Tuesday, May 14, 2013

New Galleries >Outings>Photo Field Trips

 A note from Rob:

We have added three new galleries, two from a recent trip to Antelope Canyon in Northern Arizona and a 2010 trip to Moab.  Photo shoots are the antithesis of a wilderness experience even though you are working in remote and very beautiful settings.  In both Page and Moab we were surrounded by folks from every corner of the world in search of the ‘magic light” that apparently only exists in the canyons of the southwest.  It’s actually fun, but you have to have a sense of humor and a Disneyland mind set.

For this Upper Antelope “chamber” shot we used our Pentax K10 at 1/20 F3.5  Generally, we set the ISO at 200 and the white balance to “shade” and used a tripod with a cable release where feasible.


This Lower Antelope image was captured at 1/10 F3.5 with the camera in “point & shoot” auto mode.  With excellent mid-day light, I noticed that some of the folks were getting great pictures with their iPad’s and iPod”s (go figure) so I decided there’s no reason to make things more complicated than they need to be.  

After an early dinner LuJean and I hiked out to Horseshoe Bend, south of Page thinking we might spend some quite time on the cliffs.  Again, the desert is a busy place these days, nothing like the 70’s.  Speaking of the 70’s, it was nice taking a ride down “memory lane;” that is U.S. 89.  Central Utah is one place where much remains the same.


LuJean loves the fresh air and sunshine and is always eager for a hike - within reason.  She’s a great sport and is confident that if we try The Wave on-line lottery a few times we will eventually end up out at Coyote Buttes.  With only 20 people per day I’m not sure I could handle the solitude…