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One of my favorite places on earth to take pictures is Sedona, Arizona. My wife and I have been going up to Sedona for vacations for the last eleven years. From the red rocks to Oak Creek Canyon and Slide Rock a photographer will find hundreds of locations to shoot. Whether it is winter, fall or spring the beauty is everywhere. Not in the summer though, it is just too stinking hot.

Getting to Sedona is easy. Heading out of Phoenix up I-17 toward Flagstaff and take SR 179 to Sedona. You will need to stop at the The Forest Service Administration Offices just south of the Village of Oak Creek on highway 179 to purchase a Red Rock Pass parking permit (required almost everywhere in the region). If you are coming from Flagstaff, you can head down I-17 to SR 179 or you can take the scenic route and when you leave Flagstaff, take the Airport road down Highway 89 through Oak Creek Canyon (as I describe below).

You can then backtrack into the Village of Oak Creek and take Verde Valley School Road South to its end to see the "backside" of Red Rock Crossing. Great pictures of the most famous of Sedona photo scenes at Cathedral Rock can be taken there, especially if it is wet or raining. Look for standing pools of water for great foreground shots.

After photographing that area you can backtrack to SR 179 and head East toward Sedona and then take any one of the numerous scenic pull outs to trails or other spots to photograph Bell Rock and Courthouse Butte. This is where you will see the best of the red rocks. A real treat will be found when the rocks get wet with the red colors shining through all their shades. These scenic pull outs are not just for tourists. Many have the start of a hiking trail head that will lead to very good locations to photograph. Try to catch these areas in the hour around sunrise and sunset, the so-called "Golden Hour". This is the time of day that the sun is lowest on the horizon that imparts a golden glow to your images.

After the scenic drive into Sedona you will want to check out the world famous Tlaquepaque Arts and Crafts shopping district will be on your left before you get to the "Y". Great urban shots of classic Southwestern architecture abound. After time shooting (or shopping) you can head North at the "Y" and travel up Oak Creek Canyon.

There are hundreds of photo spots in the Canyon from Midgley Bridge to Slide Rock, and all around Oak Creek. Once you have your fill of shooting in a pure mountain forest you can head back toward town, staying on Highway 89-A to upper Red Rock Loop Road. Take the loop and you will come to the Crescent Moon Picnic Area at Red Rock Crossing where the iconic shots of Sedona have been made of Cathedral Rock. Fees do apply at this area.

At this point you will be on the opposite side of Oak Creek where I started you out on this photographic journey. Continue around the Red Rock Loop Road to Highway 89-A and go into Sedona for a frosty beverage and dinner or to take in an art gallery.

Randy Jackson is an experienced Arizona photographer. His photography is about nature,events,sports,drag racing and public functions. He writes about photography and technology on his blog and displays his work at a photography site. More information can be gleaned about Randy at his blog: Random Thoughts of a Photographer Randy's Sedona gallery is at: Randy Jackson Images. You can buy Red Rock passes at the US Forest Service and other locations in the Coconino National Forest. Click below for information: Red Rock Passes.

Canon in D by Pachelbel: The Song Everybody Knows

The Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel is a composition well known throughout the world. It's a piece of music that is played in commercials, feature films, and shopping mall music systems. Its melody and harmony are such that, when heard, spur an "I know this song" reaction in listeners.
Pachelbel wrote this music around 1680. Its exact name is 'Canon and Gigue in D Major for three Violins and Basso Continuo'. It's now called, in regular parlance, the Canon in D (or D Major).

This canon was the only one that Pachelbel wrote. He wrote it as a piece of chamber music. Chamber music is a form of classical music originally intended for performance in a palace chamber. This type of music is for a small group of instrumentalists. One performer plays each separate part of the music.

Written for the bass and the violin and for small rooms, this song is not limited to that today. A wide variety of instruments in small and large musician groups perform this famous piece each year.

The term 'canon' in the title of the song refers to the type of music. A canon is music of staggered singing or playing. In a canon, different instruments or singers start playing music. However, they do not start at the exact same time. They enter into the song one after another. The key to the canon is that they play the exact same sequence of notes. This results in intriguing variety and song complexity.

The note sequence in Canon in D Major is what catches one's ear. It is now a famous chord progression, which we recognize whenever and wherever we are. The song has a bass line-harmonic pattern, two bars long. This sequence repeats throughout the piece. The staggered singing or playing (the canon) plays over this repeating sequence of notes.

Johann Pachelbel was born in Nuremberg, Germany in 1653. He lived and worked during the Baroque period of classical music.

He was an organist, composer, and teacher in his life, who wrote much keyboard music for the organ. He wrote church music and secular music, holding jobs as a church organist throughout his career.

In fact, he established himself as a musician of stature in Erfurt, Germany. Here he was church organist at the Protestant Predigerkirchie (Lutheran Preacher's Church) starting in the year 1678. Erfurt was the Bach family's land of ancestral roots. Pachelbel actually taught Johann Christoph Bach, who was Johann Sebastian Bach's older brother.

Pachelbel also worked as an organist in the Court at Stuggart and the Court at Gotha in Germany. In 1695, he became organist at the Church of St. Sebald in Nuremberg. He replaced his former teacher, the German organist and composer, George Caspar Wecker here upon the latter's death.

Pachelbel wrote chorale variations for the keyboard. Written in his day for organ and harpsichord they receive treatment on modern pianos of today as well. In this type of music, the chorale melody is the theme, and then the performer plays variations of this theme.

Although famous for his Canon in D today, Pachelbel also wrote toccatas, fantasies, and fugues. One important and impressive work is the Hexachordum Apollinis, which is a set of six keyboard arias and their variations.

The Canon in D Major continues to inspire listeners, piano players, and musicians of all sorts today. It's a 'musical' canon of great power that has endured through the centuries.

About the Author

Duane Shinn is the author of the popular online newsletter on piano chords, available free at "Exciting Piano Chords & Chord Progressions!"

What's the differance between the Canon EOS 400D Rebel XTi & Canon EOS 5D Digital SLR Camera?

I really enjoy photography and I want to pursue it professionally. I want to get a really nice camera with all the best quality tricks-of-the-trade. However, I am having a difficult time making a decision on which to get. I prefer the Classic Canon brand. Have any recommendations?

EOS400 is an amatuer camera.
EOS 5D is closer to a Pro camera.
I'll choose the 5D because it has a full frame chip (same size as 35mm) thus, 16mm lens is 16mm and not (16x1.63)mm, Ability for shallower depth of field, etc. Generally, a full frame camera has the capabilities to create better pictures.
Setback of the 5D:
Besides being more pricey than 400D, the burst speed is not great, making it a not-so-good camera for photography that requires speed, ie. sports photography.

Frank Sinatra Dies at 82; Matchless Stylist of Pop
Frank Sinatra, the singer and actor whose extraordinary voice elevated popular song into an art, died on Thursday night in Los Angeles. He was 82. The cause was a heart attack, said his publicity agent, Susan Reynolds.

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