PFTA: Stuck in Stone

Several years ago, I had the opportunity to visit the world famous Antelope Canyon in Arizona. It is just outside of Page, Arizona, and it’s managed by the Navajo Tribe as a Tribal Park. There is a fee to enter the canyon and you are required to have a guide to go into the canyon. Tripods are not allowed, and it’s always full of people. Sometimes you get lucky and find an angle that doesn’t have people in it, and maybe enough light that the photo you’re taking isn’t blurry. It’s a wonderful place, but it is getting a bit too popular and the number of people that can go in at a time is getting restricted.

In the image below, I was amazed to see what looks like a face in the stone that looks like its yearning to leave the canyon and look over the top. There is a look of frustration and sadness on the face that realizes it will never be able to get out of the canyon.

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March 13, 2023March 11, 2023 by Kelly Guymon Photography Categories: hiking, landscape, nature, Photography, solitude, wildernessTags: antelope canyon, Arizona, Colorado Plateau, desert, face, hiking, lake powell, Navajo, peace, photography, slot canyon, solitude, Tribal Park Leave a comment

PFTA: John Ford’s Point

Several years ago, I had the opportunity to visit Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park on the border of Utah and Arizona. At the time, I was a tour guide and brought two wonderful couples from Germany here and was able to join them as translator. During the tour, we stopped at John Ford’s Point overlook. There was a Navajo gentleman who rode his horse out to John Ford’s Point and waved his hat for the tour groups that visited the Valley.

John Ford’s Point got its name from the movie director John Ford as a tribute to him for bringing Monument Valley to life on the Big Screen. Mr. Ford filmed several movies in Monument Valley, including John Wayne’s famous She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. The ending of The Code Talkers was also filmed on this point.

The history of this valley and area is vast and deep, and there is no way I could ever do it justice. I will just say that it is an amazing place that should be visited and hallowed as sacred ground.

Enjoy,

Kelly

October 29, 2021October 28, 2021 by Kelly Guymon Photography Categories: hiking, landscape, nature, PhotographyTags: Code Talkers, Colorado Plateau, desert, John Ford, john ford's point, john wayne, monument valley, Native American, Navajo, photography, solitude, Utah, westerns Leave a comment

Wild Weekly’s Photo Contest – People in Nature

 

I’m participating in the online adventure travel and photography magazine LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggersThis week’s Challenge is: People in Nature!

I normally don’t take photos of people in Nature, since I like to sell my photography at my website, (for privacy reasons, and model releases are not easy to get sometimes) but sometimes I find an awesome view, and people just make it that much better.  I could only find a couple of photos with people in them, like the one I posted last week, which by the way, THANKS for the Honorable Mention as well!

Here is my other entry into this field of People in Nature:

This is John Ford‘s Point in Monument Valley, Utah.  On this day, there happen to be a Navajo on horseback, which made it more spectacular.  This was the place that the ending of the movie Code Talkers was filmed.

 

Here are a couple of tourists I found at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.

 

Wow, isn’t that amazing?? This is what I call sitting on the edge!

 

Talk about enjoying the view!  And what a view it is!!!

 

January 17, 2013January 17, 2013 by Kelly Guymon Photography Categories: hiking, PhotographyTags: Code Talkers, Colorado Plateau, grand canyon, Honorable Mention, horse, John Ford, monument valley, MonumentValley, nature, Nature (journal), Navajo, people, photography, United States, Utah, Zion National park 2 Comments