Grand Canyon workshops and camping?

10 years 2 months ago #341853 by neal1977
Has anyone been to a good photography workshop that also had camping part of it?  There are 6 of us that each year we meet up for a excursion somewhere and this year we are looking to hit up the Grand Canyon.  There is only one person of the 6 who isn't a photographer, we want to do something different this year.  Please post links and experience with the outfit you are speaking about. 


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10 years 2 months ago #341857 by Wall-E
Guess I'm a little confused.
If you're (tent) camping, where and how are you going to edit, review and critique your images?


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10 years 2 months ago #341873 by Joves
Well I have not ever seen any work shops at the Canyon, though Canon was having some event there a few years back. Camping on the rim area is a no go. You will have to find a place near Tusyan. Depending on the time of year you might find a site at the TenX campground. If it is during the summer forget it. Unless off campground setups are restricted, you can find areas to pitch a tent on some of the Forest Service roads, but you have to be mindful that the area is a mix of private, and federal. There are several campgrounds in the Flagstaff area to choose from, a couple near Williams 30 miles west. Flagstaff would be your best bet.
Now as far as your trip Flagstaff would be your better place to start a canyon trip for shooting. You head out of town on HWY 89 north towards Cameron, you want to start just out before dawn. Reaching Cameron around dawn then make a left turn on HWY 64 to the Canyon. You will see the Little Colorado Gorge on the way, a nice target. This also makes it where you are starting from the Desert View end of the canyon, or you will be going east, to west. Just keep following the road, and have fun. The canyon is fun, and all but, it is really only a one day, or two thing to me. Northern Arizona is full of a lifetime of shooting, and the Flagstaff area is a good central hub to stay in, depending on time of year. You have Sedona near by, and depending on what you are driving, places like Fossil Creek, the Jerome loop on a pretty good back road, and then the upper Pained Desert near Cameron. There is also the north rim of the Canyon as well, but that is a haul to try in one day, but you can always camp.


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10 years 2 months ago #341931 by Vladimir

Wall-E wrote: Guess I'm a little confused.
If you're (tent) camping, where and how are you going to edit, review and critique your images?



Edit after :thumbsup:   camp and enjoy then  fuss with the computers when you get home.


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10 years 2 months ago #342001 by Rudy Sosa
Don Smith Photography has workshops that cover the Grand Canyon 


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10 years 2 months ago #342295 by Street Shark
Visionary Wild on the right has workshops there


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10 years 2 months ago #342557 by StephanieW

Vladimir wrote:

Wall-E wrote: Guess I'm a little confused.
If you're (tent) camping, where and how are you going to edit, review and critique your images?



Edit after :thumbsup:   camp and enjoy then  fuss with the computers when you get home.


Exactly this.  Or spend your last night in a hotel/motel with your laptops.  Or get a car charger for your laptops.  But really if you're gonna go camping and get in touch with nature you might as well enjoy getting away from the computer for a few days if you can.  :)


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