Home - and more rain!

Here we are, back in Cleveland - and it's pouring. Reminds me of Death Valley... hmmm. What's going on here? :) Ah well... it's good to be home, and I'm awfully glad that it's not freezing, here.

I'm glad to be home and looking forward to some sleep. We had a great time! I can't wait to start processing some of my photographs. I'm hoping our students will start sending us some of theirs too. If I can get permission, maybe I'll post a few here.

Thanks to all of you for staying with me this week - hits on my blog increased substantially while we were away. It's great to know that so many people are interested. I hope some of you can join us for our next workshop.

After the rain...

We had a little bit more rain this morning, and the roads were still closed when we got out of bed at 5:15am. We checked with the rangers and then drove past the blockades to shoot the dunes. Not much of a sunrise, but as we were preparing to pack up and go, the sun made a brief appearance. Later in the day, we drove out to Zabriskie Point and then prepared to shoot the sunset out in the flats somewhere between Stove Pipe Wells and Furnace Creek. The sunset was absolutely beautiful - and the flats gave us some really unusual shots of Death Valley. We have a great group of students this time - all of them are enthusiastic photographers. We've given them a bit of information about the basics to work with - using filters, understanding hyperfocal distance, following the light, camera settings - and now they are getting some experience in the field. We're waiting for downloads now, and we expect to see some really nice work.

Tomorrow - it's supposed to rain again... but we are looking forward to some more of these interesting cloud formations.

I'd love to get some processing done, but it will have to wait until we get home. :)

And finally - to the German gentleman who introduced himself to me today at Zabriskie Point - I'm afraid I can't remember your name! Please send me a link to your images from today! I'm looking forward to seeing them (and being reminded of your name)! I love getting to know other photographers - and it's great to know that people are reading my blog even in Europe. :)

And the rain came down...

It's still raining. And raining. And raining. Certainly not your typical Death Valley weather. All the roads in the park are flooded - and closed - and we're stuck in Stove Pipe Wells. Luckily - we have back-up plans for this kind of weather. Our students are practicing some processing... and the storm should be clearing up tonight. We are looking forward to some more unusual shots in the desert tomorrow. A really neat opportunity.

I'm going to get back to work.