Whenever I visit Yosemite, I usually make a short hike to the Mirror Lake. In fact, this is probably the easiest hike in all of the park. It’s about a mile long one way, but paved with the asphalt all the way. We haven’t hiked since we had our second child last fall, but decided [...]
I love that the spring weather in Yosemite is actually in June. Nikon D300 200mm, f/9.0, 1/6 second, ISO 200 Singh-Ray Gold-N-Blue Polaraizer
What made last week’s visit to Yosemite was the water level. As I wrote before, the weekend marked the peak of water levels for the season. We had an usual amount of rain in this past winter and spring. Coupled with melting snow up in the mountains, it was a beautiful show. On our way [...]
While the summer is almost here in Northern California, the spring has been a beautiful one this year. There were good number of spring storms that passed through, and a few of them were clearing right around the sunset. I took this shot few weeks ago in a park nearby my house. We’ve lived here [...]
Last Monday I got off work just in time to catch one of the more memorable sunsets I have seen here in Silicon Valley. I grabbed my son who wanted to catch some fresh air and headed for the county park behind our neighborhood. If you think you’ve seen this oak tree before, you’re right [...]
El Capitan is one of the most recognized Yosemite’s landmarks. Standing at 3,000 feet, the granite monolith is also one of the favorite locations for rock climbers. Below El Capitan lies the Yosemite Valley. The Valley floor was formed by the glacier that was there for millions of years and that was largely gone about [...]
As I got to Yosemite earlier this week, the forecast was calling for rain and snow in the second half of the day, but the sky was clear in the morning. The clouds started rolling in a later afternoon, and by next day, the snow and rain was in full action. Right now we’re experiencing [...]
We’re in the middle of winter storms here in SF Bay Area. Last week as the day was coming to an end, there was a short break right around the sunset time. I quickly grabbed my gear and headed out of the door to the nearby park that our house is close to. The color [...]
I have few more of more abstract shots to post like the one I posted yesterday, but before I go that route, I wanted to post a more straight forward view of the redwood trees that I caught on the same day. Some photos help us remember not the visual sense of the place, but [...]
It was on a morning like this that I was once again reminded why I do miss living in the mountains. I just got back from a family trip to Utah where we spent the last few days. While the trip was mostly family rather than photography oriented, I did manage to get out and [...]