I felt a need last weekend to do a little rebalancing of my life. Doesn’t just looking at this photo of a very small part of that wonderful place make you feel better. We live in a wonderful world and sometimes the day-to-day clouds that reality. If Yosemite isn’t near-by someplace else is. Give yourself a couple of hours or days and refresh, your problems and concerns won’t disappear but you’ll have a moment of peace and sometimes that’s all it takes.

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Dave

There are probably millions of images taken in Yosemite each year, some of them great and others not so great. As many times as I have photographed from “Inspiration Point,” I always came home feeling refreshed and energized. So, if you are burnt out, go and visit a park and have a great time!

Happy week-end!

I discovered these weeds on my evening walk. The light was great and I loved the blue background formed by Rahilly Creek. A friend of mine once said that “photography forces you to look deeper.” I believe that this is true. It certainly males you look for interesting subjects and intriguing backgrounds.

Enjoy and keep on looking for great images!

Yesterday I was walking along the bike path looking for something interesting to photograph. There are some thick bushes and trees creating a lot of shadows. Some of the areas are really dark and just a little bit of light was shining through. This place caught my eye. One of my photography instructors once said that the human eye always looks for the lightest spot in an image even if it is very small. This is certainly true for me.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

The legendary portrait and wedding photographer Monte Zucker posed many people forming a “V” shape with their noses. You can see many of these wonderful portraits by going to Monte’s website http://montezucker.com/portfolio.html. In this image the two dogs did this on their own. I just had to press the shutter on my camera.

By the way, I shot this image in Carmel, CA.  Carmel is a very dog friendly town. You will find bowls filled with water in front of many stores. I was told that this is the result of Doris Day’s effort who is living in Carmel.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

I was working on some macro shots in my backyard this morning when I discovered that Little Bear, our six month old cat was playing in the water fountain. I took a bunch of shots and gave her a bath inside. She did not like that at all!

Always be ready to photograph something totally unexpected!

When I first got there I trudged through some underbrush (read blackberry bushes) trying to find a great angle and background. Those dogwoods were a major disappointment. It turns out some of the best are right near the roads. If you go up be sure and bring some mosquito repellant, they’re in full bloom as well.

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Dave

People will hike many miles to see a small waterfall. Burney is truly a ‘falls’. It has the large main falls, side falls curtain falls and just about any other kind you can think of. If you’re bored diving up Interstate 5 in Northern California take an hour detour from Redding and head out to the corner of highways 299 and 89.

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Dave

I was looking though some older images and came across this one that I photographed in Yellowstone National Park in 2009. I love the lines and the change of colors from red to blue.

Enjoy and have a great week-end! Don’t forget to photograph!

Little Bear was dumped in our neighborhood in the middle of the winter. She was about 8-10 weeks old when I found her and brought her home. She is now about 6 month old and full of energy and fun. I photographed her while she was on a discovery trip though my back yard. It was so much fun for her to play with the spider webs.

Enjoy and keep on photographing and being kind to animals!