Expectations & Best Laid Plans
By Jeff Insel I’ll preface this blog by letting you know that last March, while on an Arizona Highways PhotoScapes workshop called Best of the West, one of our locations was Monument Valley and plan...
Best of the West March 2022 – An Arizona Highways PhotoScapes Workshop
By Jeff Insel This workshop had been rescheduled four times since the pandemic closed things down in March 2020, and many of our participants had waited that whole time. Our photographer/instructor wa...
Arches and Canyonlands National Parks
By Jeff Insel This month I had the pleasure of being a Photo Guide on a six day photo workshop to these amazing National Parks situated near Moab, UT with Photographer/Instructor Michael DeYoung. We h...
Chihuly at the Desert Botanical Garden
By Jeff Insel My wife and I visited the Desert Botanical Garden recently to see the Chihuly Exhibit on display throughout the garden. We went about 40 minutes before dusk as I wanted to photograph the...
Horses and Cowboys Photography Workshop
By Jeff Insel This is an outstanding workshop for those who like action and portrait photography. As a bonus, this all takes place at an all-inclusive, award winning resort known as the White Stallion...
The Van Gogh Phoenix Art Exhibit
By Jeff Insel We visited this new exhibit in Scottsdale at the Lighthouse Artspace this week. This is an immersive Van Gogh art experience that has become a “hot ticket” in major markets this year...
The Art of Macro
By Jeff Insel I was very fortunate to spend a weekend working with two great photographers, Amy Horn and Bruce Taubert, along with fellow photo guide David Goodell. This workshop is excellent for thos...
AHPS Super Macro Photography Workshop
By Jeff Insel In July, I was fortunate to work the Super Macro workshop featuring Amy Horn and Bruce Taubert as the instructors/photographers. There aren’t many organizations teaching Super Macro so...
Driving up the California Coast
By Jeff Insel We recently spent a couple days driving up Highway 1 on the California coast enroute to the Bay Area for a wedding. We stayed in Port Hueneme for a night and visited the beach and pier t...
Chiricahua National Monument
By Jeff Insel My wife and I decided on a short 3-night getaway this week and selected Cochise county as we’d never been there and knew it would be a bit cooler weather. We wanted to explore the Chir...