El Capitan in the Icy Fog
March 5, 2008
The next day further up the Merced El Capitan’s base was engulfed frozen fog. This image was made during the late morning when the fog was burning off. Standing in the fog is amazing as over the course of just 30 minutes the weather goes from wet and freezing cold, to rather warm with dry […]
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YNP – California Falls
September 9, 2007
About a mile and a half past Glen Aulin is California Falls, the first of 3 sets of water falls. As the water level is relatively low it’s pretty easy to walk right up to the water’s edge. During the spring time i can only imagine how much more water comes through there – all […]
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The Dude Motel – West Yellowstone, MT
April 6, 2008
I didnt really see all that many dudes hanging out at the hotel. I dont know if it was because there was a snow drift 14′ tall surrounding the hotel or because the wind was blowing at about 35 mph. Theres something very out of place about this hotel in this little town. I came […]
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The San Francisco Bay Bridge
December 11, 2006
Just moved to a new cube at work. This is pretty much the view from my desk. Well, the view from in front of the giant pillar that’s in front of my desk, but who would want to look at this all the time anyway? This is about 6pm PST last week, the moon was […]
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The Merced River – Yosemite Valley
May 19, 2007
In a light rain on the way back from Mirror Lake we stumbled upon this scene. The river was swollen from the snow melt and was surging more than i’ve ever seen it before.
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May Lake
September 18, 2007
This past weekend we got to visit the Lay Lake high sierra camp again. Like last year (somehow) we ended up being there over the final weekend of the season. Everyone who works there is about to end their season and go off and do other things – they celebrate by having even fancier than […]
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Trinidad Lost Coast – Looking North
January 17, 2008
It’s right around Trinidad on the way up the California coast where there starts to be large rock formations out in the ocean. I think it’s one of the most spectacular things about this part of the coast. This eventually winds its way up the coast into Oregon and on to Washington. This particular view […]
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Giant Concrete Cross – Mount Davidson
April 10, 2005
The second thing that’s up here is a giant concrete cross It’s kind of strange – as you walk up the hill to the summit of Mount Davidson (summit because it’s the highest point in San Francisco) you’re in a state park. The area surrounding the cross though, it’s made abundantly clear, is owned by […]
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YNP: Half Dome from the Valley
April 26, 2005
Here’s Half Dome as seen from a vacant meadow in the valley It’s sort of crazy. Everyone – well nearly everyone – who’s at Yosemite is obsessed with Half Dome, specifically, getting that perfect picture of it. We happened to be driving around right near sunset time taking pictures and found this nice vantage point. […]
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South Park – South of Market St.
April 13, 2005
I decided around 4:30 today that it was time to take a walk… so co-worker and i left the building on the sly. We talked about work stuff as we strolled around so i don’t really think there was any problem with it, but i know what some may say To complicate things, there was […]
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The Merced River
September 21, 2008
I hope your not getting too bored of looking at the Merced! I’m getting down to the end here and will have to run a bunch of film soon. Some focus was lost over the summer – it should return here in the next few weeks. Servus.
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Mason and Green St: Right In Front of My Old House
April 12, 2005
Everyone loves cable cars right? The tourists sure do. It’s kind of funny – if you take pictures of the cable car the people riding them pose for you. They’re really proud of the fact that they’re on the cable car – maybe just that they made it through the line to ride the thing […]
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From the Clift Hotel
September 1, 2005
Exactly 1 month ago yesterday as part of the celebration of Leanne’s birth, and because there wasn’t enough time to take a faraway trip, we took a weekend vacation in San Francisco (we live in San Francisco in case that doesn’t make sense). It’s an interesting thing to stay in a nice hotel in the […]
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Half Dome At Sunrise
May 3, 2007
The sun hit halfdome before almost anything else in the valley setting the scene for what turned into a spectacular morning of cloud modulation. (aka pictures…)
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El Capitan
March 8, 2008
One of the things that always strikes me about being in Yosemite Valley is the enormousness of El Capitan. I mean, everything there is spectacular. The walls of every side of the valley tower above, but El Capitan is just plain huge, and what makes it even more pronounced is that you can walk right […]
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KFOG Kaboom – redux
July 4, 2007
Happy 4th of July! Here’s one more shot from the KFOG Kaboom fireworks display from a couple of months ago. It’s pretty tough shooting fireworks in San Francisco. You’re in the middle of a major city so it never really gets that dark. It’s usually at least a *little* foggy (if you’re lucky) which just […]
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Mt Lassen State Park – Kings Creek
July 8, 2007
We took a hike down Kings Creek in Mt Lassen State Park. We were there during the last weekend in May and there was still snow all over the place with several roads through the park closed down. I made this picture by jumping over the stream and onto a small island in the middle. […]
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Mountain Top – YNP, CA
April 25, 2007
I didn’t know the name of this peak when i make the picture, and i still can’t figure it out. What struck me initially was the way the light was hitting it, strong on left but without casting a sharp shadow over the right. While the morning clouds and mist blew by the light changed […]
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I Still Can’t Find the Right Pen
April 16, 2005
The Ferry Building is pretty much right across the street from where i work. Since i spend more of my waking time at work you could say that I spend most of my time looking at the ferry building, which is not necessarily a bad thing (The ferry building part) I was trying to capture […]
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Joshua Tree
March 21, 2007
Everything is so barren, but at the same time it’s hard to find a place without more joshua trees in the background. I didn’t see too many of them but there are these small chipmunk/squirrel creatures running around in the desert. (I just looked them up and the internet claims that they’re “California Chipmunks”) Everywhere […]
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Glen Aulin Falls – YNP
August 22, 2007
Staying at Glen Aulin is quite nice. We managed to land what the camp manager stated was the “best tent they had, right next to the falls.” These were those falls. We were probably 50 feet away from the water’s edge and the lull was quite nice. During the day the beach area around the […]
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