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Roid Week 2012: Not a festival of performance-enhancing drugs or a promotion for Preparation H.

It’s an annual celebration of Polaroid photography. Every day, from August 13-17, Polaroid enthusiasts from all over are asked to post their two best new photos on the ‘Roid Week 2012 Flickr group.

I discovered Roid Week on the Sunday before it kicked off. Fortunately, I’d recently picked up a Polaroid OneStep camera and some SX70 film from The Impossible Project (the only place still producing Polaroid film), so the timing was perfect.

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Ah, summertime in the desert.

Cars double as ovens. Pools turn into luke-warm bathtubs. Air conditioning is essential, like water, food and the pursuit of happiness. Along with highs in the 116s (and lows in the 100s), we’re also blessed with the occasional haboob.

They usually pop out of nowhere in the late-afternoon in the late-summer months. And when they do, Valley photographers salivate. Yesterday – Saturday, August 11 – was one such occasion. I’d been meaning to try for a nice panoramic, wall-of-dust shot sometime this summer and jumped at the opportunity when this one presented itself.

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Sometimes the money shot sneaks up on you.

A few months ago we had family in town and took a quick trip to the Grand Canyon, stopping in Sedona on the way back to Phoenix. The quintessential scenic Arizona road trip. Both locations, though touristy and on the beaten path for photographers of any level, have a beauty and wonder that continues to surprise me.

This photo is a prime example.

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