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A road trip can do wonders for refreshing your mind but a photo road trip can do wonders for refreshing your creative spirit.   I just returned from a road trip to Lake Powell, Antelope Canyon and Sedona.  For years I have viewed images of Antelope Canyon and always wanted to go, but just never made the time.  Then my girl made me get away and we drove, listened to great music and took what I hope are great pictures.  It does wonders for the soul! 

It is fun to shoot things that are outside of your comfort zone.  For this trip I took a tripod, an assortment of lenses, my sekonic meter and two A900 Sony bodies and a A55 body.  The images here were created with the Sony 20mm 2.8 lens on my A900 body.  I used a tripod and metered with my handheld meter for the correct exposure.  I wish I had more time in the canyon but you only get a limited amount of time unless you book the photo tour, which I will do next time for sure.  This location is so amazing I would easily pay a premium for private shooting time in this location.

Most of the images I have seen of Antelope Canyon are images of its beauty, but I like having a person in the images for several reason.  The first being you get a real sense of scale by placing a person in the frame.  Without that human element you have no idea os the scale.  Secondly, it gives a sense of time by seeing how the person if dressed at the time.  An image taken in the 40's will look very different that one taken today if you have a person in the frame.  

This trip was great in many ways as it gave me time to focus on what I want to teach at my upcoming CreativeLive class on beauty and fashion.  It also gave me time to think about the redesign of my website and what images to place where.  Look for new images in the coming weeks as the site continues to evolve with fresh content.

Come join me in Seattle for the CreativeLive class.  There is still time to join me and you can learn more  by watching the video at Creative Live.  I hope you can join me as I have a lot of information to pass on to you along with creating a fashion story and beauty story.  Yes we will be shooting two full stories in class and you will be a part of it from beginning to end!  I look forward to seeing you soon.

Always Dream Big!