The Sierra high country is timeless. These granite mountains, these meadows, and even this tree sentinel have been here longer than I’ve been alive and will be here much longer after I am gone. They stand day after day, month after month, year after year. Not waiting for anything, not expecting anything. No deadlines, no schedules, no Mondays, Wednesdays, or Saturdays.
If you spend enough time in the mountains, you begin to tap into that endless cycle. The feeling of “having to do something” slips away, along with pressures, schedules, and responsibilities. I don’t know anything quite so pacifying and relieving as connecting with the stillness of the mountains.
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posted by Josh at 4:38 pm
Global Warming, Tenaya Lake
It all started before Christmas when I saw a video of people ice skating on a frozen Tenaya Lake in Yosemite’s high country. Wow, that’s cool, that doesn’t happen very often, I thought. Then, about halfway through the video, the filmer unwittingly showed something that had my eyes bugging out of my head: thick and crunchy pressure ridges and cracks running through the vast ice sheet covering Tenaya’s surface. And that sealed the deal: since Tioga Pass is open this late into the year maybe once in a generation, I knew I needed to take advantage of this unique photographic opportunity.
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posted by Josh at 9:44 am
For me January represents a time not only of looking forward to the excitement and challenges of the New Year, but also a time to look back upon the great memories, photos, and growth of the past 12 months. 2011 was my best year yet as a photographer, both in terms of business success as well as creating strong images. I find I often forget to reflect on my existing shots in my never-ending quest for the next great image, so in this post I’d like to take the time to review my 10 strongest and favorite images from 2011.
Starting with #10…
Temple of the Sun, Capitol Reef National Park
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posted by Josh at 12:53 pm
Reflecting on 2011
2011 was an interesting year for me which saw a lot of growth for me as a photographer as well for my photography business. I saw some breathtaking light at Lake Tahoe, got lost in the slot canyons in Utah, witnessed Fall foliage erupting in Zion, and saw a thousand other beautiful sights. I found some new places to shoot and got to know my old favorites, like Yosemite, better and better. I had some fantastic art shows and some downright shitty ones. I was fortunate to have four major publications, all of them thanks to Popular Photography magazine. Jim Patterson and I taught sold-out workshop after sold-out workshop and had a fantastic first year with our company, Sea to Summit Workshops, and we’re stoked to continue to expand this year (be on the lookout for Yosemite and Eastern Sierras ‘shops). And of course, I met a lot of wonderful photogs and got to be even better friends with the ones I already knew.
Thanks to all my friends and contacts out there who shot with me, went traveling, offered a kind word or critique, some advice or tips, and all the other amazing support you guys gave me in 2011. It was a great year, and here’s to an even better 2012!
Continue reading “El Capitan in Winter, Yosemite National Park” »
posted by Josh at 2:06 pm
