Wrap-up

For my 8^th block trip I did a photography trip in Sequoia & Kings Canyon and Yosemite National Parks. I spent about ten days in each trying to capture the parks the life and death, the big and the small. I journaled daily and blogged that and photos online here. I spent most of my days hiking throughout the parks photographing with the rest of my time was spent organizing and editing my photographs. I camped out in the parks and enjoyed the wild assortment of weather and climates that were provided. With a record snowfall this past winter I often hiked on snow and the rivers were massive. It rained, snowed, bloomed, shined, and froze. I was alone for most of the trip and that caused me to learn about myself and gave me immense freedom with my schedule and photography.

I think that this trip was a great success. I got to be on my own and gain independence. I explored my photography experience and skill. I learned about myself and my photography. I made thousands of photographs and although I didn't always meet my goal of at least 100 each day I made up for the few days below with some days making up to 600+ photos. My big goal of capturing the essence of the park and everything that they are made of was not a complete success. I think that it would take at least a lifetime to really achieve that goal but I do think that I made a good start and did explore and photograph a wide range of subjects and environments living and dead, big and small. Over all I think I learned a lot and grew as a person and am very glad that Scattergood Friends School enabled this experience.