One of the really cool things about getting to be a part of The Arcanum has been the friendships I have made via the Internet with other photographers!   We get to know each other helping with preps for critiques and Google hangouts.   But the best part has been getting to meet and hangout with some of these folks in person.  I made the trip from Florida to New York to join some of my fellow apprentices and my Arcanum Master, A.D. Wheeler, for  several days of shooting in the NE.   We started our adventure at Letchworth State Park in Genesee Falls, New York.

When I told my mom, who is from Upper State NY, that