Yosemite National Park

Snow View

Yosemite Valley, California

Spontaneous View

Yosemite, CA

Bridalveil and Brothers

Yosemite National Park, California

Yosemite Falls

Boy was Yosemite Falls flowing this past weekend. A welcome sight to see after visting a pretty dry dripping cliff this past labor day. This was taken from Swinging Bridge around 3am along side a sleepy +Khris Griffis. I'm still pretty exhausted from that up and back!

Yosemite Valley Chapel

Yosemite Valley, California

Horsetail Falls

Yosemite National Park, California

Golden View

Valley View,Yosemite California

Morning Dome

After a long night shooting on top of Glacier Point the sun finally started to come up. It was a welcome sight to see. All that night we were shooting stars and the milky-way in pretty much pitch dark conditions. It was a moonless night with some pretty dark clouds passing through from a storm in the surrounding valleys. The only bit of light we had were our flashlights that I got yelled at for using and bit of lightning. While the sun never broke the clouds for sunrise, it gave me a second wind for shooting.... At this point I was exhausted. Soon after, I had to drive back to L.A. This was taken in El Capitan's Meadow directly behind Northside Drive in the big open vegetated field. We were luckly enough to have a pretty bright moon that night to light up the face of El Capitan. Next time I might just bring a lawn chair out with me!

El Capitan Meadow

This past September a bunch of us took a trip out to a vacant Yosemite Valley. The streams and falls were pretty much gone but the Hantavirus was just starting to be discovered. It lead to a great opportunity photograph the national park with little distraction of tourist! This was taken in El Capitan's Meadow directly behind Northside Drive in the big open vegetated field. We were luckly enough to have a pretty bright moon that night to light up the face of El Capitan. Next time I might just bring a lawn chair out with me!

Cholock and Trails

It always amazes me to see the full functioning city within the Yosemite Valley floor. What is even more nuts is the activity of cars driving around the floor at 4am on a very cold morning. Their must be others as crazy as Khris Griffis and I…Though none of them nuts enough to join us on a freezing all-night-non-camping-stay on top of glacier point.

Evening Drive

Catching the last of what was a busy evening perched up above valley floor. Taken off the beaten path of Tunnel View.... Possibly on top of a beehive.

Ahwahnee Hotel

In our last night in the valley, +Rob Lopes , +Khris Griffis and I took another trip back to Ahwahnee Hotel and I'm glad we did. This is one cool place. It's located in the back of the Yosemite Valley and is one of the coolest lodges ever. Its decked out with stone, wood and glass that just gives this warm feeling in the surrounding epic walls the valley. If your ever find yourself inside Yosemite, make sure you head over to the Ahwahnee and head to the back, also stay till it gets dark. It's something you just have to feel.

Starry Half Dome

Another capture from our trip up to Glacier Point. We spent a fair amount of time shooting from up there. The full moon really helps light the valley and all the valley faces. This was great but made it more of a challenging to lock down the stars. Though, I'm from L.A. I know how to deal with crazy light pollution at low elevations. You Yosemite folks don't know how you good you have it! By the time of this capture, our gang of 6 had already frightened away the weak. Soon after, the ranger roped of the point due to unsafe methane levels.

Yosemite Falls

With the water toppling over 2,400 feet down the side of the valley wall, Yosemite Falls is the highest measured waterfall in North America. Springtime is a great time to visit Yosemite if you're looking for water within the valley. Even with the lack of rainfall we have had this year, we still had quite enough water coming down the falls. Though in past years, Yosemite Falls roars loud and full throughout the whole valley. This was taken on the walkway headed into the Lower Falls Trail. To capture both Upper and Lower Falls it was composed as a nine frame pano.

Yosemite Valley Chapel

If you know me pretty well, you'll know I'm not much for religion, but I do enjoy the architecture and art of many older churches. This 1879 church is the oldest standing structure in Yosemite National Park. We ended with the Chapel after our first real early morning walk within the valley floor. I knew that this would be really neat with the surrounded valley walls. So I bolted into the hantavirus invected grass, switched glass and started shooting before that sun rose even higher!

Protect Your King

This past weekend +Khris Griffis and I made an unexpected trip to Yosemite. The decision was made over some Sprite at a bar in Valencia and by the time we got back in the car, there was no going back! The next 24 hours involved over 600 miles of driving in my heatless Explorer on a trip that we were not clothed or geared for. This capture of Half Dome was taken the following morning within the Valley Floor. At this point the sun was just rising over the valley walls and providing some golden goodness across the whole valley. It allowed this giant granite dome some amazing golden glow back-lighting to its profile.

Giants

Yosemite National Park

Moonbow

Upper Yosemite Falls

Ahwahnee Hotel

Yosemite National Park, California

John Muir View

Yosemite National Park, California

Morning Dome

Yosemite Valley, California

Refective Nose

El Capitán, Yosemite National Park

El Capitan

Yosemite National Park, California

Bow Reflection

Upper Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, CA