[av_hr class=’invisible’ height=’10’ shadow=’no-shadow’ position=’center’ av_uid=’av-3mpmbj’][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-2h5s0f’][/av_heading] Taken at Tioga Lake just outside Yosemite National Park on November 12th, 2013 I love all kinds of landscapes, from the coast to the desert, but the truth is that I am a […]
[av_hr class=’invisible’ height=’10’ shadow=’no-shadow’ position=’center’ av_uid=’av-4s7j6g’][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-39mxvc’][/av_heading] Taken during a clearing storm at Tunnel View, Yosemite National Park, on October 28th, 2013 If you ask me about shooting the classic photography icons, 99 days out of 100 I will rail […]
[av_hr class=’invisible’ height=’10’ shadow=’no-shadow’ position=’center’ av_uid=’av-4it3j7′][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-2lsyir’][/av_heading] Taken at Hole in the Wall Beach near Santa Cruz, California, on October 10th, 2010 Santa Cruz has one of the most beautiful coastlines I’ve ever seen, with dramatic seastacks, interesting geology, and […]
[av_hr class=’invisible’ height=’10’ shadow=’no-shadow’ position=’center’ av_uid=’av-3n3za7′][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-2bxdlb’][/av_heading] Taken in the Cottonball Basin, Death Valley National Park, on November 14th, 2013 This evening was a great reminder that beauty is all around us. Sometimes to find it all you need is […]
[av_hr class=’invisible’ height=’10’ shadow=’no-shadow’ position=’center’ av_uid=’av-4yb0ek’][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-259jbw’][/av_heading] Taken in the Cottonball Basin in Death Valley on November 14th, 2013 In November 2013, on the night just before our Death Valley photo workshop began, my workshop partner, Jim, and I decided […]
[av_hr class=’invisible’ height=’0′ shadow=’no-shadow’ position=’center’ av_uid=’av-3ta13q’][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-bbs2u’][/av_heading] Taken in the Cottonball Basin, Death Valley National Park, on November 14th, 2013 You guys remember those old commercials: ‘This is your brain…THIS is your brain on drugs…”? Well this is your brain […]
[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-2vsto6′][/av_heading] Taken in deep twilight at Mono Lake South Tufa on February 12th, 2014 I hate Manifest Destiny. The idea that American colonists were destined to expand across the west to conquer its lands and its resources makes me want […]
[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-24lay5′][/av_heading] Taken at Mirror Lake, Yosemite National Park on February 3rd, 2014 So the thing about Half Dome is that it’s big. Really big. Like sticking almost-a-mile straight up out of the ground big. And Mirror Lake in […]
Taken at Tioga Lake near Yosemite National Park on November 12th, 2013 While running down the east side toward Death Valley for a workshop I lucked into a great sunset over the Yosemite high country. A recent storm had left snow above 9,000 feet and the high peaks above Tuolumne Meadows were particularly striking. The […]
Taken in Bishop Creek Canyon, Eastern Sierra Nevada, California on September 25th, 2013 It started with breath, which became a bluster. By nightfall it was a constant howl. At three in the morning it huffed and puffed and blew my tent away. And by sunrise on the 25th of September, the wind had become a […]
Taken near the Marie Lakes, Ansel Adams Wilderness, Eastern Sierra, on July 3rd, 2013 There are a few pieces of photography equipment I consider indispensable when I’m in the backcountry: a camera and tripod of course, and a few filters and accessories. Who would’ve ever thought I’d wish for a chainsaw or a ladder to […]
Taken at Island Pass in the Ansel Adams Wilderness, Eastern Sierra Nevada, on July 4th, 2013 Why do photographers do the things we do? Why do we hike so much our packs chafe us raw? Why do we huff, puff, and sweat our way over 11,000 foot passes? Why do we subject ourselves to the […]
