Day 1... I will meet you as you get off the plane in San Francisco. As you come through the door into the lounge area, just look for me, I will be holding a sign which will have on it Nigel Turner. We shall then proceed to the hotel, where you will have already been checked in. Later that evening after you have had an opportunity to freshen up after your long trip... we shall meet up in my room for a drink and the opportunity to get to know one another.

Days 2 and 3... Our next two days will be spent on the Big Sur Coast. We shall leave the San Francisco area after breakfast for the three hour journey south. During the afternoon of our first day we shall visit the small town of Carmel, home to numerous fine art photography galleries that feature the work of some of the most accomplished landscape photographers in the world. The next day will be spent along Highway One capturing the wonderful seascapes of this very rugged coastline. Amongst the many highlights will be visits to Julia Phiffer Burns State
Park where a waterfall drops into the ocean. Garrapata State Park will be our sunset location where the ragging surf smashes into sea stacks as the rock glow pink.

Days 4, 5, 6 and 7... Our next four nights will be in Oakhurst, a small town in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. From here we shall explore the delights of world famous Yosemite National Park. This is the time of year when the park is at its best with thunderous waterfalls feeding the bolder strewn Merced River as it flows
gracefully through Yosemite Valley. Thousands of Dogwood trees with their flowering white leaves abound at this time of year. Great scenic's of the huge granite formations such as Half Dome, El Capitan and the Three Brothers from various meadows will spoil us for choice. We shall also be able to spend time at the Mariposa grove of Giant Sequoia. These trees are amongst some of the tallest in the world. Hopefully, we shall also be able to visit
Glacier Point for the sunset shot of Half Dome, however this depends on whether the road has been reopened after the winter snows have melted.

Days 8 and 9... Our next two nights will be spent in Bridgeport, where we shall visit both Bodie Ghost Town and Mono Lake. Bodie is the largest ghost town in the United States with dozens of old wooden buildings and mines. Bodie was once a bustling town, with a population of over 10,000 people. We shall also visit Mono Lake on the Sunday morning with it ‘Tufa’ formations.

Days 10, 11 , 12 and 13... Death valley is situated in the northern most part of the Mojave Desert and is one of the most remote and baron regions of the USA. However, this does not mean to say that is is uninteresting or colourful! Our first night there we shall shoot the sand dunes from the roadside as the setting sun dances across the dunes and the Funeral Mountains. Sunrises and early mornings will find us at such places as Badwater,
which is the lowest point in the western Hemisphere. Great reflections of the Panamint Mountains form in the small pool of water that is Badwater. Later that morning we shall visit the Devil’s Golf Course, where jagged salt formations stretch as far as the eye can see. Late afternoon will see us back at the sand dunes where you will have the opportunity to to hike into the dunes. Another sunrise will be spent at Zabriski Point with its colourful yellow and golden badlands and the formation known as Manley Beacon. After sunrise you will have the chance to hike across these badlands to the base of Manly Beacon and continue out and exit at Golden Canyon.
Artist palette, again a very colourful location will be visited on a number of times under different lighting conditions. Another sunset will be at the Salt Flats with their uplifted shapes and patterns. Our last night will be in Las Vegas, prior to your return to the UK.