Sunset, Red Peak, Yosemite National Park

1/4 sec at f/22, focal length: 200mm, ISO 100 - August 22, 2008, 7:39pm PDT
Photographed with Canon EOS 20D, EF 70-200mm f/4L, tripod mounted


Over two weeks and no updates! Shame on me.

This is an image I made while camping with some friends at just under 9000' in the Sierra National Forest.

I was hiking back up from one of the lakes, there's 4 in the area, to our campground and turned a corner on the trail to catch this view just in time. There were trees just outside of either edge of the frames making the options for composition pretty limited. There was actually a better view of this from our campground that would have made a wonderful panoramic. I guess I'm just going to have to go back.

Enjoy and feel free to leave me your thoughts, questions, whatever.

Read More / View Exif / Purchase Prints...

My Favorite Subject

1/250 sec at f/8, focal length: 50mm, ISO 100 - August 14, 2008, 6:42pm PDT
Strobe Camera right on manual at 1/2 power through 43" White shoot thru umbrella
Photographed with Canon EOS 20D, EF 50mm f/1.8, handheld, Canon 550ex strobe on a light stand

I know this isn't a landscape image, but how could I resist. I made these images this evening with my daughter just before her bed time. The whole session couldn't have lasted longer than two minutes and she gave me so many great expressions. I only snapped off 11 frames, and got 11 completely unique faces.


Read More / View Exif / Purchase Prints...

Pollen's Universe

1/250 sec at f/5.6, focal length: 50mm, ISO 400 - May 25, 2008, 12:29apm PDT
Photographed with Canon EOS 20D, EF 50mm f/1.8, handheld

Can anyone guess what this is?

Click thru to find out.

It's pollen on asphalt after a heavy rain. This image was made on my driveway beneath an oak tree in the spring time. I was noticing earlier in the day that the pollen was streaming into formations that looked like little galaxies. I used a flash mounted on the camera bouncing off of a white wall camera top-right. This brought out the texture in the pollen and asphalt to give the image depth and a shimmer that lent itself to the illusion of space.
Read More / View Exif / Purchase Prints...

Fallen Lodgepole, Chiquito Creek, Sierra National Forest

"0.4 sec at f/32, focal length: 200mm, ISO 100 - August 9, 2008, 4:23pm PDT
Photographed with Canon EOS 20D, EF 70-200mm f/4L, tripod mounted

This image was made while camping this weekend with my family and some friends in the Sierra National Forest just outside the Ansel Adams Wilderness. We had a wonderful time and I got a few opportunities to make some images that I'm very happy with. Hope you enjoy.

Click thru to see more images made while camping this weekend.

Ripples and Reflections

1/160 sec at f/8, focal length: 159mm, ISO 100 - August 8, 2008, 4:57pm PDT
Photographed with Canon EOS 20D, EF 70-200mm f/4L, tripod mounted

Ferns and Granite

1.6 sec at f/32, focal length: 188mm, ISO 100 - August 9, 2008, 3:45pm PDT
Photographed with Canon EOS 20D, EF 70-200mm f/4L, tripod mounted

Rocks and Reflections

"0.8 sec at f/32, focal length: 176mm, ISO 100 - August 8, 2008, 5:11pm PDT
Photographed with Canon EOS 20D, EF 70-200mm f/4L, tripod mounted
Read More / View Exif / Purchase Prints...

Rocks, Mill Canyon Creek, Sierra National Forest (aka Yin and Yang)

Both of these images were created within five minutes of each other, in the same stream, less than 100 yards apart.

Click thru to see each image individually (and larger).


I think these images work well together as a balance of composition and contrast of warm vs. cool light. When placed next to each other, they really do begin to take on the form of Yin and Yang.



What do you think? Do they work together?

Read More / View Exif / Purchase Prints...

Sunrise Triptych

1/4000 sec at f/22, focal length: 176mm, ISO 200 - August 5, 2008, 6:51am PDT
Photographed with Canon EOS 20D, EF 70-200mm f/4L, handheld

Here is a triptych of the final frames from yesterday morning's sunrise. Check back tomorrow for "Progression of a Sunrise".
Read More / View Exif / Purchase Prints...

Sunrise over the Sierra Nevada Mountains

1/1600 sec at f/9, focal length: 176mm, ISO 200 - August 5, 2008, 6:31am PDT
Photographed with Canon EOS 20D, EF 70-200mm f/4L, handheld

I made this image this morning from the patio in my back yard. Yosemite is just beyond that ridge and a little to the north. I feel very blessed to be living where I do at this time in my life.

I made just over 150 images of this sunrise, this being the first "click", and its very difficult picking a favorite at this point. I think that I'll post a "Progression of a Sunrise" tomorrow so that I can share with you all just how spectacular the show was this morning. It's amazing how much of a difference there is between the first frame and the last.
Read More / View Exif / Purchase Prints...