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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | Have you ever wanted to see with your own eyes all the beautiful locations found in coffee table books, posters and travel magazines? Do you want to see the most photogenic spots in our national parks and monuments? Do you want to visit spectacular "off the beaten track" locations outside the parks? Are you are interested in rock art and early Native American dwellings? The Photographing the Southwest guidebook series is the culmination of over twenty years experience exploring and photographing the natural landmarks of the Southwest. A must for everyone with a Passion for the Southwest, Volume 2 takes you on a grand tour of Arizona, starting with an in-depth discovery of the Grand Canyon, from the rim and from the river, exploring the superlative landscapes of Navajoland, including Monument Valley and Canyon de Chelly, amazing narrows and slot canyons such as Antelope Canyon, the incredible swirls of Coyote Buttes and its crown jewel: The Wave, the colorful area around Sedona, all the national parks and monuments of the Sonoran desert, and finishing with a foray into the adjacent southern tip of Nevada. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Laurent Martres | | Paperback: | 272 pages | | Publisher: | Graphie Intl | | Publication Date: | July 05, 2006 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0916189139 | | Package Length: | 8.9 inches | | Package Width: | 6.0 inches | | Package Height: | 0.7 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.95 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 16 reviews |
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 Better Arizona Photos Jun 29, 2010
My son bought this book and used it to enhance our trip to Arizona. Both of us are amatuer photographers and the book really helped us get better photos. Photographing the Southwest: Volume 2--Arizona (2nd Ed.) (Photographing the Southwest)
 A solid resource for photographers! Mar 07, 2010
I purchased this book in preparation for a photography trip to Arizona, and it has been a solid resource regarding places to go and when to go there.
I wish they had maps within the body of the book, but they do let you know that those aren't included. So, it wasn't a surprise to me.
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Priceless guide, but only if you want the trip of lifetime. Mar 06, 2010
Lucky you. Having found this book, buy it before they come to their senses and double the price.
Just back from a 2 month tour of the Southwest, this guide was indispensable. Together with the New Mexico version, we were able to visit 100 sites in 65 days, and get 1000's of incredible images. We had never even heard of most of the places before reading these books. Even with 19 days of snow, we were able to put ourselves in several hyper-photogenic spots every day. And yet, I doubt we've seen half of places Laurent describes. For a few shekels, you get intimate knowledge of the region with decades of practical experience.
But that's just us. We wanted to travel and hike and photograph everyday. These guides hit that sweet spot. If you don't want to get out of the car, or just want to shop, or are looking for the best opportunities for fine dinning, or like comfortable museums, or looking to save pennies RVing parking lots, this book is not for you. To get the most out of it, you'll also need well worn hiking boots, a light backpack, water bottles, navi gear, a walking stick, lots of camera gear, flashlights, emergency gear, a high clearance vehicle, a high-limit credit card, good legs, and a variety of hats for sun and cold. Camping equipment also helps, but we like showers and beds. And that's not all. You will mostly need enormous amounts of energy, courage, desire, and time.
Yes, it takes courage and perseverance to follow this author's footsteps. If you want to see the show, you have to be the show. We hit the limit and backed out of one of his suggested hikes (Cathedral Wash), fearing for our lives. We were abducted by Indians, rescued from the desert at night by a rancher, and met countless wonderful people on the trails. We lost a tire, a windshield, and a body panel on the car. Those are just a few of the hundreds of incredible stories.
Practically speaking, it is a sturdy, well bound book, and thank goodness for that. We spent hours everyday for weeks with each book, and they got tossed around in the car and packs.
Laurent is highly enjoyable to read in the planning phase of your trip, and very enthusiastic. Sometimes too enthusiastic. When he mentions that something might require caution or is "perfectly safe," you'd better hold on for your life or back away. To get the picture, you have to drive through the stream, squeeze through the crack, and get comfortable with 500 foot cliffs.
As others have mentioned, his travel directions are capricious. This is typical for the Southwest. They don't want to squash your sense of adventure. Seriously. So it can be difficult to follow along at home. Once you are en route, he always gives you enough to get there. We bookmarked his one-little-map-per-book, and found the uncluttered, schematic view very useful.
One last word on coded messages--when Laurent mentions that you might want to spend some extra time exploring an area beyond his specific recommendations, plan on extending your stay and get busy. He's hinting that something spectacular is lurking just beyond the view of the tourists. Talk to the locals, trade info with other hikers, and explore some of those Forest Service roads. We found prehistoric pottery shards, rock art, natural and cultural wonders, and even a cave dwelling that nobody knew about. How can you beat that for adventure?
This book will get you going. I'm buying his Utah guide right now.
THE essential photo book for the region Jan 06, 2010
I travel a lot and photograph a lot (look up buddy4344 on [...] or visit my blog at [...]). A challenge as a traveler is knowing where to go and when to go on a tight schedule. This book will save you a lot of time looking for photo angles and locations. It could have more detailed info, but considering the alternatives this book is very good.
Great photographer resource Dec 05, 2009
I purchased all three volumes of Photographing the Southwest since each covers different areas. I am a working photographer who currently resides in the Pacific Northwest, but was born and raised in Southern Arizona. I had visited some of these locations previously on my own but even as a local I had no idea many of them even existed! This is a must-have resource for doing Southwest photography. Its principal value for someone like me is location info including sample photos of what I might expect to find there.
I get to plan a photo trip that is 2-3 weeks and try to get in as much as I can of an area in that amount of time. Since I need the morning or evening light at each location, finding the right spot efficiently is vital and these books are a great tool for that purpose. My only complaint is the reticence of the author to include GPS info. While he provided an explanation, his reasons don't resonate for me. I still plot every location I plan to visit with Virtual Earth, including likely access waypoints. These books would be far more valuable to me if they saved me some of that additional work. Leaving it out of the book doesn't keep me from having it to work with, it just makes it more of a hassle.
One recommendation to the author would be to provide a simple overview map that plots each location in the book relative to each-other. When working on a limited time schedule, knowing what locations are close enough together to plan in a week's time is very helpful. The info is all in the book, it just isn't available at a glance and it wouldn't be that hard to provide.
Each volume includes some fundamentals for beginning photographers. It's all good stuff but not particularly useful to me personally.
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