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One aspect of nature that I love is fog. Perhaps my love for fog is rooted in the fact I seldom saw it in my youth. Now every time I see it I can’t help but enjoy it. It’s not that I love being cold and wet, I merely enjoy the atmosphere it lends to any scene. Fog is an instant game changer making the most ordinary of scenes seem mysterious. It is when you stop to watch the fog that it’s movement be

“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” ? Marcus Aurelius

One of the most amazing sights often overlooked on dark nights is the Milky Way.  Tired, road weary and focusing on the road ahead its easy for travelers to miss out on the the scene above them at night. On a recent trip to Yosemite National Park I made a conscious effort to stop the car every so often when driving to survey the night sky above me.  It wasn’t an easy thing to do due to a good amount of sleep de

30 minutes of amazing transformation is all it took to change a drab gray stormy view of  Yosemite’s Half Dome and Nevada Falls into a dynamic fiery rainbow filled  scene. Literally in the 11th hour after a full day of foggy and overcast weather I witnessed a sunset like I’ve never seen anywhere in all my travels. As if scripted, storm clouds rose above Yosemite Valley and were illuminated by a thin pipe

Much is said about light in landscape photography, especially golden hour, blue hour and moonlight. While most associate these lighting conditions with the end of the day it’s important to note they happen at the beginning of the day too and not just sourced from the sun. It’s a little bit rarer to see, as fewer photographers actually want to stay up or wake up to see golden moonlight. Case and point was

Last week I took the opportunity to photograph several amazing sights in Yosemite National Park ranging from night & astro landscapes, moonbows and blooming Dogwoods. The later is what captured my eye by day. This is the first time I’ve seen Dogwoods in optimal conditions. In the past I’ve always seen them after a storm or a little too late in the season. One thing I can say after seeing Dogwoods in p

Yosemite Sunrise I was revisiting some old film scans from several years ago thanks to a client request and rediscovered this photo. Slide film isn’t very forgiving in regard to dynamic range, but I always liked the contrasty nature of this photo. It was taken on a cold snowy winter morning well before sunrise. Taking a long exposure allowed for the faint color in the sky to register quite strongly which I alwa

When you first enter Yosemite National Park it is impossible to miss El Capitan. Towering some 3,000 feet above the valley floor with a peak elevation of 7,573 feet its a feast for the eyes and an attractive challenge for several hardy rock climbers. The more I visit Yosemite the more I see visitors accept the walls of the valley as an unmoving constant, but if you stop to really watch the valley walls you’ll n