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A normal shooting day is divided into two sessions, AM and PM. The AM session usually kicks off around 9:00 am in the shaded apex about 1/3 of the way down The Snake from the top (map turn XX). At this location, filtered sunlight cascades through overhanging sycamore and oak trees on to the tight. challenging ,off-camber apex. This natural lighting is often supplemented by the judicious use of fill flash from a powerful strobe. So as you approach this location, keep your eyes on the apex and not the flash! After noon the PM session begins in the upper sweeper just below the Overlook (map turn 21). I work the apex getting ground-level photographs of riders heading up and down the canyon. Around 2:00 pm the long telephoto stretches out to capture the cars and bikes moving up the canyon as the sun, dropping behind the canyon rim, bathes the upper apex in the day's last light. During summer months the light can linger as late as 7:00 pm. In fall and winter the light has all but vanished from The Snake’s uppermost apex by 3:30 pm! But just because the light has gone, it doesn’t mean the shutter stops clicking. If there are enough riders around, the strobes come out and the show goes on! After the shooting ends the photos are grouped into sets by date. On many weekend days, there are both morning and afternoon sets to make finding your image a little bit easier. Click here to visit our photos.