After quitting work, I returned for a fourth time to Arizona, this time in September rather than May and with a newer and better camera. May partner and I unwittingly gave each other new cameras for Christmas last year after discovering that my photos from Antelope Canyon AZ could not be enlarged to the size he wanted for hanging in our living room, because my old camera was only 3.2 mpx. I got him a Canon power shot, he got me a Nikon 3100 DSLR with several lenses and my first camera class! I was thrilled to find that the filters from my 30 year old Nikon still worked on my new camera!
During our stay, we returned to the slot canyons and Antelope Canyon...but we also kayaked Lake Powell, rafted the Colorado in the Grand Canyon, photographed the sunrise over Sedona from a hot air balloon and the sunset from the top of a mesa. We hiked Canyon De Chelly and stood at the edge of the Grand Canyon at Horseshoe Bend. We watched the sun rise over Monument Valley and went paddle boating on Canyon Lake.
Earlier in the year I visited the favourite campground of my childhood and released my brother's spirit to the wind in the waters and sand dunes he loved so very much growing up...
Throughout the year I carried my camera with me, taking photos of anything and everything as practice and in preparation for these two special journeys.
We also got engaged...
My camera is a constant reminder to me to live in the moment and to take the time to stop and enjoy all the beauty in the world around me.
Taking pictures has enlightened me to all I have to be grateful for in the world...
Needless to say I have thousands of photos to choose from!!
So, I thought to post a few, close my eyes and point to choose the one to share as my
"Just 1 Picture" 2011
BREAKING NEWS!:
Having written all that and slept on it for a night I realized I know exactly which picture it is...
The man of my dreams on top of the world at sunset over the Grand Canyon
(Horseshoe Bend, Grand Canyon AZ)
"Once in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale"
