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Utah Adventure — Day 6

The last day of our tour started with a fairly early start to go to a location fairly close on the shore of the Great Salt Lake, behind a 20th century resort pavilion known as The Great Saltair. We were … Continue reading

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Utah Adventure — Day 5

Our last full day of the tour turned out to be a long one. We got up early and headed to Professor Valley, the location used by the TV series Westworld. There were classic western monoliths in the distance, and … Continue reading

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Utah Adventure — Day 4 — “Rest” Day

After several days of long days and somewhat tiring shoots, the organizers wisely built in a rest day with an optional shoot in the evening. The day started with a leisurely check out from our hotel, and again moving our … Continue reading

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Utah Adventure — Day 3

The day started early as we left the hotel to go to Crack Canyon, the second of the slot canyons on our tour. After another ride over a pretty bumpy road we arrived at the trailhead. The hike in was … Continue reading

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Utah Adventure — Day 2

The second day of our adventure stated early with a move of our base of operations to a hotel in Green River, UT, about 3 hours SE of Salt Lake City. After checking in, we grabbed some lunch to go … Continue reading

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A Grand Adventure in Utah Begins

In mid-May, after I’d had about 3 1/2 months to settle into my retirement, I spent an amazing week in Utah with UTadventure, traveling to beautiful scenic sites with a team of very talented fine-art models. I finally got to … Continue reading

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Glamour Photography Adventure

I officially began my retirement on Thursday, and not much time elapsed before I hit the road on my first adventure. On Friday, I headed down to LA to attend a two day photography workshop focusing on glamour photography, run … Continue reading

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Heading Back Home

After my adventurous weekend, on Labor Day I headed back north, again on the Coast Starlight. This time went a bit smoother schedule-wise. Interestingly I ended up sitting with a young guy (a software product developer) who was on a … Continue reading

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TCOL Workshop

I spent all day Saturday and Sunday at Matt Granger’s Take Control of the Light portrait photography workshop. The studio was located in a nondescript business area in central urban LA. It was fun to learn some of the lessons … Continue reading

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Slow choo choo to LA

After getting up early and taking the Bus to BART, and BART to Oakland, I walked down to Jack London Square to catch the Amtrak train, the Coast Starlight, from Oakland down to LA. It was supposed to be a … Continue reading

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