Picture: Panorama photo of the salt formations at sunrise in the Badwater Basin, (at 282 feet below sea level, it’s the lowest elevation in North America) Death Valley National Park, California. I was really delighted by the responses and conversations which arose out of my recent post, “The Trophy Shot; a nature and landscape photographers [...]

Picture: Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Park, California This month I was fortunate to spend a week traveling through Death Valley as the guest of some friends who were leading a photo workshop. We arrived at Zabriskie Point on the first morning, which is one of Death Valley’s prime photographic postcard locations. Zabriskie Point is [...]

Picture: Clouds streaming off the top of Half Dome in Winter, Cooks Meadow, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California I’d just like to take a moment to wish everyone who celebrates a very Merry Christmas, and for everyone who follows the Gregorian Calendar, a most Wonderful and Prosperous New Year. And for everyone else; I [...]

Picture: Rainbow in Le Conte Falls on the Tuolumne River, Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne, Yosemite National Park, California It’s with great delight that I’d like to introduce a brand new ‘Premier Image Collection’ gallery of Yosemite National Park and the area around Tioga Pass. Click here to see the full gallery. I’d hope to [...]

Picture: Sunset light on Mount Lassen above Lake Helen, Lassen Volcanic National Park, California I’m inviting all photographers who are interested and would like to see their work possibly published in a book to submit images for a book project I’m working on about photographing in Northern California. Let’s just get all the ugly business [...]

Picture: Sunset over Yosemite Valley and Half Dome from the summit of Clouds Rest, Yosemite National Park, California Earlier this week I had a chance to fill a long time photographic goal. Of all the hiking and backpacking trips I’ve done throughout the years in Yosemite, I had never been up to Clouds Rest. My [...]

Picture: Last light of sunset on the summit of Half Dome as seen from Olmsted Point, Tioga Pass Road, Yosemite National Park, California I just got back from a week-long family vacation at Lake Tahoe. However, before posting anything from that trip, I have one more story I want to tell about my recent Yosemite [...]

Picture: Sunset light on Half Dome from Olmsted Point, Yosemite National Park, California Exactly two weeks ago today as I sit and write these words, I was making my way down from the summit of Half Dome, the landmark icon that dominates so many visions of California’s Yosemite National Park. I actually had no plans [...]

Picture: Waterwheel Falls (?), Tuolumne River, Yosemite National Park, California Just over a week ago I drove to Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park. I arrived at the Glen Aulin / Lembert Dome Trailhead parking area at about 9:15am. A bit more than an hour later, I hit the trail on what would be an [...]

Picture: Hikers on the summit of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California A couple days ago I returned home from a six day trip to Yosemite and the Mono Lake area. The trip was a mixture of triumphs and tragedies. I left town fairly apprehensive. I originally planned to do a strenuous single day hike [...]