LA Skyline Twilight

From where I live, Mount Baldy looked great. However, from L.A. not so great. The peak kept getting obscured by haze but then it peeked out just barely for a few minutes as the sun was setting over the Pacific Ocean. It was cold and windy outside, and I kept having to refresh the Yahoo [...]

Los Angeles Skyline Photo With Winter Backdrop

I am coming to the conclusion that mid-morning winter light might be as good as it gets in Los Angeles. As a landscape photographer, I am always evaluating air quality and lighting conditions in every way and time imaginable even when I’m not photographing. The morning after a storm is usually as clear as our [...]

Winter in Southern California

After a week of heavy storms that has brought big snow to the local mountains, it promises to make for some amazing photos. I’m so excited! I’m crossing my fingers to see if I can get enough clearing to get my dream L.A. skyline photo.

Mid-Winter Foliage in Southern California

I liked how the bare trees contrasted with some remaining “fall color” along the San Gabriel River. We don’t really have true winters here in Southern California but it is nice to photograph the seasons while in transition. The blog isn’t really a good way to view detailed images so I put up a full-resolution [...]

Los Angeles Skyline and Mount Baldy

No colorful sunset because it was cloudy on the horizon but man, what a view! I’ve wanted to see a snow-capped Mount Baldy behind the L.A. skyline for years now. Friday night had some crazy red light on Mount Baldy that would have been perfect but I was hiking in my local hills which doesn’t [...]

Southern California Rain

“Weather” is sort of a joke here in Southern California. It is generally either hot or warm year-round out here in the valley but the past week was a bit cooler from the 40’s and 50’s during the day. While cool, the at times heavy rainfall this weekend wasn’t cold enough to produce any new [...]

Mount Baldy Village Mountain Light

Saturday was the first time in two months that I had gone anywhere to shoot photos. I’ve been burned out from processing and submitting travel photos so I needed a break. For the time being, I’m just going to focus on landscape photography just like how I started off chasing weather and light. I like [...]

Nature Photography Multimedia Video

Nature Photography Multimedia Video
Since giving the nature photography lecture at the Sierra Club in March, I had been looking for ways to get parts of my presentation online. It wasn’t until I picked up the Canon 5D Mark II recently that I was able to figure out how to put all of the pieces [...]

Clearing Winter Storm, Mount Baldy

The San Gabriel Mountains is not really a great place to shoot wide-angle landscapes since there is so many signs of human development all around. By zooming in with a telephoto lens however I can focus on the nice areas such as Mount Baldy summit.
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San Gabriel Mountains – First Winter Storm

Snow-Capped Peaks, San Gabriel Mountains, California
It ain’t Mount Rainier, and that’s the beauty of it. I’m more interested in photographing the more mundane places that people take for granted. After dropping my dad off yesterday, it took me about twenty minutes to get up to this vista in the San Gabriel Mountains just in [...]

Thanksgiving 2008

Thanksgiving Sunset 2008, San Gabriel Mountains, California
Last night’s sunset. I was dropping my dad off when I looked over at the San Gabriel Mountains and knew I had to go up there to shoot the sunset.
I was the last person to arrive at my grandma’s house for dinner.
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Big Dalton Canyon Wilderness Park

Oak Forest, Big Dalton Canyon Wilderness Park, California – September 8, 2008

Oak Tree Forest, Big Dalton Canyon Wilderness Park, California – July 9, 2008
I stopped by the local wilderness park on Monday night about twenty minutes before closing time just to try some sound gathering in the woods. I was pleasantly surprised to [...]

Monrovia Canyon Falls

It’s amazing to spend so many years in an area and still be able to discover new places to photograph. Monrovia Canyon Falls is about ten miles from my house and I hadn’t heard of it before today. I actually intended to photograph another waterfall but stumbled upon this one while looking up trail info [...]

Taking Photos While Sledding

Adventure Photographer Sledding Fast on Winter Snow, San Gabriel Mountains, California
Disclaimer: Activity not recommended for the sake of your health.
I was going to write about my sledding photography adventure the other day but you know… (see previous blog entry). Anyway, so my brother and I discovered last week that it’s nearly impossible to sled [...]

Angeles NF “Movie Slope” Business Owner Slaps the Faces of our Founding Fathers

Movie Slope Snack Bar Sign, Mt Baldy, Manker Flats, Angeles National Forest, California
Photographers Rights is my least favorite topic to write about but it needs to be done. Today I went up to Manker Flats in the San Gabriel Mountains / Mount Baldy, Angeles National Forest area not too far from the Mt Baldy [...]

Adventure Photography

Adventure Photographer Enjoying Fresh Snow on Mount Baldy, Angeles National Forest, California
My brother and I went up to Mount Baldy this morning after a big storm yesterday. As mentioned a few blog posts ago, I wanted to get some sledding photos. Well the snow was so pristine that we were unable to get the [...]

Living on the Edge

Out of Control Sledder on Mount Baldy
I photographed this on Sunday with a 300mm focal length. What I want to do next time is use my 17-35mm wide angle lens while actually sledding down the slopes myself! I don’t know how I am going to keep control of the sled while shooting photos but [...]

A Heavenly Day on Mount Baldy

First Winter Snow on Mount Baldy
It was two years in the making, but this past weekend finally brought a significant amount of fresh snow powder to the local slopes. Making up for lost time seemingly, the road was packed with cars from Mount Baldy Village up to the ski lifts. It was exciting to [...]

Apparently it’s a Junkyard Out Here

Photo of Biodegradable vs Non-Biodegradable Waste, Angeles National Forest, California
Depending on the season and weather conditions, my local area can look beautiful occasionally on the surface. Upon a closer look you will find tree carvings usually of the Boy + Girl variety, you will find a lot of beer cans, and gang graffiti on [...]

Shrinkage on Mount Baldy

So we go from a happy birthday post for my grandmother to something as wacky as this post.
Photo: Stream Waterfall, Mount Baldy, California

There was a bunch of new snow on the local mountains today and a rare day of clean air so I continued on my quest to find a good scenic viewpoint to [...]

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