Bisti Planet 50+ Digital Tours

 

Exotic digital images from Bisti Badlands, located 35 miles south of Farmington, in northwestern New Mexico, bring tourists and award-winning photographers from all over our planet.  Every 5th Bisti trekker is international.

The Bisti is a hidden jewel inset in ancient Anasazi country, a photographer's most amazing off-world digital adventure. 

Shoot surreal Hoodoos.  Hoodoo - seems such a strange name!  Yet, when you see a water-cut hoodoo, it's really only a hard, eroded sandstone remnant capping a softer shale base.  But, given orientation, lighting, and composition, a hoodoo becomes one of nature's most evocative, artistic creations. 

At Magic Hour, near sunrise or sunset, such surreal qualities become highly dramatic.  During golden sunsets, Moonrise and the moon's famous Mare's, where Apollo 11 first landed, can backdrop sepulchral Hoodoos. 

Come, hike and shoot an amazing, pristine wilderness area which seems like Mars! 

 

 

Two tours reach out to Advanced and Intermediate Photographers.

 

Bisti Moonrise Expeditions

Advanced photographers will love lighting and compositional challenges at Moonrise! Magic Hour is a spectacular time around dawn and dusk!  The Bisti's enchanting light softens and enhances a photographer's delight.

Large, rising harvest moons create fantasy moments when posed against strong foreground Hoodoos near sunset. 

GPS moon positioning relative to hoodoos is important for creation and composition of spectacular Moonrise shots.  We show you exactly how to do it!

 

 

Bisti Planet 50+ Digital Tours

Photographers will enjoy trekking the Bisti wilderness, looking for a composition of unique Hoodoos which turns landscape into surreal art.

Whether film or digital, the Bisti's Hoodoos invite your creative imagination, providing an environment where each participant seems to see a different, alluring form to capture your camera's eye.

 

 

 

2007 Schedules

Planet 50+

Mar. 16-18

Apr.  13-15

May  18-20

 

Your Tour Leader, Joe Bridwell, is an award-winning photographer, professional geologist, natural history buff, and StoryTeller.  He has led several groups into the Bisti since 2005; including Back Country Horsemen of New Mexico and Albuquerque's Enchanted Lens Camera Club. Fall 2006 began formal tour syndication under sponsorship of Department of Senior Affairs, City of Albuquerque, and AP-T Camera Repair.

 

 

Planet 50+ Digital Tours are $499 for 3 days and 2 nights, per person, prepaid.

A single room costs $569.

 

Payment is in the form of Check for

Chopawamsic LLC

12200 Montgomery, F205

Albuquerque, NM, 87111.

 

A $250 deposit reserves your slot; final payments are due 2 weeks prior to departure.

 

Tours include transportation and room.  Meals are the responsibility of tour participants. Tours depart from Bear Canyon Senior Center, 4645 Pitt NE, Albuquerque, NM, 0900 Friday mornings, in March, April, and May. Overnight accommodations at the Region Inn, Farmington, NM, provide clean, quiet rooms.  There is a local restaurant on site.

 

Bisti Digital Expeditions, a subsidiary of Chopawamsic LLC, provides photographers opportunities to create unique, award-winning portfolios of off-world imagery.

 

 

Policy and Guidelines are located here.

Spring Tour Schedule is located here.

Registration Forms and Fees are located here.

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