An UnExpected Holiday... But Where to Go??

[Scott Rosenberg]

hey fellas...

my boss just informed me that i will be off from april 7th - april 14th. i'd love to get out and do some landscape shooting... any suggestions as to where to go?

is it too early for wildflowers in colorado??
is it too late for arizona wildflowers??
has north carolina shaken off winter yet??
what's it like in the tetons this time of year??

any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated!
scott

[Daniel Grenier]

Where should you go? Look for another job !

I mean, your boss tells you when you can take off ? With 3 day's notice?

May you get good light (if not a good boss) wherever you go, Scott.

[Wayne]

well since you're not even sure of what you want to shoot, why not just throw a dart at the map and go there? Thats the most fun way, IMO, planning IS work and it never works out the way you plan. I dont think its winter anywhere in the US except very high in the mountains. Of course thats subject to change, as I can testify after running into a horrible mid-May blizzard in the northern plains last year, and the biggest earliest snowstorm on record the year before. Just stay away from where I am and the weather should be fine (I'll be between MN, UT, and WA)

[Scott Rosenberg]

hey dan... thanks for the kind wishes. unfortunately, that's how things go in my industry. a friend of mine recently got sent to the Philippines for six months on 12 hours notice!

a vacation is a vacation, so i'll take it... but where to go and shoot this time of year? what wonderful choices we're forced to make!

[julian_4860]

I lived on the South Uist/Benbecula/North Unist island chain for a while (where Paul Strand did his book)
This time year the light can be wonderful.
I've a dream project in mind to go back...

[Gem Singer]

Hi Scott,

This just might be a good opportunity to visit the Gulf Coast of Texas. Port Aransas, Ingelside, and Rockport have some very interesting photo ops. Not fancy, but interesting and inexpensive.

[Emmanuel BIGLER]

Le'ts continue Julian's suggestion about South Uist : Scott, if you live on the East Coast of the US, Europe is not that far away if you compare to the West coast or Hawai ;-) Shannon airport, Ireland might be the closest point if you do not take into account the Azores Islands (2300 miles from North America).
But sure I would also like to see the flowers in the south-western deserts of America if they are still there..

[J. P. Mose]

You can never go wrong with Arizona and Utah!

[Bill_1856]

Save your money. Stay home, don't let anyone know that you're there, and go shoot all those places that you've been saving up for the last few years. Up at daybreak every day!

[Juergen Sattler]

Lake Powell should be great this time of year - tons of opportunities, including canyons that can be seen for the first time in many years since the water level is so low. From there it is a short hop to many other great places - like the Grand Staircase with all its slot canyons. Boy, what I would give to be able to pack up my gear and just go now!