Distant Mountains
From my viewpoint on the edge of the eastern Sierra the distant mountains were invisible---hidden in a dense swirl of fog and cloud. I waited a while. For an instant…
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November 28, 2011
Ladyboot Arch
Ladyboot Arch, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is an image of Ladyboot Arch, named for perhaps obvious reasons, shot in the Alabama Hills on the last…
November 21, 2011
Yosemite at Night
On a balmy autumn night in early November I treated myself to a good dinner at the Yosemite Lodge restaurant. Then I headed out into the Yosemite Valley night with…
November 16, 2011
Alabama Hills Sunset
This is a sequence of four capures made looking east from the Alabama Hills towards the Panamint Range and Death Valley, combined into a single HDR shot. Exposure data: 17mm,…
November 12, 2011
Eureka Dunes
At the end of a remote valley in the northwest corner of Death Valley you'll find the Eureka Dunes. At close to 700 feet tall, these are probably the tallest…
November 9, 2011
Pfeiffer Beach by Moonlight
View this image larger. This is a two minute exposure by bright moonlight diffused through a layer of clouds taken at Pfeiffer Beach in Big Sur, California. For this image…
October 31, 2011
The City is the Cheese
This is a view of downtown San Francisco across the Marin Headlands from West Point Inn on the slopes of Mount Tamalpais. I shot the photo in 2010, late in…
October 28, 2011
Fog on the Coast
The sun was battling the fog, with the line of the coast the demilitarized zone. First the fog bank standing out to sea would ride in, covering the shore. Then…
October 21, 2011
Looking Up
Things are looking up. Last week I took a break from assignments and book deadlines and embarked on an ambitious program to revitalize my website. The main point was to…
September 18, 2011
White Mountain Sunset
From the wide summit above the Barcroft Research Station, at about 13,200 feet, the workshop photographed sunset. The view was spectacular, stretching west to the Sierra crest, east to the…
September 9, 2011
Sunset from Lembert Dome
Lembert Dome lies in the upper reaches of Yosemite National Park, California, at the eastern edge of the Tuolumne Meadows. As I trudged up the trail to the top of…
September 8, 2011
Stacking Through the Night
Gradually I became aware of light, so much light that it woke me because I thought it was dawn. Actually, the crescent moon was rising above the trees. I knew…
September 5, 2011
My Favorite Bristlecone
This is my favorite tree in the Patriarch Grove of Bristlecone Pines. Even when we pretend neutrality (as with our kids) the truth is that we likely have our favorites.…
September 4, 2011
Ancient Music of the Stars
The Bristlecone Pines were in their youth when Odysseus plowed the Aegean in search of a way home to his Ithaca. These trees were already ancient when Julius Caesar crossed…
September 2, 2011
Distant Night Storm
I spent last week leading a night photography workshop high in the White Mountains on the California-Nevada border. This eastern California desert mountain range is home to the ancient Bristlecone…
August 31, 2011
Aspens near Sonora Pass
Towards dusk, on the slow 20%-grade slopes up the Sonora Pass road on the Eastern slope of the Sierras, I passed this grove of Aspens. There was something about the…
August 4, 2011
Star Trails over Half Dome
Leaving Berkeley in mid-afternoon, I grabbed a quick bite in Mariposa and made it up to Glacier Point just after sunset. There was still some light to see what I…
July 31, 2011
Mr Mom Photographer
As Phyllis finishes up the page layouts for Photographing Flowers, I've been spending a great deal of time with Katie Rose. Our nanny is on vacation, the boys are in…
July 8, 2011