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Get all of the books for all of the areas you are going to. I am not sure what you mean by overlap; each area is pretty different.

Thanks. I just meant I didn't want to see duplication between the two e-books, where the same photo location is included in both.

Thanks again for all the above advice. I purchased Darwin's Jasper e-book and it will be useful and inspirational. I am considering purchasing both the Icefields Parkway and Banff editions, but am concerned there will be a fair amount of overlap between the three books. I emailed Darwin to inquire but haven't heard back. Can anyone respond to my concern? Thanks.

Go to Darwin Wiggett's web site and buy his ebooks for the parks you want to visit. He lays out and describes the photo ops by mileage points along the highways you will be taking. Read over what you can see and then decide on what spots you want to stop at, at what time, etc.

 

My one general recommendation is to take the old highway from Banff to Lake Louise. That could take you all day based on the stops you make. And I would allow for a lot of days in Jasper.

Thanks Joe. I assume your recommendation to take the "old highway" is based on scenic photo ops ?

I suspect the photographer might be Darwin Wiggett? And if it isn't you might want to add him to your list. He runs tours also, though whether he'd be close by on the mornings you want is uncertain. Best of luck.

Yes, he is the one I was thinking of. Thanks again.

If you have a car, I don't think you need a guide. You need to spend an hour or two looking at online photographs then pinpoint them on a map. I visited both Banff and Jasper for the only time in 1999 and was active from day 1 just relying on guidebooks/tour sites and decent maps. Its so much easier today with all those online images.

Thanks David. I plan on doing plenty of exploring and photographing on my own - - with little sleep and am accustomed to that. However, I wanted to have a guide recommendation in my pocket in case I determine, it would be useful to find some more less traveled spots and to make sure I am in the right spot at right time for some sunrises. I have already amassed a great deal of material online and will plot out the "must sees" and "may sees" if time. I will likely take the "photo tour" to Spirit Island, as I have read some positive things about that, including that it simply gives you more time on the island to photograph. I will also likely purchase the e-book(s) I have read good things about, written by a photographer who's name escapes me at the moment.

I am traveling to Jasper/Banff, Canada in July 2017 and wanted to possibly use a photo guide for a day or half day sunrise+ session. Can be part of a group or individual if price is right. Does anybody have a recommendation ? I have started to poke around online for some possibilities, but most multi-day tours. Thanks.

Thanks everyone for your advice. I agree with the concerns over having large capacity cards and am always worried it will

cause me to get lazy and fail to timely download to the computer, such that if the card fails, I lose a ton of images. I think I

might just stick with the idea of two additional 8gb instead of one 16gb.

<p>Have people had success using 16GB or larger memory cards with a D90 ? Thanks.</p>

Thanks Glen, Eric and Karen for the quick response and great tips. Karen, I read some good things about Carol

Bigthumbs tour, but also understand it is a full day commitment. Correct ? Also, did you go to lower antelope with Carol

Bigthumbs ?

Hi all - I am going to be in Lake Powell the end of this month and plan on visiting both upper and lower antelope. I wanted to visit lower

with my family and do the upper the following day alone with a photo tour. I figured I would aim for the 10:30am tours for both upper and

lower as I am hoping for directed overhead light beams. I was going to book with chief Tsosie for the upper photo tour, as i read some

good things about that tour. Not sure about the lower. I understand that as a "photographer" i will be allowed 2 hours in the lower and

dont need a tour guide. Is this true ? If not, are there any guides for the lower you would recommend ? I would like to experience the

lower with my wife and kids, but it seems that if they don't have photo gear (and therefore don't qualify for the photographer pass), the

only way to do that is for me to take the 1 hour guided tour. Also, is there the ability or need to reserve a time slot for the lower canyon, or

do i just show up a bit in advance ? Thanks for any advice.