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Timelapse Video Tour of Yosemite National Park
Timelapse Video Tour of Yosemite National Park

Timelapse video tour of Yosemite National Park. You’ll see Tunnel view, Valley View, Cook’s Meadow, Bridalveil Falls, Nevada Falls, Mist Trail, El Capitan, Yosemite Falls, Half Dome, and much more. These were all taken during my recent trip to Yosemite in Mid-May 2010. Enjoy!

Yosemite Valley from Tunnel View
Yosemite Valley from Tunnel View

This is a photo of Yosemite Valley taken from Tunnel View in the early morning after a previous day of rain. This is why I love this magical place.

Sunrise Behind El Capitan
Sunrise Behind El Capitan

Photo of the Day: El Capitan at Dawn
Photo of the Day: El Capitan at Dawn

An absolutely gorgeous morning in Yosemite after a previous day of rain. View from Valley View of El Capitan with the Merced River in the foreground. More photos to come!

Manic Star Video – Timelapse Tour of the American Southwest
Manic Star Video - Timelapse Tour of the American Southwest

The Video:

The Inspiration:
The Manic Star video was a long project in the making. Years ago I remember sitting on the boulders near Skull Rock in Joshua Tree at night looking up at the big open sky. Growing up in big cities, I had never seen so many stars in my life. There were stars of [...]

Petrified Forest National Park
Petrified Forest National Park

The Petrified Forest is known for its very colorful petrified wood. Most of the wood have crumbled into little bits but there are still large pieces lying around. The area is huge but the park has limited hours to prevent people from coming in late at night to steal some of the petrified wood. Still, [...]

Upper Antelope Canyon
Upper Antelope Canyon

I am currently in Page, AZ. It’s a small town whose main industries are tourism and the nearby Navajo Coal Power plant. As a photographer there are a lot of attractions in the Page area: Upper and Lower Antelope Canyons, Horseshoe Bend, Vermillion Cliffs and the Coyote Buttes and more.
Weather hasn’t been what I call [...]

Photo of the Day: Horseshoe Bend
Photo of the Day: Horseshoe Bend

Horseshoe Bend, a place in the Colorado River where it winds 270 degrees. The cliffs surrounding it drop about 1000 feet straight down. Great view from the edge as long as you’re not afraid of heights
This photo was taken at sunset using an ultra wide angle lens. It’s hard to take this shot [...]

Happy New Year 2010!
Happy New Year 2010!

Happy New Year everyone! First sunrise of the new year, taken from the top of Griffith Park.

Photo of the Day: Yosemite National Park
Photo of the Day: Yosemite National Park

Autumn in Yosemite is a beautiful sight. Trees turn all shades of yellows, oranges and reds. The trick is knowing when the colors turn because it is weather dependent. This picture was taken back in October on a bridge crossing the Merced River.

Photo of the Day: Ancient Bristlecone Pine
Photo of the Day: Ancient Bristlecone Pine

At over 4,700 years old, the Ancient Bristlecone Pines are the oldest living trees in the world. They are found in the higher elevations of mountains in the American Southwest — California, Nevada, and Utah. The oldest trees live above 10,000 feet in extreme conditions where soil, nutrients and moisture are scarce, and winters come [...]

The Night Sky in Joshua Tree National Park
The Night Sky in Joshua Tree National Park

The Leonid meteor showers occur every year around November 17th-18th and I decided to make the crazy 5 hour round trip drive away from the lights of Los Angeles to the dark sky of Joshua Tree National Park in one night. Altogether I saw about 15-20 meteors per hour in the wee hours of the [...]

Autumn in Owens Valley
Autumn in Owens Valley

Autumn colors in Owens Valley near June Lake, Mono Lake, Lake Sabrina, Bishop, Rock Creek, Big Pine, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest and more.

Zion National Park
Zion National Park

I’m back from a trip to beautiful canyon country in Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon in Southern Utah. No sign of Neo or Morpheus. But here are some photos that capture some of the beauty I saw while climbing Angel’s Landing, hiking the Narrows and driving around the park. The scenery is breathtaking and [...]

Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park

I just got back a couple days ago from an early summer  camping trip to Yosemite National Park, Mono Lake, June Lake and Devi’s Postpile National Monument. It was an amazing trip but I caught a cold on the way back. Not such a bad thing since I got to stay in bed and go [...]