Friday, March 27, 2009

Campbell Steele Gallery - Upcoming show (April 3, 2009)

Greetings~

With the Spring Metro Gallery Tour (Marion, Iowa) just a week away (Friday, April 3, 2009), I was so very humbled to read what Priscilla Steele, celebrated artist and Campbell Steele Gallery owner, had to say about my pursuit of light with camera in tow.

It will be such a pleasure to thank her in person next Friday evening. Then it's back across the American West chasing light all the way to the San Francisco Bay Area.

Hope you are all doing well.

Cheers,

Michael

Lightchaser's Photo Trek Itinerary - UPDATE

Greetings~

I have received word from the road that access to my trip itinerary requires a few too many hoops to jump through if you do you have a Google gmail account and are not a Google Reader aubscriber. That said, I've provided the outline below. Note that I'm giving serious consideration to turning back down into Utah after the Grand Tetons leg of the journey.

I'll keep you posted via Twitter and Facebook.

Be well,

Michael

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PHOTO TRIP ITINERARY
Lightchaser's Path - 3/19/09 to 4/17/09

DAY 1 - Thursday, March 19, 2009
Drive from Fremont, CA to Salt Lake City, UT (757 miles / 10 hrs 55 mins)
Photograph sunset.

Weather: Partly cloudy - 67/41




DAY 2 - Friday, March 20, 2009
Photograph sunrise.
Drive from Salt Lake City, UT to Arches NP, UT (232 miles / 4 hrs 12 mins)
Photograph sunset.

Weather: Partly cloudy - 74/41

DAY 3 - Saturday, March 21, 2009
Arches NP, UT.
Photograph sunrise and sunset.

Travel across highway to Canyonlands NP, UT

Weather: Sunny - 70/41



DAY 4 - Sunday, March 22, 2009
Canyonlands NP, UT
Photograph sunrise and sunset.
Weather: Partly cloudy - 58/32




DAY 5 - Monday, March 23, 2009
Canyonlands NP, UT
Photograph sunrise.

Weather: Partly Cloudy - 61/31
Drive from Canyonlands NP, UT to Black Canyon of the Gunnison, CO (188 miles / 3 hrs 36 mins)
Photograph sunset.

Weather: Few showers (30%) - 49/28

DAY 6 - Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Black Canyon of the Gunnison, CO
Photograph sunrise.
Scout area around Maroon Bells / Snowmass for sunset opportunities.
Photograph sunset.

Weather: Mostly cloudy - 48/26

DAY 7 - Wednesday, March 25, 2009


Maroon Bells / Snowmass
Photograph sunrise.
Weather: Mostly Sunny - 47/27

Travel from Black Canyon of the Gunnison, CO to Great Sand Dunes NP, CO
(211 miles / 5 hrs 12 mins)
Great Sand Dunes NP, CO
Photograph sunset.

Weather: Partly cloudy - 49/23

Day 8 - Thursday, March 26, 2009
Great Sand Dunes NP, CO
Photograph sunrise.

Weather: Mostly sunny - 51/25
Drive from Great Sand Dunes NP, CO to Monument Rocks National Landmark, KS (427 miles / 7 hrs 38 mins)
Photograph sunset.

DAY 9 - Friday, March 27, 2009
Monument Rocks National Landmark, KS
Photograph sunrise.
Drive from Monument Rocks NL, KS to Kansas City, MO (389 miles / 6 hrs 6 mins)

Weather: TBD

DAY 10 - Saturday, March 28, 2009
Kansas City - relatives

Weather: TBD



DAY 11 - Sunday, March 29, 2009
Kansas City - relatives

Weather: TBD




DAY 12 - Monday, March 30, 2009
Drive from Kansas City, MO to Marion, IA (318 miles / 5 hrs 0 mins)
Weather: TBD




DAY 13 - Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Marion, IA - relatives

Weather: TBD




DAY 14 - Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Marion, IA - relatives

Weather: TBD




DAY 15 - Thursday, April 2, 2009
Marion, IA - relatives

Weather: TBD




DAY 16 - Friday, April 3, 2009
Marion, IA - relatives
Campbell Steele Gallery - Art Showing

Weather: TBD


DAY 17 - Saturday, April 4, 2009
Marion, IA - relatives

Weather: TBD




DAY 18 - Sunday, April 5, 2009
Marion, IA - relatives
Weather: TBD




DAY 19 - Monday, April 6, 2009
Drive from Marion, IA to Badlands NP, SD (632 miles / 9 hrs 32 mins)
Photograph sunset.

DAY 20 - Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Badlands NP, SD
Photograph sunrise and sunset.

DAY 21 - Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Badlands NP, SD
Photograph sunrise.
Drive from Badlands NP, SD to Yellowstone NP, WY (560 miles / 10 hrs 6 mins)
Study locations.
Note: Penultimate full moonrise

DAY 22 - Thursday, April 9, 2009
Yellowstone NP, WY
Photograph sunrise and sunset.
Note: Full Moonrise

DAY 23 - Friday, April 10, 2009
Yellowstone NP, WY
Photograph sunrise. Full moonset
Drive from Yellowstone NP to Grand Tetons NP, WY
Photograph sunset.

DAY 24 - Saturday, April 11, 2009
Grand Tetons NP, WY
Photograph sunrise and sunset.

DAY 25 - Sunday, April 12, 2009
Grand Tetons NP, WY
Photograph sunrise.
Drive from Grand Tetons NP, WY to Craters of the Moon NM, ID (178 miles / 3 hrs 50 mins)
Photograph sunset.

DAY 26 - Monday, April 13, 2009
Drive from Boise, ID to Crater Lake NP (450 miles / 8 hrs 58 mins)
Photograph sunset.

Day 27 - Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Crater Lake NP, OR
Photograph sunrise.
Drive from Crater Lake NP, OR to Mount Shasta, CA (139 miles / 3 hrs 4 mins)
Photograph sunset from Ski Park Road.

Day 28 - Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Mount Shasta, CA.
Photograph sunrise from Ski Park Road.
Drive from Mount Shasta to Lassen Volcanic NP, CA
Photograph sunset.

Day 30 - Thursday, April 16, 2009
Lassen Volcanic NP, CA
Photograph sunrise.
Drive from Lassen Volcanic NP, CA to Fremont, CA (269 miles / 4 hrs 49 mins)

Day 31 - Friday, April 17, 2009
Flex day

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Michael McAreavy's Western U.S. Photo Trek

Greetings,

I hope this note finds you doing well. Upon request, here is my tentative Western U.S. Photo Trek itinerary [click on blog title to view Google document]. I will depart at 4am on Thursday, March 19, 2009 and return to the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, April 16, 2009. I say tentative considering this is a tremendous amount of ground to cover in one month, plus, chasing light with camera in tow often times takes you off course, reverse course, and somewhere in between.

Between now and 17 April 2009, capturing a handful of images that "have their own voice" will be a blessing. If you are interested in viewing work from prior light studies, please go to www.horizonimagegroup.com.

Be well,

Michael