We drove into Sedona yesterday afternoon, an “artist community” in the Arizona mountains that Evelyn has wanted to visit for years. We arrived early in the afternoon, allowing plenty of time to peruse the art galleries. First stop was lunch at a small deli recommended by a timeshare salesman at an info booth. The sandwich […]
Canyon de Chelly
We got up early this morning to take a full day tour into the canyon. It seemed a bad sign when we heard that 20 people could be packed into a single truck, but it turned out that everyone else was going on a half-day trip. The 6 of us met the minimum for the […]
Grand Canyon To Canyon de Chelly
We got up before dawn this morning and headed over to Bright Angel path for sunrise photographs. We walked partway down the hiking path for a better perspective, with the results still less than stellar. After sunrise, we headed over to the mule enclosure. I was thinking of maybe doing a series of close-ups […]
Grand Canyon
Christmas Day (yesterday) was spent on the road. We left Death Valley behind and drove through the Artists Drive and Artists Palate on the way out. It was a beautiful canyon of color that would probably look great at sunrise or sundown. We might try coming back later. One of our planned excursions at the […]
Stuck in 4WD Low — Death Valley
We got up before dawn and headed over to Zabriskie Point to catch our first sunrise in Death Valley. It is a popular point for sunrise, and we got our first indication of how many people are traveling this week. Christmas Eve morning, and the point had roughly 50 people watching (and photographing) the sunrise. […]
Wet Burrito and Really Good Jerky – Enroute to Death Valley
We started our drive today, to start a week+ long car trip with Evelyn’s sisters’ family. First stop: Death Valley. Since we plan on getting some (hopefully) nice photographs along the way, we wanted to start out with arriving in the desert in time for a sunset shot. Sunset in Death Valley is awfully early […]
[BRAG] Tonight’s Winners at BCC
Tonight was another competition night at the Berkeley Camera Club. This competition allowed us to enter one image in Travel category and two in Journalism. I was rather surprised a couple months ago to find that I had been promoted to the Masters category for Travel (the highest of 4 levels of competition), though I […]
[Brag] Photos win Best of Year Awards at BCC
Last week, the Berkeley Camera Club had its annual banquet (which I was forced to skip due to other commitments). I had been bumped from Basic (lowest level) in most categories up to Advanced (third level) for 2011, so I didn’t expect to win nearly as many awards this year. To my surprise, four of […]
Vietnam – Back Home Again
Saturday, Oct 29 We took a predawn flight from Danang to Saigon (now called Hoi Chi Mihn City, but I still find Saigon rolls off the tongue better), then a quick tour of the Chinese wholesale market. We have been to local markets around the world, and seen wholesale food and flower markets before, but […]
Vietnam – 15 cent Beers!
Posted Oct 28, 2011 Etienne picked us for before dawn for another photo tour this morning. We started by taking a local ferry across the river. The ferry was an experience in itself, filled to overflowing with scooters and people, it recalled images seen in news images of overladen boats capsizing in Thailand or elsewhere […]
