Summer

Grand Canyon

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Grand Canyon - Definitely one of my favourite places in the whole world. I've always wanted to explore along the edge and see the sun rise or set at the Grand Canyon. Well.. we got to see both the sunset and the sunrise the next day. After driving from Vegas we arrived just as the sun was setting. We then set up camp in the dark and I took off with Teppo, Veera and Katriina to try some night portraits by the canyon edge. The next morning we got up early and explored the canyon edge and watched the sunrise before heading off to Horseshoe Bend. 

standing-above-grand-canyon

This is one of the night portraits I was talking about. i was hoping to get an exposure of the canyon as well as the stars but the stars didn't really do what I expected them to as far as lighting up the canyon bottom. We ended up turning around and doing some light painting with a LED panel.

Hoover Dam

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Remember when we went on a trip last fall? Well this is our stop at the Hoover Dam on our way to the Grand Canyon. We drove from California to Las Vegas and from Vegas to the Grand Canyon via the Hoover Dam. We won't be sharing photos from Vegas not because of the whole "what happens in Vegas stays in vegas" thing, but because we just didn't really like Vegas and basically just stopped there for a cheap hotel and a mediocre buffet. Hoover dam was pretty impressive. It really is a crazy feat of man, and despite the low water levels , churns out a lot of power.