Yesterday my family and I decided to drive down to Point Lobos State Reserve. We love that park and haven’t been for a while. The weather was great, warm and partly cloudy. I think Point Lobos is one of the gems on all of the West Coast. It’s perfect for easy hiking as a family, [...]
I just got back from a day trip to Yosemite, which I took on Monday. The spring there is in the air. The trees are getting green, the waterfalls are big, and the crowds are still few. In fact, before taking this shot, I was at the popular “Valley View” spot nearby, and for a [...]
This is another shot from an outing with Patrick Smith to the Big Sur where we witnessed what probably was the best light of the season. The color was changing every minute in different parts of the sky and we had to be aware of what was going by taking our eyes off the viewfinder. [...]
When I was in my junior year of college, I had to pick a location where I wanted to work and live following my graduation. I wasn’t going back to Moscow where I grew up, as I decided to stay in the States for a while. I did not want to live where winters are [...]
I’m really slow processing the photos from that night, because I’m still bitter about that evening. The evening at Garrapata Beach at Big Sur was going fine. Beautiful light, no wind, big waves (it was the day before the Mavericks competition took place), no one but me and a few teenagers at the beach. What [...]