Antelope Canyon is Shutting Down Its Photo Tours Due to Overcrowding and Negative Reviews
Dec 12, 2019 12:05:09 #
DebAnn wrote:
Interesting comment Bob. If you weren't going to photograph anything that had been photographed before, your camera would quickly gather dust!
Some photography is just derivative.
Dec 12, 2019 16:40:16 #
DebAnn wrote:
Interesting comment Bob. If you weren't going to photograph anything that had been photographed before, your camera would quickly gather dust!
Dec 12, 2019 19:01:04 #
TGanner wrote:
Some photography is just derivative.
Very good point!
Dec 12, 2019 19:06:02 #
rmalarz wrote:
One needs to face the situation that these tours are run as a business. The concept of any business is to maximize profit. Thus, remove those factors that reduce profit.
If I were to take a tour of the canyon, I would not want to bring a camera. What am I going to photograph that hasn't been photographed already?
--Bob
If I were to take a tour of the canyon, I would not want to bring a camera. What am I going to photograph that hasn't been photographed already?
--Bob
Every hour of every day the lighting is different due to the change in suns' position. Many different ways to look at the canyon walls, different focal lengths, distance. I photograph what I see, and in the canyons you are unlikely to see things the same way as others.
Your argument is a good excuse to hang up the camera. And stay home; after all, what are you going to see that hasn't been seen already?
Dec 14, 2019 13:57:22 #
rmalarz wrote:
One needs to face the situation that these tours are run as a business. The concept of any business is to maximize profit. Thus, remove those factors that reduce profit.
If I were to take a tour of the canyon, I would not want to bring a camera. What am I going to photograph that hasn't been photographed already?
--Bob
If I were to take a tour of the canyon, I would not want to bring a camera. What am I going to photograph that hasn't been photographed already?
--Bob
"What am I going to photograph that hasn't been photographed already?" That is the key question, and I salute you for asking it. The answer, of course, is "Nothing." Like too many scenes, Antelope Canyon has become a cliche. I was in a medical building last week, and when I went to take an elevator, there on the wall facing the elevators was a photo--just like every other photo of the scene--of Antelope Canyon. Yeah, it was lovely; but wouldn't we be better off if we took our expensive gear and well-trained minds and searched for something unique?
BTW, I'd offer the same challenge for eagle shooters and garden photographers.
Dec 14, 2019 14:42:51 #
Your comment about seeing an Antelope Canyon picture in a medical building reminds me that when I went there I also visited Rainbow Bend. When I tried to shoot it the sun was directly behind it so all pix were taken shooting right into the sun. I got no decent pix so went back to the motel and took a pic of it in the lobby. Mission accomplished, if I were rmalarz I could scratch this from my bucket list, but someday I will return and get a good pic.
Dec 14, 2019 17:26:43 #
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