Last November, I embarked on a solo journey to Yosemite Valley, my annual pilgrimage. As a landscape photographer, life is simplified in Yosemite: a cycle of scouting, shooting, and resting. Resting among granite titans is a glory that borders on blessedness. Same cycle, different details I arrive, set up camp, and do it fast, I’mContinue reading “Yosemite Valley: Landscape Photography”
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Yosemite National Park
In the shadow of the valley of light, words evaporate like mist.A claw and crag, a solitary tree, the changing moods of El Capitan and Half Dome—Beyond the reach of words, these scenes are a pang in the throat and chest. Thank goodness for landscape photography! Claw and Crag Tree. Falls. El Capitan: Three moodsContinue reading “Yosemite National Park”
Yosemite Calls
I first saw Yosemite in my early thirties. I arrived late at night with a boisterous crew. We made camp under large trees. They blocked the light from the moon and the stars. Darkness was complete. I saw nothing. I knew nothing beyond my meager cone of light. Then I slept. When I woke, IContinue reading “Yosemite Calls”