1. Sunrise on the White Rim Trail, 2. The Cruise Ship, 3. I’m on the edge, 4. Violent Vector, 5. Green River Overlook, 6. Flowing into the ancient past

Wow, it has taken 3 months to get this series of photos up and ready to post. It takes quite a bit of time to churn out web worthy content like this!! Click the mosaic any of the image links or the direct link here to view this stunning album–

corneveaux.com/gallery2/v/GE2

Anyway, this is my 2nd ‘Great Escape’ adventure to Southern Utah for Spring Break. This is only my 2nd year doing photography and I am starting to amaze myself with what I can pull off. Three years ago I took my first amazing digital photo in Wire Pass. I took this shot with a cheap Pentax camera, no real thought about exposure, dynamic range, composition—-

The year after this trip I was back to Southern UItah – this time with a 4×4 and a little better point and shoot camera. The photos were better as my skills had developed in the intervening time..

And now the Great Escape 2.0 – my skills have really improved and I have moved into an entry level Canon SLR camera. I owe a lot of gratitude to a number of people who have helped, funded, inspired and encouraged me to pursue my photographic exploits.

This was a 9-day, 1600 mile loop around Lake Powell from Phoenix. About 800 miles driven were off road. Saw some of the most beautiful places the world has to offer.

I came home with over 28 gigs of photos, some 7,500 frames. Granted, ~4,000 of those frames were for 2 different timelapse sequences, but yea, a bunch of photos…

Back from a trip on a photography excursion to Hunt’s Mesa in Monument Valley with my friend Charles Wood last weekend. Monument Valley is largely closed to the public so this was a trip guided by a local Navajo Tom Philips. I really enjoyed the trip – short but since Tom and his crew drive you right to the good spots, drop you off to photograph sunset while they set-up camp and cook makes this a perfect way to shoot over 600 frames in less than 24 hours. Furthermore, Tom is a photographer himself, so he provides great local knowledge with the photographer’s eye.

Here is his website: monumentvalley.com

I did the overnight the Hunt’s Mesa Photo Tour. Expensive but well worth it. Without Tom, I would never get to see the back country of the 8th Wonder of the World.

Click the mosaic below to see my images from the trip:

http://corneveaux.com/gallery2/v/Hunts (Direct link to photos)

Also, since there were 8 people in our group, 4 of whom are photographers – there wasn’t enough room in Tom’s vehicles for everyone and our tons of cameras, tripods, and other photonut gear – I got to take my truck on the 3 hour 4×4 trail to the top of the mesa!! So awesome!!!!! Few white guys have had the fortune of backcountry wheeling in Monument Valley!

You can also download the Google Earth KML file of my GPS tracks here —>

Or, you can view the tracks in a google map —-> HERE!