More Grand Canyon

Here are some more pictures from the Grand Canyon.  Most of these were taken at our early morning shoot.  I am not a morning person so this is a big deal for me.  The only time I see a sunrise is when I take these workshops.  The critters are an added bonus.

It was fun to take abstracts of the aspen trees

Grand Canyon

It was a relief to leave the Phoenix 106 degree temperature for the Grand Canyon.  It is so beautiful there and the scenery is amazing.  Here are a few pictures from our first day.  By the way, we work hard on these photo workshops.

Phoenix Botanical Garden

We arrived  in Phoenix early morning, which actually restarted our day, and we had some time to waste before we could check into our room.  We decided to go to the botanical garden.  It was very nice but it was HOT.  Don't let anyone tell you that it is better when the air is dry because 106 degrees is really hot.  I did manage to take a few pictures there but they were more of the snap and move on variety because it was so HOT.

A hummingbird who posed for quite a while

There were some Chihuly sculptures.  Very cool and they reminded me of the ones at the MFA in Boston

Back Again

I have been away for a while with all the great intentions of posting from the road but there is no WiFi at the Grand Canyon.  I was going to post some photos and things but that didn't happen.

My purpose at the Grand Canyon (north rim) was a photo workshop with Arizona Highways. The workshop was great and the weather was excellent, which turned out to be somewhat of a disappointment because there were supposed to be thunderstorms.  We had been hoping to capture lightening and dramatic clouds.

The highlight of the trip for me was on the last day when we ran across a herd of buffalo.