One of the more relaxing hikes in Yosemite is the Wawona Meadow Loop which takes you around the golf course across from the Wawona Hotel and the adjoining meadow. Below is an image I took while taking a late afternoon walk down the trail in October 2012. I can’t wait to get back there and […]

I found the image below in my archives. It was taken October 23, 2012. Behind the fog, in the upper left part of the image, are more cliffs. The fog is always amazing in Yosemite and gives many opportunities for unique photos. Looks like I’m in the clear to go to Yosemite in the fall. […]

Staying inside and not going on trips can be a little annoying. I’ve been reading e-books for photography and keeping things in mind for what I want to take photos of during my next trip…hopefully in October. I was walking around my place trying to remain creative on the homefront. Below is an image of […]

Looks like I’m thinking of the Great Smoky Mountains lately. Below is another image I took while there. Really enjoyed that morning in Cades Cove! Well, another trip to a national park canceled. I was going to Sequoia and Kings Canyon in the next couple of weeks, but my reservations were canceled by the park […]

My sister wanted one of my pictures of the Great Smoky Mountains printed and framed for her house. Below is the image she selected and what it looks like framed. The print is 24 x 36 inches! She seems really happy with the print. She took the picture of the framed image hanging in her […]

I had a weekly conversation with my sister this weekend and she said that she wanted to print out a HUGE copy of one of the photos I took at Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. She said it would be 24 x 30 in size! She wants to frame it and […]

I love going up to the high country in Yosemite. The environment is so beautiful and if you stay real still, you come across some great opportunities. One such opportunity was the late afternoon of June 4, 2015. The two young bucks in the image below were feeding in a subalpine meadow. They obviously knew […]

Well, it’s not exactly a prairie…more like a view off of highway 395 in California. The two images below were taken in June of 2014. The little house has been there for years. I would think if it was of historic significance the locals of the area would have preserved it before now. Since 2014 […]

One of the best places in Yosemite to spend an evening is Tuolumne Meadows. The landscape takes on a whole other feeling as the sun starts to set. The granite domes surrounding the meadows turn a beautiful burnt auburn color and families of dear venture out into the meadows to graze for a late meal. […]

Well, it looks like there’s one hotel in Yosemite that won’t be opening at all for the year 2020 and it’s not because of the current conditions going on in the world. The Wawona Hotel has announced it will remain closed for the year 2020 for upgrade reasons. I believe it was inevitable since all […]