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Using a social media web site (Ex. Twitter, Facebook and now Google+) is a common place activity for many, but every time a new social media site comes online the same discussions surfaces and the same comments are made about rights grabs, privacy concerns and the need to lock your personal information & photos offline to preserve your ability to protect your work/business. This later concern is one photographers

Photographing Yosemite in the Spring is an amazing sight, particularly this year, with waterfalls flowing in full force. This year I’ve seen more waterfalls in Yosemite than ever before. Seasonal waterfalls were visible no matter where you looked. Even more amazing in these conditions is photographing what you cannot see namely a moonbow or lunar rainbow. Anatomically our eyes cannot see color at night, but our

Yosemite provides an endless well of inspiration, even more so if you stop looking up. Tough to do, but always enlightening when it happens. On a casual walk amidst burnt trees on the valley floor the wind was kind enough to introduce me to some beautiful ferns. The next time you’re walking in your favorite location I recommend listening to the wind as you never know what it’ll introduce you to. [tags]pho

Last week while in Yosemite I have to admit beyond obsessing on Moonbows I was amazed how high the Merced River water level had risen. I found myself returning to the same spots over and over to see how high the water was going. Almost every trip I make to Yosemite I can’t help but visit Swinging Bridge. Normally the bridge is well above the river and in past summers I’ve rafted under it and even seen som

One of the most magical phenomenon in Yosemite National Park are moonbows, otherwise known as lunar rainbows.  This past week clear skies, a full moon and waterfalls at peak flow provided optimal conditions to photograph moonbows. Interestingly enough due to the physiology of our eyes it is not possible to see moonbows at night. The rods in our retinas take over in low light conditions making everything appear bluish

Earth laughs in flowers. – Ralph Waldo Emerson [tags]photography, California, wild flower, California Poppy, Eschscholzia californica, nature[/tags]

A while back I noted that It’s All About the Light when it comes to photography, but there is another key factor that can make a photograph all the more dramatic… weather.  I’m not talking clear blue skies and I’m not talking a rainy downpour, although there are always opportunities there. My favorite weather is that which takes form in the razor thin envelope between good and bad weather. Exe

After all, I don’t see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are miracles like white dogwood.  ~Anne Morrow Lindbergh View more of my Yosemite National Park photos [tags]photography, Yosemite, National Park, Dogwood, nature, stock photo, fine art[/tags]