The image below I took at Orcutt Ranch in West Hills, California. I grew up not too far from there, but had since moved about an hour drive north. Returning here brought back many great memories. It was fun spending a sunny August day in 2013 at the ranch. I worked on photo compositions that […]

One thing for sure about my photography, I don’t create enough vertical images. I have a ton of horizontal. On my next trip I’m going to try and focus on more verticals. Below is a vertical image of Half Dome. I was feeling kind of Ansel Adams-ish tonight, so this was a nice one to […]

The image below has been one of my favorites for a long time. It’s a simple burnt log that laid on a rock bed along the south fork of the Merced River in Yosemite. Something about the contrast of the log and the light colored rocks is probably what did it for me, not to […]

Continuing with images from my past is one of my favorites. It was taken at Washburn Point, which is right up the road from Glacier Point in Yosemite. The image was taken in October of 2010 and the weather system that came through that week was really great! It created a lot of interesting cloud […]

I hope everyone is taking care of themselves at this time. Stay calm and keep the faith. Ok, so with that said, I thought now would be a good time to slowly go back through my archive of images and post the ones that mean the most to me personally. The images below I took […]

National Parks always have such great history behind them… While in Death Valley in February, I came to a site that once had a large borax refinery. Below are two images I took at the old refinery location. The first image is the plaque describing how a twenty mule team would help transport the borax […]

After going to Death Valley and seeing various cactus on the way there, I started to think of other locations I’d been to with cactus. While it doesn’t really count as a national park, the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in Pasadena has a really great cactus garden. Below are two images of cactus I […]

One of the last places I visited on my recent trip to Death Valley was Dante’s View. I had read this should be the last place you visit in the park because nothing else compares to the view…and that couldn’t be more true! Below are some images of Dante’s View. The first image is the […]

If you looked at my previous blog post, the photo I posted was of sunrise at the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley. Below is another photo of the sand dunes. It was an amazing weekend in Death Valley. I spent two days in the park and saw some really great things. I’ve updated […]

As some of you may know, this weekend is an American holiday called “Presidents Day”. I decided to take a trip for part of the weekend. Below is a photo I took at sunrise on the trip. Can you guess where I was? I’ll let you know next weekend where I went and also post […]