If you read my post about Telluride, Bryce and Zion then you know that this must be the second stop on our trip. For me, one of the most thrilling things about being on the road was that I was shooting my camera every single day for one month straight. I don’t think I’ve ever had the opportunity or made time to create that opportunity for myself. Exploring our country through the lens of my camera, I was inspired to try and capture it as best I could. People always say “pictures don’t do it justice” when referring to something amazing but I wanted my pictures to do these places justice! I learned a lot more about my photography style while in the Grand Canyon as she proved to be my biggest challenge. It is so incredibly diverse in it’s landscape, and well, grand in it’s vastness. From the top, you can’t even see the bottom, let alone capture it all in one shot. The canyon walls are like multi-colored ribbons of time from where they’ve eroded, but suddenly become completely grey and brown in certain lighting. On our first night, while trying to take photos of the sunset with a 24-70mm lens and all sorts of combinations of settings, I found myself getting frustrated and discouraged with not being able to capture it exactly how I was seeing it. I realized then how insignificant we are to something like the Canyon and that all her beauty may just be impossible to capture in one shot {at least for me, a portrait photographer}. I decided to not let the Canyon beat me up and photograph her from our tiny-in-comparison perspective.
It’s also been said that the best way to view the Grand Canyon is from the bottom, looking up. We didn’t make it down the 6,000 feet to the canyon floor but it is now on our bucket list! Enjoy these photos and maybe you can spot a tiny sliver of the Colorado River running through it…
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