During February & March I took a 3+ week trip in the Starr van to the southwest U.S. The trip’s impetus was a 5 day Marc Adamus photography workshop to California’s Eastern Sierra & Death Valley that I signed up for last Spring. I had attended this same workshop in 2013 and later visited the region a couple more times. It was starting to feel a little stale and therefore was looking for some fresh inspiration. And Marc is a superb photographer and weather expert, so I was sure to pick up more than just new location knowledge. In addition, at the last moment, Marc announced another edition of the same workshop starting a week after the end of the first, having an additional 3 days scheduled for shooting wildflowers further south. I was able to combine the two, together with the intervening week, for a total of nearly a month of exploring & shooting.

I am so pleased that the trip occurred since, upon returning home to Bend, I had a previously-scheduled shoulder rotator cuff surgery. This will curtail further adventures for a few months and I’ll have to bask in this trip’s memories for awhile.

See the trip’s panoramas and images in the Eastern Sierra, Death Valley & Arizona Trip Gallery