Standerd Slides

Subject: Sands Of Arabia
Photo: Joey Meddock
TSQ Location: Book 2.1, Critique, Page 84

Check out Collin Harrington’s new video Box of Fun. Sometimes there is video footage that can do more justice than a photo and vice versa. The video footage of all of us packed into this Hummer “tour” is hilarious. Getting out to this spot where I took this photo was half the battle. Crank up the music would ya? (That’s all I got to say about that…check out the video.)

If you don’t like sand in your shoes (and socks) then don’t go on the safari tour while you are in Abu Dhabi. It is, however, an opportunity of a lifetime and I highly suggest doing it if you get the chance.

Walking through a “real” desert is something you’ll never forget. Once we finally got the Hummers parked, and before I nearly puked, I ran up to the top of the hill where I could catch the last part of the sunset.

I say “ran” like it happened fast, but that was not the case. It was more of a controlled fall.

The sand is so loose, it’s hard to get traction, much less climb a hill. Finally, I gave up and took my shoes and socks off. There was no fighting the sand at this point. You might as well scoop some in your mouth and get used to it.

The wind that blows through the desert creates these tiny little shelves in the sand. Surprisingly, it was hard to get a shot without any tourist’s foot prints in the frame.

I wanted to capture a decent “desert” shot to take home and thought this one would do. By the time I made it to the top of the hill, I only had a few seconds to take the shot before the rest of of the herd behind me followed.

You’d think with that much sand out there it would be easy. I did too. You just have to be quick I guess. Seconds later, all these innocent patterns in the sand were no longer.

–Meddock