Desert Planet

Was lucky enough to spend three days in Death Valley with Mike and Steve.

This is the Mesquite Dunes in Death Valley.

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Merry Christmas

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Whitney

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North Lake

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Morning Light

Waiting for the sun at Silver Lake on the June Lake Loop.

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Daniel Gordon-Levitt (July 27, 1974 - October 4, 2010)

In May this year, I met this man at Venice Beach. He was teaching students the art of Poi. We talked a bit and I took a few photos. He was an interesting guy and even in that short amount of time, it was quite apparent that he was a creative spirit.

When I got home, I discovered that he was also a photographer and the brother of actor, Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Daniel passed way on October 4. I am certain he will be missed.

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Aspen

Along the McGee Creek. Shot on our last day of the workshop.

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Silver Lake Boats

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Parker Lake

Second stop of the day. A short hike in... wish I was here for sunrise today. This would have been spectacular.

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Mono Sunrise Photographers

1st stop of today, Mono Lake for the sunrise. Long day... too tired to process more.

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Silver Lake

Long day today... up at 4AM and back in the room at 9PM. Here's the first stop of the morning... Silver Lake.

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Convict Lake

First outing during the workshop.

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Southern Sky

Steve and Mike were kind enough to invite me along on an after work photo sarfari to Dome Rock.

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Electric Rain BW

I was invited to join the other photographers on Weekly Shot so I reprocessed this one for the monochrome theme.

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Trona Pinnacles Rainbow

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Thunder God

Got out yesterday with Steve and Mike after work. Rain, wind, lightning, and thunder... It's all good.

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Kiss the Bride

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Woolworth

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radioactive

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Summer Storm

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Young Angler

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Blue Eyes

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Portrait Oriented

Looking over the past few years, I've noticed I tend to shoot landscapes with portrait orientation. Here's a slide show. You'll see what I mean.

Ripples

One more from last month. Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley.

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Burning Dan

Interesting man. Was at the beach teaching students the art of Poi. He gave me a card for the Flow Temple. Dan didn't mention he was a photographer, but he has some nice work.

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Trona Pinnacles

What a strange day yesterday. Started off cloudy and raining, and by the end of the day, Steve, Shari, and I decided it was nice enough to get out and go shoot.

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Cathrin

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Dune Shadow

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Wildflowers

This is along the Wildrose Canyon road. I don't have a clue what these are.

I think that's Telescope Peak in the background.

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Dune Sun

Steve and I got out early this morning for the 2 hour trek to Death Valley.

The flare in the foreground is unfortunate, but I liked the look of this when I shot it. The sun is almost directly in front of me.

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Glass Insulators

Screwed this up. 1600 ISO. Need to remember to check before I start shooting.

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Jagged Beach BW

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reception

Some co-workers have been playing in a flag football league for a few months. Now that my class schedule is a little different (and the added benefit of daylight savings time), I got a chance to take some photos.

Football is difficult to shoot.

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Pinnacles and Water

The Tufa at Mono Lake are similar to the Trona Pinnacles, but surrounded by water.

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Senator Boxer

I was surfing through Senator Boxer's site and saw an image that looked familiar. It does, because it's mine. Here is the original.

It's all creative commons, so that's really not an issue. I do find it interesting that the site states, "Information presented on this site is considered public information, is held under a creative commons license, and may be distributed or copied unless otherwise specified. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested."

...and yet they didn't offer the same credit to me, the photographer.

I've sent an email to the Senator's office. See where it goes from here. I'm half expecting they'll just remove it to save themselves the hassle. That would be a shame. On the one hand, I'm delighted that it's there, but I'm also disappointed that there's no attribution.

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Teacher

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Tired Eyes

Testing out my new lens, a Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8. My gawd this thing is tack sharp..:

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Carcass

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Searching for Tom Bombadil

Grass path through the Kern River Preserve

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Guitarist II

Every other Thursday night, some local musicians put on a sort of open mic performance. Each artist does two songs and then the next artist performs. Really a cool idea. They're calling it "Acoustic Expressions".

Steve Mendenhall set up a couple of SB-800s stage left and right, both grided. There's also a snooted SB-800 that's lighting the hair. For this, I borrowed Steve's SU-800 commander.

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Drift

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Lone Pine Peak / Mt. Whitney

Steve and I got an early start for a sunrise in the Alabama Hills. Cold enough to make my face and fingers hurt. Probably 20ish.

Shot this one with the G11, just before leaving.

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Picture Window

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Red

Sandstone in a small cavern at the Valley of fire. This one is near the Mouse's Tank.

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Dark Road

Long exposure at the Valley of Fire in Nevada.

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Valley of Fire (detail)

Spent a few days at the Valley of Fire with Mike Byrne and Steve Mendenhall.

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