Tag: Grand Canyon

Chillin’ on the CO River, the El Dorado Ghost Town, and the Valley of Fire

We recently took a short trip out west (at the end of 2018). One of these days I’ll post a photo/video album from the trip. We both really enjoyed it, but we both really enjoy the unique beauty found in the American desert. El Dorado Ghost Town This first photo is comprised of two pictures stitched together into one. I… Continue reading

Exploring the Backside of the Tracks

I love exploration. No, I really, really love exploration. I wanted to use a photo I had seen on the Lost and Found Youth website for a donation box for that organization. Printing pictures from the web typically yields disastrous results because printing and display technologies are so significantly different. So, I decided to find and shoot the photo myself.… Continue reading

Of Biblical Proportions…

We frequently walk along the breakwater in the evenings after dinner out. It’s our “us” time—a quiet time in a beautiful area, frequently all alone with the gentle surf, the clanking tack of the sailboats, the barking seals and the caws of the seagulls. Sometimes we get to hear the fog horns in the area as well. This particular walk… Continue reading

Well, It’s Finally Here…

The hardest part of creating this short video was deciding what to leave out! Unlike any video project I’ve ever posted, this one actually has some video footage in it: from my iPhone (in horrible wind and weather) and 5Dmk2 (in a shaky helicopter). Even with advanced stabilization in post, the footage is, well, interesting! This video also includes some… Continue reading

Grand Canyon Pano

I blogged before about the death-defying adventure that was shooting this pano. No, I’m not kidding. (Check out the post about the first attempt to shoot this pano.) A few hours later, after the wind seemed a little less ferocious but even colder, and even though the light was quickly fading, I decided to give it a second go, and… Continue reading

Hello, Northern Arizona, 2014!

The official gallery of nearly 500 pictures from our recent trip to the Grand Canyon (southern rim), Flagstaff, Jerome, and Sedona! SlideShowPro({ attributes: { id: "gallery-43", width: 582, height: 410 }, mobile: { auto: false, poster: "vignette" }, params: { bgcolor: "#000000", allowfullscreen: true }, flashvars: { xmlFilePath: "http://timtyson.us/ssp_director/images.php?gallery=43", startup: "Open Gallery", galleryNavTextSize: "12", albumPreviewSize: "220,123", videoAutoStart: "Off", navLinkAppearance: "Numbers"… Continue reading

Coming Soon [Updated: Here Now!]

Yes, as time has allowed, over the past few weeks, I’ve been busy working on my photos from our recent trip to northern Arizona—God’s country! [Update: The Northern Arizona, 2014, Gallery is now available at this link.] Here’s just a taste of what will soon be arriving here at tt.us. All of these are HDR shots of sunset at the… Continue reading

Northern Arizona, Day Five — Sedona

Time for some crazy: a Pink Jeep Off-road Tour into U.S. Forest Service protected land. Started by a realtor as a gimmick to show potential clients the gorgeous wilderness of Sedona, the Pink Jeep Tours company has been around for over 50 years and has evolved solely into an off-road tour company in Sedona and the Grand Canyon. Driving in… Continue reading

Northern Arizona, Day Three — Travel from Grand Canyon to Sedona

Morning Back at the Canyon I am just entranced by the Grad Canyon! Every time you look at it, the view is different, even in the very same place! And beyond that, it’s just so big, so crazy, insane big! The canyon actually looks fake! It looks like a big backdrop someone painted and hung out at a distance. I… Continue reading

Northern Arizona, Day Two — Grand Canyon

We met friends for breakfast in the hotel and then headed out the the Grand Canyon Visitors’ Center on the south rim near Tusayan. I asked the ranger what was a “must do” for someone who only had today in the park. He said to drive the Hermit Road and stop as often as desired because it was littered with… Continue reading