Bedrock City Star Trails – Roadside Attraction Kitsch Like You’ve Never Seen It!

Bedrock City Star Trails (1455)


I came across Bedrock City as a kid on the way to the Grand Canyon, and first photographed it at night in 2015. It felt great to return here. I also got to meet the owner briefly. Bedrock City, Arizona is a roadside attraction, a recreation of The Flintstones’ town. I photographed this on a cool, quiet evening, with the sound of coyotes howling in the distance.
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This is a real night photo. I illuminated the exterior and interior with a hand-held ProtoMachines LED2 flashlight while the shutter was open on my tripod-mounted camera. This is not a post-processing creation. No pixels were harmed during the creation of this photo. 馃榾
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Nikon D7000/Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens. The long exposure photo is 50 minutes total, with one hundred images “stacked” as a composite, each 30 seconds f/8 ISO 1000 on 2017-06-07 23:55.
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Long Exposure Night Photo with Light Painting

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Photo: Home Sweet Home – Bedrock City Night Photo with Light Painting

6555kenlee-2015-06-30-0439_arizona-bedrockcity-flintstonehouseinterior-105sf8iso200-3850k-1000pxThe living room of Fred Flintstone’s house. All light was supplied by illumination with an LED flashlight.

“Flintstones, meet the Flintstones!” Bedrock City is a roadside attraction on the way to the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Roadside attractions were built as “tourist traps” with gift shops and things to do for kids, a place where a family could rest after a long drive on the way to somewhere. Built in 1972, Bedrock City was modeled after “The Flintstones” cartoon from the 1960s. And Bedrock City still survives. For now. Owner Linda Speckels is selling it for $2 million to someone who will keep Bedrock City operating. Bedrock City has a Fredmobile train ride looping through Mt. St. Wilma (a volcano). The Bedrock Theater plays Flintstones cartoons with the audio broadcast over loudspeakers. There’s a campsite, diner, convenience store, and a large gift shop. And of course, there is Bedrock City, built to resemble the stone age town of Bedrock from the cartoon “The Flintstones”. Will it be here in a year? Who knows.

With a nod of gratitude to Troy Paiva, pioneer of this sort of light painting photography.

Title: Home Sweet Home (6555)
Photo: Ken Lee Photography
Info: Nikon D610, AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G ED lens at 14mm, 153 second exposure, f/8, ISO 200 3850K. 2015-06-30 04:39. Light painting with a Protomachines LED2. All illumination and color work was done during the exposure, and is not a Photoshop creation.
Location: Bedrock City, Arizona USA
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“Flintstones, meet the Flintstones!” Bedrock City es una atracci贸n en carretera en el camino hacia el Gran Ca帽贸n en Arizona. Atracci贸nes en carretera fueron construidos como “trampas para turistas”, con tiendas de regalos y cosas que hacer para los ni帽os, un lugar donde una familia podr铆a descansar despu茅s de un largo viaje en el camino a alg煤n lugar. Construido en 1972, Bedrock City fue modelado despu茅s el dibujos animados “The Flintstones” (1960s). Y Bedrock City a煤n sobrevive. Por ahora. Propietario Linda Speckels est谩 vendiendo Bedrock City por $2 millones a alguien que va a mantener a Bedrock City operativo. Bedrock City dispone de un viaje en tren Fredmobile recorriendo Mt. St.Wilma (un volc谩n). El Teatro Bedrock juega dibujos animados de Flintstones con la transmisi贸n de audio por los altavoces. Hay un camping, restaurante, tienda de conveniencia, y una gran tienda de regalos. Y, por supuesto, hay Bedrock City, construido para parecerse a la edad de piedra de la ciudad de Bedrock de los dibujos animados “The Flintstones”.

Con un gesto de gratitud a Troy Paiva, pionero de este tipo de fotograf铆a con pintura de luz.

T铆tulo: Home Sweet Home (6555)
Foto: Ken Lee Photography
Info: Nikon D610, AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G ED lente a 14 mm, 153 segundos de exposici贸n, f/8, ISO 200 3850K. 2015-06-30 04:39. Pintura de luz con un Protomachines LED2. Toda la iluminaci贸n y el color se trabaj贸 durante la exposici贸n, y no es una creaci贸n de Photoshop.
Ubicaci贸n: Bedrock City, Arizona, EE.UU.

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Photo: Stone Age Spooky Tree (light painting)

6770kenlee-2015-07-01-0304_arizona-bedrockcity-palmtree-lightpainting-155sf8iso200-1000pxThis tree took on a whole spooky resonance at night. I accentuated that by sort of back-lighting it.

Flintstones, meet the Flintstones! Bedrock City is a roadside attraction on the way to the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Roadside attractions were built as “tourist traps” with gift shops and things to do for kids, a place where a family could rest after a long drive on the way to somewhere. Built in 1972, Bedrock City was modeled after “The Flintstones” cartoon from the 1960s. And Bedrock City still survives. For now. Owner Linda Speckels is selling it for $2 million to someone who will keep Bedrock City operating. Bedrock City has a Fredmobile train ride looping through Mt. St. Wilma (a volcano). The Bedrock Theater plays Flintstones cartoons with the audio broadcast over loudspeakers. There’s a campsite, diner, convenience store, and a large gift shop. And of course, there is Bedrock City, built to resemble the stone age town of Bedrock from the cartoon “The Flintstones”. Will it be here in a year? Who knows.

Title: Stone Age Spooky Tree (6778)
Photo: Ken Lee Photography
Info: Nikon D610, AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G ED lens at 14mm, 195 second exposure, f/8, ISO 200 3850K. 2015-07-01 03:49. Light painting with a Protomachines LED2. All illumination and color work was done during the exposure, and is not a Photoshop creation.
Location: Bedrock City, Arizona USA
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Flintstones, meet the Flintstones! Bedrock City es una atracci贸n en carretera en el camino hacia el Gran Ca帽贸n en Arizona. Atracci贸nes en carretera fueron construidos como “trampas para turistas”, con tiendas de regalos y cosas que hacer para los ni帽os, un lugar donde una familia podr铆a descansar despu茅s de un largo viaje en el camino a alg煤n lugar. Construido en 1972, Bedrock City fue modelado despu茅s el dibujos animados “The Flintstones” (1960s). Y Bedrock City a煤n sobrevive. Por ahora. Propietario Linda Speckels est谩 vendiendo Bedrock City por $2 millones a alguien que va a mantener a Bedrock City operativo. Bedrock City dispone de un viaje en tren Fredmobile recorriendo Mt. St.Wilma (un volc谩n). El Teatro Bedrock juega dibujos animados de Flintstones con la transmisi贸n de audio por los altavoces. Hay un camping, restaurante, tienda de conveniencia, y una gran tienda de regalos. Y, por supuesto, hay Bedrock City, construido para parecerse a la edad de piedra de la ciudad de Bedrock de los dibujos animados “The Flintstones”.

T铆tulo: Stone Age Spooky Tree (6778)
Foto: Ken Lee Photography
Info: Nikon D610, AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G ED lente a 14 mm, 195 segundos de exposici贸n, f/8, ISO 200 3850K. 2015-07-01 03:49. Pintura de luz con un Protomachines LED2. Toda la iluminaci贸n y el color se trabaj贸 durante la exposici贸n, y no es una creaci贸n de Photoshop.
Ubicaci贸n: Bedrock City, Arizona, EE.UU.

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You can see more of these photos here 聽on my聽Ken Lee Photography Facebook Page聽(poke your head in, say hi, and “like” the page if you would, uh, like), on 500px, or my Ken Lee Google+ Page. We discuss long exposure, night sky, star trails, and coastal long exposure photography, as well as lots of other things, so I hope you can join us!

And you can go to the聽Ken Lee Photography website, which has more photos from Ken Lee. 聽Thank you very much for visiting!