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Zion National Park
Virgin, Utah
Zion National Park is located in southwest Utah north of the Grand Canyon and west of Bryce Canyon National Parks. Zion National Park has 229 square miles desert terrain at the meeting of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin and Mojave Desert.
Anza Borrego Desert State Park
Borrego Springs, California
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is the largest state park in California and the second largest in the United States. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park includes more than 600,000 acres of deserts, rugged mountain ranges and the Carrizo Badlands near the Mexican border and the Salton Sea.
Santa Cruz Serenity
Santa Cruz, California 
Santa Cruz, California is located about 74 miles south of San Francisco along Highway 1. Santa Cruz has an eclectic population of 55,000 who enjoy year-round moderate weather. Santa Cruz is a very popular tourist destination attracting thousands of tourists to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, the Santa Cruz Wharf and the beautiful beaches. Santa Cruz is also a famous surfing, wind surfing, kite boarding and wake boarding destination.
California Sea Otters
Monterey Bay, California 
Since January 1977, California sea otters have been on the Endangered Species list They are protected by state and federal laws. Only about 2200 otters can be found off California’s central coast Sea Otters reside within the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary which emcompasses 276 miles of shoreline and 5,322 square miles of ocean. Sea otters have incredibly fast metabolisms. A 60-pound adult sea otter eats at least 15 pounds of food (25% of its body weight) each and every day.
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A friend of mine called me from the east coast in late December, 2007 and said he wanted to visit in January for a California photography trip. I said great. We would photograph the Big Sur and Santa Cruz coastline, the Santa Cruz Mountains, maybe Point Reyes National Seashore and possibly Yosemite.
At the time of […]
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McQuay Falls
Big Sur, Monterey County, California
The Big Sur region is located along California’s Central Coast from Carmel in the north to San Simeon in the south. The 130 miles of coastline is considered one of the most beautiful areas in the world. Highlights of the Big Sur region include the Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, […]
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I was driving home from Owens Valley and the Eastern Sierra Mountains in July after camping in Coyote Flats (10,000 ft) for 3 days. We left Bishop, CA late around 5:30PM for our 6-hour drive home to San Jose after enjoying our first “real meal” (at Denny’s) after our backcountry adventure. By time we filled […]
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One can always tell a nature photograher who needs to be out in the field more when they look through their old un-developed images and find a nice shot. Charlie Cramer (http://www.charlescramer.com/) told me during his Advanced Digital Printing workshop that sometimes it is best not to develop your images soon after a shoot because […]
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Yes I admit it. There are those Saturdays and Sundays when I don’t have enough motivation to awake at 3:30AM and drive 2 hours for a sunrise shot in the mountains or to stay out in the field until after 9:00PM for the last light. Don’t get me wrong, I am a very motivated photographer. […]
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I sometimes fall into a trap of thinking that to take a great photograph, which is the goal, I always have to:
Drive a 1,000 miles to Moab
4WD into a dangerous desert canyon (alone)
Hike on a difficult trail lugging 30 lbs of camera equipment
Climb on top of an impossible rock
And then wait (hope) for good light […]
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People who look at my photographs usually don’t realize what I did (went through) to take the photograph. Countless numbers of times, I awake at 2:00AM, 3:00AM or 4:00AM to drive two hours for a sunrise shoot. Typically, when I am on a trip, I only have about 3-4 hours of sleep […]
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In February 2007, I traveled 500 miles south from San Jose to Anza Borrego Desert State Park in southern California along the Mexican border. Anza Borrego Desert State Park is the 2nd largest state park in the country behind Adirondack State Park. I attended a one-day “advanced” four wheel drive (4WD) recovery […]
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Available for individuals and small groups who want to photograph amazing locations for original compositions
Spend 1 - 7 days in the field with Michael Routh
Photo tours - $450 per day plus travel/expenses for 1-4 people
Includes sunrise & sunset shoots
Photo workshops - $800 per day plus travel/expenses 1-4 people
Includes sunrise & sunset shoots
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