While traveling up the northern California coast, I took a slight detour through the Jackson State Forest along Highway 20 between Fort Bragg and Willits. While traveling through the deep redwood forest I stumbled upon this rustic school house slowly sinking into the soft ground below. After a walk around the school yard I found many potential images but it wasn't until I walked along a rarely travelled trail that I stumbled upon this scene.

Northern California Coast

I have been shooting around the Northern California Coast for a few days now. After many days of socked in fog, I was pleased to wake up to this red sunrise over Drakes Bay located along the Pt. Reyes National Seashore.

Another Colorful Morning in the Eastern Sierra

I woke up to another colorful yet brisk morning today in Mammoth Lakes and made the short trek north to Mono Lake. I was originally going to shoot the sand tufas near Navy Beach but when I arrived at the parking lot down the unkept, snow-covered road, it had been travelled so little that I was reluctant to stop in fear of not being able to start moving again in the deep snow. I turned around and headed to the south tufas not to far away. While hiking through the dark to the tufas it was cold but I knew the potential for a beautiful sunrise was high. When I arrived to a previously scouted location, I was greeted with this vibrant pink sunrise.

Sunrise Over Mt. Tom

What a bitter cold morning! I woke up nice an early around 4:30 am in the small town of Bishop along highway 395 in the Eastern Sierra. When i first rolled out of my sleeping bag (never easy when it's a handful below zero) the Sierras were covered in clouds. Usually a good thing, but this time, it covered the whole mountain. As I drove around aimlessly, scouting a spot to shoot, I ended up at this location, and as the sun began to rise, a nice layer of clouds rolled in from the west. When the sun began to rise over the snow covered Owens Valley, I watched some of the most exquisite light I have experienced in the Sierras and left with this image.

Seattle Skyline

My newest cityscape image as seen from Kerry Park in Seattle Washington.

Low Elevation Snow

As any people who have been on the West Coast these last few days know, the weather has been verrrrrry cold. With temperatures below freezing almost every night, San Francisco Bay Area residents were greeted with a covering of snow that left more snow than most residents had ever seen in the area blanketing all the surrounding hills and mountains. While hiking in the Las Trampas range, I stumbled upon this location near Eugene Oneil's historic Tao House over looking the San Ramon Valley. I did make it to the top where there was still about 1.5 inches still at days end. As I hiked down the hill to this location I had previously scouted on the way up, the mud was so slick, I fell and tumbled on my back, camera and all and slid about 40 feet down the hill. Luckily, I made it to this location, draped in mud just before the sunset.

The End of Fall

As fall winds down, I feel like I took a pretty good stab at captureing the fall light. I hit the Napa Valley, North Cascades National Park, Big Sur, The Columbia River Gorge, all over Washington, Yosemite and The Eastern Sierra just to name a few. I know I usually come back with many stories of being attacked by people in the night, or getting stuck in freak snow storms, but other than a few late night police roustings, it's been pretty calm. Good News is, I have come back with plenty of images to share, bad news is, I cant show them all quite yet, because that would take away from the fun of the new releases. So for now I will give you these 4. Enjoy!