It’s all about the sliding rocks and don’t pay attention to anything else. It’s a long boring ride out there so try sleeping or your mobile music device but certainly, don’t make any attempt to learn or study the beautiful high desert that gains in elevation and majesty as the journey continues. It’s a horrible […]
I begin in Death Valley National Park by saying that we’re standing in the lowest, hottest, driest and windiest place on the planet, I then add, ‘on most days.’ Our visit to Death Valley followed a far-from-ordinary winter in California, so we weren’t too surprised to be greeted this spring by some rather hostile weather. […]
This image was captured at Manzanita Lake, which is located in Lassen Volcanic National Park. One of the inescapable feelings as I visit any of the volcanoes in the Pacific ‘Rim of Fire’ is the fact that they can become active again at any time. Sure there exists modern equipment to measure movement and loads […]
Finding a setting with as many of the parks features as Kings Meadow offers was a gift, and I did this particular set-up three times! I was reminded of Tuolumne Meadows in the high country of Yosemite and how short the time of green meadow grasses are there as I pondered a composition. On this […]
Our National Parks were never assembled in any set or logical way. They are instead simply jewels strung together one at a time to make a beautiful necklace. Not all are equal and not all are the same. Crater Lake was the fourth National Park to be established (1902), and it is unique and unusual. […]
The Grove of Big Trees at Redwood National Park contains some of the tallest trees on the planet and is as much fun to get to and from as capturing this photograph. It is a fairly strenuous hike to the grove. At midafternoon there was almost no direct light anywhere. The solitude and isolation were […]
This image from Redwood National Park was simply breathtaking to make! My Canon tilt/shift 17mm was kept level on both planes, horizontally as well as vertically. Then the problem was to place the sun behind the tree with just enough showing to highlight the rays. Next was the use of a 4-stop soft-step ND Grad […]
Our national parks are distinctly unique. Wallace Stegner described them as America’s best idea! Our country has set aside these vast areas of natural beauty and geological wonders for the enjoyment of all the world’s citizens. In times of economic downturn, our national parks become public refuges. Most of the workshops I lead are in […]
The eastern part of Glacier National Park is the windy side. It’s also the quiet side in terms of people. The lakes are the main attractions. Swiftcurrent Lake is one of the park’s jewels! In all the years I’ve been photographing these lakes, I’ve only seen a smooth, glass-like surface once! And it was obvious […]
Low light and the drama of a passing storm is what we found as the sun was setting over the peaks in Glacier National Park. A thunderstorm had developed as our day came to an end, and with it came the challenge of composing and exposing this scene. The focal point is way out at […]
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