Need help with class assignment.

I'm taking a photo class at my local community college. I have an assignment with a theme. The theme is "together". I will be shooting fall colors in the Appalacian Mountains for tree weeks. I will head out after that in November for fall colors at Zion. Since I was going to be out there I'm going to head up to Bryce and the Moab area. I know that Zion is the only place that will have fall colors.

The theme of "together" is throwing me for a loop. How do I tie these two vastly different landscapes landscapes together with a common thread? Please help with any suggestions. that you may have. Thanks!

Why not tie in Capitol Reef NP with Bryce - they are similar geologically, are close to each other and Capitol Reef has very nice fall color. Go to the Capitol Reef NP website.

Doug Beezley
Snellville, GA

Together? maybe a clump of colored trees together in a sea of green trees? Maybe two rocks alone together in the middle of the Virgin River? Two leaves floating on water together?

I have heard that even though an aspen forest is made up of individual trees many look on them as one organism. Sort of a mind bending thought.
Joe Rogers

I would shoot the classic Aspen shot of a closely-knit section of trees where you get all vertical trunks and you don't see the tree tops. The light will be even with no specular highlights making post work easy. Doesn;t get much more together than that, lol!

That's great that you're challenged beyond the single trophy image mindset. Consider the much bigger picture. Are the two locales so far apart? Really? How are we part of the landscape? Try a spoking exercise with "together" in a circle, then draw spokes from the hub with ideas that tie in with the central theme. You'll be surprised with what unfolds, then go out and shoot with the story in mind. Be a naturalist/photojournalist.

How about the Three Gossips formation in Arches?

How about Fall in America. Two different locales, one unifying theme. And, how close are they as far as latitudes? Or, even you. You are the tie together element. Include yourself in the landscapes.