Photography Class

I recently took a 6 week photography class that allowed for a couple of excursions around Phoenix.  We first did a trip to Arizona Falls.  If you haven't visited, it's an historic site dating back to the late 1800's that SRP has updated as part of their renewable energy program.  It sits on the canal so you can ride your bike and stop to take in the beautiful waterfalls.

Arizona Falls with Camelback Mountain in the background

Moss covered rocks

Sunset through the waterfall

Moonlight on the water

Another excursion was to the Phoenix Civic Space Park in downtown Phoenix near the campus of ASU.  You may recognize it by the sculpture that I call the tornado.  It's actually called 'Her Secret is Patience' by artist Janet Echelman.

The sculpture just before dusk

Playing with lines

LED light columns

Light reflecting in the glass

The sculpture consists of multicolored fiber nets suspended up to 145 feet in the air

Some people call it the jellyfish or the vagina.  !!

Art over the city of Phoenix

New Phoenix bike rentals

Really cool urban art on the walk back to class

Overall it was a fun class that I got to enjoy with a great friend.  We learned some new things, freshened up on some old things,  and got some fun photos!

 
"There is only you and your camera.  The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are."  ~ Ernst Haas

"Photography shows others the way I see the beauty of my world, in a way I could never express in words."  ~Brittany Wright

Snow in Sedona 2014

This blog is few words, lots of photos.  As usual, I had a difficult time capturing the true beauty of Sedona.  It's definitely to be viewed in person!  But here are my best efforts:

Oak Creek Canyon

Snow on the tree

Leaves in the water

Snow on the red rocks of Sedona

Snow on the Agave

View from our hotel

View from our room

Great moon

Dusk at our hotel

Local wine in plastic hotel cups

Red berries covered in ice

Bird outside the window

Chimney Rock in the center

Happy Cyrus!

Cy and Eric

Chimney Rock

Snow covered nose

Ice on the trees

Ice covered prickly pear

Icy Agave

Cabin in the foreground of Cathedral Rock

B&W Ice

Eric and Cy along the creek

Cairn "garden"

Ice covered cairn

Icicles on a tree branch

Chapel of the Holy Cross

Chapel of the Holy Cross

"Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us."  ~Hal Borland