Bright sunlight bouncing off sandstone can easily fool a camera’s built-in light meter. Highly reflective sandstone (or bright snow) will usually cause your camera to underexpose, in the “Auto” mode, giving you a dark photo. Slightly overexposing …
Sedona Seasons
In spring, watch carefully as moving clouds shade portions of the landscape in checkerboard patterns. Look for moments when the shifting highlights and shadows isolate a rock formation from the others. These transient moments produce dramatic and …
Moon and Stars
The official full moon rises about 45 minutes after dark. So, photographing the full moon rising behind sunset-tinted red rocks takes planning. Schedule your photoshoot one or two days before the full moon to get a moonrise at sunset. Also, keep in …
Urban Sedona
Sedona photography isn’t all about nature. Picturesque arches and alleyways fill the authentic-looking Spanish Colonial plaza of Tlaquepaque. Carved wooden doors and wrought iron fixtures adorn the shops and restaurants among babbling fountains and …
Wildflowers in Sedona
The best show of color bursts forth from March to May--especially after a wet November and December. The blooms of claret cup cactus and Indian paintbrush often appear first, followed by prickly pear, beavertail, and strawberry hedgehog cactus. On …