One thing I like to do when I visit Yosemite is go up to the high country and look for small areas that are not normally visited by people. One such area is along Tioga Pass, just east of Tuolumne Meadows. It’s the Dana Fork of the Tuolumne River. There really isn’t a parking area […]

While on my last trip to the Sierras, I stopped at a place called Mono Mills, which is a historic landmark where there used to be a lumber mill. While looking around, I spotted a picnic table where someone had placed a group of pine cones. I thought it might make an interesting photo, so […]

I didn’t get many chances to use my new fisheye lens on my latest trip to Yosemite, but the image below is one that I caught with it. The up-shot of the one giant sequoia and other surrounding trees came out pretty good I think. It’s always a challenge to take pictures with such an […]

Convict Lake is one of my favorite lakes in the Eastern Sierras. I really enjoyed taking photos of the aspens around the lake this fall, but before I did that, I took the photo below at sunrise. Most of the photographers that morning were huddled around the bridge near the entrance to the lake, but […]

It was a great trip to the Eastern Sierras and Yosemite a week ago. I really saw some amazing sites and took some great photos, which I’ll be posting in my galleries and blog soon. However, as I hiked the tails throughout the beautiful landscapes, I couldn’t help but notice the amount of litter around […]