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North Rim Sunrise 1 - Grand Canyon National Park - Northern Arizona

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Several minutes before the sun came up over the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona, the cliff walls turned into a fireworks show of colors and golden hues. The wispy clouds reflect the golds and pinks from the sun and desert floor.
I have been told many times, the North Rim is better than the South. All accounts were true. It was worth the two hour drive from Kanab, Ut to catch this spectacular scene at dawn on an October morning. What an incredible landscape.

As a fine art landscape photographer I find myself seeking the very best of nature. From sunrise to sunset, our planet never fails to provide a canvas on which to paint with light (literal definition of photography, light-writing). I can point back to the exact moment in time and space when I said, "I want to be a photographer." It was during my first visit to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. I was standing in front of Palette Springs and thought I had been transported through a wormhole to another planet. I snapped a few images with my cell phone and my photography career was born. I rushed home, ordered a $700 camera off the internet, taught myself how to shoot, and 7 months later I was a full-time photographer. Now, I am an...