Yosemite Firefall

April 17, 2023

This winter I had the opportunity to visit Yosemite for a brief trip to photograph the spectacular Firefall. I had planned for a full week of hiking, camping, and photography at Yosemite. Unfortunately mother nature had other plans. I was able to spend two amazing days there, and then a massive snowstorm blew in. The park service did a mandatory evactuation of all the campgrounds. I ended up leaving while it was dumping snow, and it didn’t let up for several days. They ended up fully closing the park for more than a week. With dynamic weather always comes the potential for dynamic lighting conditions, and those definitely didn’t disappoint.

California, El Cap, Firefalls, Half Dome, Inspiration Point, Sunrise, Winter, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park — Chasing Fire : Prints Available

Sunrise on the front edge of a massive snow storm that would dump enough snow to completely shutdown Yosemite National Park for a couple of weeks.

El Cap, El Capitan, Firefalls, Winter, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park, Sunset — The Firefall : Prints Available

Firefall at sunset.

2023, Snow Cone, Upper Yosemite Falls, Winter, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park — Dancing Gravity : Prints Available

Raging sheets of water cascading into a snow cone at the base of Upper Yosemite Falls.

Yosemite National Park Trip

November 10, 2016November 10, 2016

2016, Backcountry, Camping, Cathedral Peak, Tent, Upper Cathederal Lake, Wilderness, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park, august — Tell Me A Story : Prints Available

One of my all time favorite camping spots.

2016, Backcountry, Glacier Point, Halfdome, Wilderness, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park, august, sunset — The Guardian : Prints Available

2016, Backcountry, Clouds Rest, Half Dome, Wilderness, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park, august — We Are Giants : Prints Available

Looking down on Half Dome at sunrise.

2016, Backcountry, Tenaya Lake, Tioga Road, Wilderness, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park, august — Yesterday's Gone : Prints Available

2016, Backcountry, Wilderness, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park, august — Last Embrace : Prints Available

Lost In You

May 18, 2013May 25, 2013

Yosemite National Park, Yosemite, California, CA, Snow, Sunrise — Lost In You : Prints Available

After being shut out the night before with boring gray skies, I almost missed this sunrise. After listening to it rain all night, I barely recognized the change from rain to snow. I was shocked to see we’d received 4″ of fresh powder overnight. Fortunately I resisted the urge to stay in my warm sleeping bag! I bombed 3/4 of a mile up to this lookout in fresh powder to the spot I had scouted the night before. I was rewarded with this magnificent sunrise as a ray of light shot across the valley. The entire show lasted mere minutes before clouds floated over Half Dome and settled into the valley completely obscuring the light.