It's called Desolation wilderness

On our way to find out what California has to offer we found ourselves in the wilderness, a way to get in touch with the real California, the natural world, the wild west that is a throwback to what it used to be like. Under the stars we found ourselves entranced by stars and awed my endless mountain peaks. 

Sun washed trees that had fallen over provided organic sculptures set against granite displays, really it is more like a natural museum.

Really though the spectacular nature of this wide open terrain happens in the dead of night, I light painted here and was able to capture the wonder of a wide open sky with minimal light pollution. She is pointing skyward at an infinity of universe that we can barely understand the magnitude of.

Taking it all in standing on the shore of one of the arms of the lake.

As the sun went down the lake became a mirror of silhouettes.

One more of a lone tree, growing from the granite I decided to light paint and contrast it against a night sky.

As you can see this place is anything but desolate, I hope one day you challenge yourself to make it out. 

Hope you enjoy the pictures. 

Another look back at glacier point

Sometimes when I go somewhere like glacier point I shoot entirely too many pictures and sometimes they end up on memory cards I forgot I even shot them on. So here are a few I thought I would share.

On the outlook to halfdome, and impossibly beautiful view and Mother Nature gave a dramatic setting as she set up the rain clouds that would encircle the beautiful granite.

Another awesome little gem we found was a burnt out old tree that perfectly formed a natural frame.

Hope you have a great weekend adventure planned!! I'll post mine soon.

Glacier point

A lot of my pictures are in Yosemite, being so close to such a beautiful place, I find more often then not my weekends end up here. The photographic places are almost infinite!

A sunset with fog rising out of the Yosemite valley after raining all day. Standing here waiting to capture it was absolutely freezing, but as you can see worth it.

You can see rain moisture collected on this pine, right after this my camera went dead :( 

This lone tree that had been burned over 49 years ago remains standing tall and contrasting against a sky that was about to dump rain on us. Behind you can see half dome completely covered in clouds.

Blogger on my phone

It's pretty awesome to be able to blog from my phone, I guess I'll be using this thing a lot more now. How about some more pictures?

A sunset near Arnold California what a fun time I almost got hit by a bunch of cars trying to take this one.

Another beautiful area near the stanislaus river.

Back to the Photograph

Above Pinecrest lake in California, one of my favorite places to hike swim and jump.




This blog is dedicated to my renewed love of pictures and adventure I hope someone enjoys them as much as I enjoyed taking them. Never let anyone take your sense of adventure, passion or joy. More of my pictures can also be found on my Instagram @gopronorcal