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Desert wildflowers in Anza-Borrego on February 26, 2015.

For many years now I have offered two photography workshops each spring in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.   This year I will be in Antarctica in March and I will only be able to offer 1 workshop this spring.  With all the reporting of a huge El Nino, this upcoming year could be epic – maybe the strongest El Nino ever!  The photo above was taken on the same dates as the workshop this past spring which was a bit above average for desert wildflowers – I haven’t seen a really good year since 2005, this year could be really exciting!

Space is limited and this workshop historically has filled quickly so you don’t want to wait on this one.   Between a potentially awesome wildflower year and the fact I am only offering 1 workshop I expect this to fill quickly.

I call this a workshop since there will be much more of an emphasis on teaching as compared to my tours.  In fact, unless something amazing happens, I won’t be taking any photos myself, I’ll just be there to help, teach and answer questions

The dates for this upcoming workshop are February 26-27, 2016.  Note this is a Friday and Saturday.  For more information on the workshop, go to Anza-Borrego photography workshop.

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.

I spent the month of March split between two extreme environments – the Sonoran Desert of Anza-Borrego, and the Alaskan Arctic well north of the Arctic Circle.  Both places beautiful in there own way.  This image was near the end our our trip down south, shortly before photographing the amazing aurora in Alaska.  Such variety sure keeps the creative photography  juices flowing!  By the way, this would be a bad place to wear flip flops.  🙂

Anza-Borrego from earlier this week.

I’m posting from the Phoenix Airport waiting for my flight back to Alaska.  It was a great six weeks in the desert.

I’m only home for two very busy days – we have a unusually large back-load of prints to prepare and ship during these two days – not sure why the increase, but no complaints!  And thanks for your patience!

Then I’m off to the Arctic to co-lead an Aurora photo tour with Hugh Rose.  Should be a great trip!  I know most of the guests, and it will be a fun group.

Chuparosa in Glorietta Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.

This was about an hour ago.

Wrapped up another fun workshop yesterday without the challenges of the rain when had the previous weekend  After watching everyone else photograph, I was excited to get back out there this morning.

Here is my last update on the Anza-Borrego Desert wildflowers.  There are still pretty good patches along Henderson Canyon Road, but with temps nearing 90 degrees, lot of foot traffic and a few caterpillars, there best days do seem to be behind them.  There are lots of blooming cactus to be found in many areas – Glorietta Canyon is probably one of the more productive locations.  Otherwise, most of the other areas have now faded or been gobbled up by caterpillars.

Borrego Palm Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.

How is that for a creative title!

Desert Wildflower, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.

Last night I finally had clouds to the north.  You see, the desert gold all faces towards the south, so the fields look much thicker and richer when viewed looking towards the north.