Glen Aulin High Sierra camp is one of the most visited and one of the shortest hikes of all the high camps. It’s also a very good first day destination on the way to other high camps or a gateway to the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne. The Ten Lakes and Virgina Lakes wilderness can […]
The 6 Yosemite high sierra camps make a lot of things possible for people such as us that think photography, food and sleep come in exactly that order! Being roughly 6 – 10 miles apart, it is possible to make all of them as a loop in a week. The fact that elevations range from […]
As we glide into summer a look back to many years of images made in the high country of the Yosemite seems to intrigue especially since as a result of the terrible California drought, the opening of the Tioga Road and Tuolumne Meadows is record setting early this year! Since 2002 I’ve only missed one […]
Does anyone have a copy of the first National Geographic guide to the National Parks? If not, you can see the cover as it was featured in Ken Burns Our National Parks, America’s Best Idea documentary. You’ll find it in the segment that has the commentary from a photographer that has made a life’s journey […]
People love sand dunes! Artists speak in mystic and romantic terms. Musicians compose the same way. Many photographers I know perceive images in glowing mannerisms that usually involve swaying arms and rolling eyes. It is certainly a popular vision that everyone has their own ideas about. Including me! The sweeping shapes, the moving sand and […]
These are the basics of fine art landscape for me. It’s also about lines. Converging lines and parallel lines are also part of the equation along with such thoughts as shadow, contrast and exposure latitude. All of these things go into the joy of the what I like to call -the thrill of the hunt […]
Those of you that have been with me through the years know that one of my favorite aspects that I plan most workshops around is a full moon rising at sunset. As the moon rises on a side lighted landscape the problem of exposure is minimized. The moon also appears at its largest when on […]
Death Valley is the hottest, driest and windiest place on the planet on most days. It also features the lowest elevation in the lower 48 states. At 282 feet below sea level, Badwater is a fantasy land of salt beds that sometimes reach depths of 200 feet or more. The Badwater basin sits just 84 […]
Death Valley is the lowest place in the lower 48 states. It also has mountain ranges of over 12,000 feet that border the valley itself. Temperatures are usually 30 degrees higher on the valley floor than at most elevations. It is an understatement to say that this is a landscape of extremes! The shoulder seasons […]
The Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park rates as one of the most sought after locations for both exploration and photography. Recently the long fought after and talked about myths and theories of how these rocks that weigh hundreds of pounds move came to a scientific conslusion. From what I’ve heard and read, it […]
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