February 25 – March 3, 2026: Key West on the end of a long chain of islands is only one mile wide and four miles long, but there is a lot packed into that space. I flew in direct to Key West rather than taking the 100 mile island hopping road. In the middle of…
Arizona / Photography / Photos / Travel
February 8, 2026 The Photo Workshop, “Magic of Cowboys” was led by Lisa Langell with an incredible array of other instructing photographers, cowboys and cowgirls, and volunteers at the Don Donnelly Ranch in Gold Canyon, Arizona. We had 20 participant photographers from all over the country. This morning shortly after sunrise, Lisa had us trying…
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February 7, 2026 The Photo Workshop, “Magic of Cowboys” was led by Lisa Langell with an incredible array of other instructing photographers, cowboys and cowgirls, and volunteers at the Don Donnelly Ranch in Gold Canyon, Arizona. We had 20 participant photographers from all over the country. The second morning, Lisa decided we should do the…
Arizona / Photography / Photos / Travel
February 6, 2026 The Photo Workshop, “Magic of Cowboys” was led by Lisa Langell with an incredible array of other instructing photographers, cowboys and cow girls, and volunteers at the Don Donnelly Ranch in Gold Canyon, Arizona. We had 20 participant photographers from all over the country. The first morning we started early with the…
Arizona / Photography / Photos / Travel
In January 2026, I visited Lake Havasu, known for the reconstructed London Bridge. The region hosted a hot air balloon festival with ideal conditions for aerial photography. Balloons launched over the bridge, with pilots aiming to touch the river. Notably, the event featured unique shape balloons and stunning evening displays.
October 9-20, 2025 My brother and I went on an overnight bus trip to Lancaster, PA sponsored by St. John Lutheran church. The main event was at the Sight and Sound Theater for a musical production of the biblical story of “Noah” (Noahs’ Ark and the great flood). They did not allow photos but it…
September 24-October 8 From the last post I was in North Dakota, and from there heading east, I visited with multiple friends in SD, MN, IA, IL (Chicago area). Then as I traveled further east I met up with photographers friends, Gary and Barbara, in Erie, PA. They took me to their favorite photographic sites.…
September 6-13, 2025 This is the first posting of my final trip of the year that lasted seven weeks. The first week objective was to head north through New Mexico, Colorado, and South and North Dakota. The first photographic opportunity was in Chama, NM where I found the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad loading up…
July 14-22: Follow me on Instagram: charlesophardt_photo For the first time all the photos are from iPhone 13 and 15. The trip started with a flight to Halifax and then a bus tour with a group from the Ahwatukee Recreation Center and Collette Tours. Halifax has a rich history as a British colony founded by…
June 12-19: Follow me on Instagram: charlesophardt_photos Previous posts have taken me north through California, Oregon, Washington and the Palouse area of Washington. This blog will take us south through the same states. The first scenic area is the North Cascades National Park. The first photos are from Washington Pass. As I continued a main…
June 5-8: The Palouse is a fertile wheat growing region in north central Idaho and southeastern Washington which covers over 19,000 square miles. The soil is called Loess which is a fine grained loose fertile soil which accumulated over thousands of years. In the 1920s the wheat harvest required up to 120 men and 320…
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