The Photographer's Guide to Canyon Country: Where to Find Perfect Shots and How to Take Them

by John Annerino

The Canyon Country of the Southwestern U.S. hosts some of the most unusual and beautiful landscapes and geography in the world. These awesome displays of the sculpture-making capabilities of nature are stunning in their shapes, varieties of color, and the ways in which they capture the sunlight. Now, John Annerino, critically acclaimed photographer and author gives you the tools to find and shoot these locations. The parks that are covered around this famous Four Corners region of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah Mesa Verde, Glen Canyon, Grand Staircase-Escalante, Zion, Capitol Reef, Bryce, Canyonlands, Arches, and Black Canyon of the Gunnison. Annerino will guide you on how to find the precise locations to shoot those postcard-perfect shots and provides tips on timing, lighting, composition, and the story behind the scenery. No visitor to this area should be without it. Full-color throughout.

96 pages, Paperback

First published June 7, 2005

About the author

Author and photographer John Annerino has been working in the American West and the frontier of Old México for 20 years, documenting its natural beauty, indigenous people, and political upheaval. A veteran contract photographer for the Liaison International and TimePix photo agencies in New York and Paris, and Marka Graphic Photo in Milano, John's photography is archived in the Time-Life Picture Collection and has appeared in scores of prestigious publications worldwide, including Time, LIFE, People, Newsweek, Scientific American, Travel & Leisure, The New York Times, and National Geographic Adventure. His acclaimed collection of distinguished books feature diverse interests, geographies, and cultures, and range from his most cherished photographic essay, Indian Country: Sacred Ground, Native People, to his most heart wrenching book, Dead in Their Tracks. His celebrated single-artist calendars include Desert Light, Inspiration, La Virgen de Guadalupe, and Mayan Long Count Calendar. John's lifetime commitment to publishing illuminates his "passion to document endangered places, peoples, cultures, and traditions."

Reviews

[Colleen Lahey · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has all the major sites to be seen out west. It does a great job describing the historical perspective in each of the sites. If you haven't already done some research on where to go then this is the book for you. If you have done some research then it doesn't have any new insight and there are better books out there with tips on where you should be shooting. The pictures the author took are very nice.