Sedona Arizona

Just got back from 5 days in Sedona, Arizona supporting the Boys To Men International Mentoring Network's chapter there. I had a wonderful experience being part of teenage boys getting initiated and blessed for being on their journey to manhood.
The landscape in Sedona is visually breath taking, the red rocks rising from the ground to meet the deep blue sky, the multi colored rock formations reminding us that all of that area was under water not too terribly long ago and on top of all that, 1,700 year old trees. I will let the images speak for themselves...


This tree is not the oldest but the energy it put off was incredible.


Moon rise




1,700 + year old tree. The age can be determined by the "alligator" bark.

As the project progresses...

As I continue on with my 365 project, I find myself searching for new ways to process my images to make them more visually appealing. This comes from both a desire have my images stand out and the fact that some days I take some pretty boring pictures.
There have been a couple of days already that I have remembered to shoot something at the close of day, almost missing my self imposed deadline of an image a day. I haven't fully missed one yet... but I have come close. The few times that this has happened, I have found that I have not felt good about the image OOC (out of camera) and have felt a need to spend more time in post production enhancing the image. This is both good and bad. It is good because I am learning new ways to process my images and bad because it takes more time to get the image ready for viewing... and time is something I could use more of.
That being what it is, I like the way this image came out a lot. I spent some time in Photoshop working it over and like the texture quite a bit. I feel that the colors, texture and edge burning really brought the image to the place that I saw it in m mind's eye and that is what I am after.


Early morning light through the trees off my deck.