While there are many articles on the internet that will show you pictures of Antelope Canyon tours, this article is actually about the difficulty of taking pictures on Antelope Canyon tours. Of course, pointing a camera at the walls of the canyon during a tour is going to produce an image, so why would photography of this area be considered so difficult? It has to do with the area itself, and the fact that Antelope Canyon is one of the most dramatic slot canyons on the planet. The thing about Antelope Canyon that is different than other canyons like the Grand Canyon is the availability of ambient light. Antelope Canyon was formed by flash flooding, and the water taking the same path each time a flash flood happens. This has created a channel or "slot" in the sandstone ground, essentially carving out a groove that you can now walk through. This groove is quite deep, and because of this depth there is no light coming from anywhere except directly above, illuminating the canyon walls and floor only in some places, and providing ambient light from bouncing off those areas. While this alone creates a situation that is difficult to photograph, the times from March to October of each year are even more so. This timeframe positions the sun directly overhead, and creates sunbeams at specific times of day that drop all the way to the canyon floor. Photographers come from all over the globe to test their skills photographing light which is being beamed into a dark area. The wide exposure range necessary makes it quite hard to get a good shot. This is why professional photographs of Antelope Canyon tours look so much better than cell phone pictures. Typical exposure meters are going to either adjust for the bright
While there are many articles on the internet that will show you pictures of Antelope Canyon tours, this article is actually about the difficulty of
