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Grand Canyon and Utah


  • Five-day Tour of the Grand Canyon
  • Seven-day Tour of Grand Canyon, Bryce and Zion National Parks
  • Three-Day Tour of the Grand Canyon
  • Grand Canyon Photography Tour
  • Grand Canyon and Utah
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    Sample Grand Canyon Photography Itinerary

    DAY ONE  

    Arrive Las Vegas 

    Group meets Grand Classroom representative at baggage claim 

    Depart for Lake Mead 

    Lunch at Lake Mead Visitor Center 

    Hoover Dam tour 

    Depart for Flagstaff 

    Dinner  

    Check into hotel 

    DAY TWO 

    Hotel breakfast

    Morning instruction at hotel:

    • Short overview of basic camera controls
    • Discuss use of light in Grand Canyon
    • Techniques of composition in canyon

    IMAX movie Grand Canyon-The Hidden Secrets

    Lunch

    Enter Grand Canyon National Park

    Free time to photograph along rim

    Dinner

    Board bus for photo session-Shoshone Point Sunset

    Instructor will be on hand to coach students

    Return to hotel

    DAY THREE

    Depart hotel for sunrise photo shoot-accompanied by instructor

    Sunrise - around 5:00 am - Group will hike down into canyon or stay on rim, depending on preference and ability

    Breakfast

    Rest time in hotel

    Check out of hotel

    Lunch

    Depart for Sedona

    Shopping and photo time in Sedona

    Dinner

    Check into Flagstaff hotel

    DAY FOUR

    Hotel breakfast

    Depart hotel

    Visit and photograph:

    Photograph and tour Pueblo Indian ruins

    Photograph the Painted Desert in the distance

    Lunch

    Colorado River Float Trip

    Closing dinner and photo display-celebrate everyone’s good work

    DAY FIVE

    Hotel breakfast

    Depart for Las Vegas

    Lunch en route

    Arrive at Circus Circus Adventuredome for activities

    Other Las Vegas sights as time and crowds allow

    Leave Circus Circus

    Free time and shopping in Caesar’s Palace Forum shops

    Group meets for dinner at Planet Hollywood in the Forum Shops

    Walk Las Vegas Blvd to the Bellagio for the Fountains of Bellagio Show – photograph the lights of Las Vegas

    Depart for Las Vegas airport for departure home

    (Groups on east coast and Midwest fly red-eye or depart early on morning of day six, depending on flight availability)

     


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