yosemite

Love and Loss

If you ask any photographer what their favorite or most memorable photo is, it is not necessarily the most picturesque one, or the one that most “popular” one that a majority of their peers like. The most common answer I get are the photos with meaningful story: the ones with a memorable they were with…

My Fear of Heights

Fear is an obstacle. To overcome this obstacle, you have to realize that fear is also an illusion. I came to test my fear of heights when I approached Taft Point in Yosemite National Park. The landing after the one mile hike into Taft Point, I was greeted with the sprawling beauty that oversees the…

Channeling Ansel

Going to Yosemite made me think a lot about Ansel Adams and his stunning black and white photography of the Yosemite Valley. He is right: there is something about black and white that captures the beauty and detail of a photograph that color sometimes distracts us from. So here is my attempt at channeling Ansel:…

Straying away from my SoCal theme a bit…I went on a road trip to Yosemite this weekend and had such a great time (despite the 90 degree heat and the mosquitoes, which apparently I’m allergic to, as I found out the hard way this weekend). The last time I was in Yosemite I was in…