no people in it, either.