Mt. Ritter and Banner Peak on a Summer Morning
[av_heading heading=’Behind the scenes of this photo’ tag=’h3′ color=’custom-color-heading’ custom_font=’#949494′ style=’blockquote classic-quote’ size=” subheading_active=” subheading_size=’15’ padding=’0′ av_uid=’av-23sqim’][/av_heading] Taken in the meadows above Ediza Lake overlooking Mt. Ritter and Banner Peak in the Ansel Adams Wilderness on July 26th, 2008 Surrounded by the Minarets, Mt. Ritter, and Banner Peak, Ediza Lake and its environs are surely […]
Thank God It’s Friday
Taken at Lunada Bay, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los Angeles, California on May 23rd, 2008 On the afternoon of Friday the 23rd, I observed that the sky above Los Angeles was unusually full of layer upon layer of differently-textured clouds. Knowing the sunset could be spectacular, I drove to the Palos Verdes peninsula and hugged the […]
Mojave Poppies at Sunrise
[av_heading heading=’Behind the scenes of this photo’ tag=’h3′ color=’custom-color-heading’ custom_font=’#949494′ style=’blockquote classic-quote’ size=” subheading_active=” subheading_size=’15’ padding=’0′ av_uid=’av-2nllwj’][/av_heading] Taken in Joshua Tree National Park, California on February 24th, 2008 The winter of 2008 started off as a wet one, which proved fortuitous for the desert wildflowers. On this weekend in February I arrived in Joshua Tree […]
Rock and Leaf Textures
Taken in the Sierra Tuolumne River Canyon near Tuolumne, California on February 10th, 2008 Wanting to shoot some river scenes, I drove out to the scenic Tuolumne River in Northern California. After a fair bit of hiking around, I was feeling a little befuddled by the utter lack of the grand river vistas I was […]
Weathered Tree at Sunset
Taken in the Sierra Nevada Foothills near Knight’s Ferry, California on February 9th, 2008 On my way to visit family in Northern California, I was brought to a halt by a two-mile-long backed-up line of cars. Not knowing when traffic would clear and seeing potential for a nice sunset that evening, I decided to go […]
Kearsarge Pinnacles, Kings Canyon
Taken at the Kearsarge Pinnacles, Kings Canyon National Park, California, on September 16th, 2007 I had hoped for some Alpenglow or lovely sunrise colors when I woke up to shoot photos in the Kearsarge basin. But rather than finding either of those, I saw a placidly-still lake reflecting the Pinnacles and creating wonderful geometries of […]
Marsh Lake, Little Lakes Valley
[av_heading heading=’Behind the scenes of this photo’ tag=’h3′ color=’custom-color-heading’ custom_font=’#949494′ style=’blockquote classic-quote’ size=” subheading_active=” subheading_size=’15’ padding=’0′ av_uid=’av-25rojf’][/av_heading] Taken at Marsh Lake in the Little Lakes Valley, Eastern Sierra Nevada, California on August 25th, 2007 One of my favorite places in the Sierra is the Little Lakes Valley. I’m not sure there’s another place you can […]