What can I say about this meal? It was a year from the date I proposed to Sophia, and we both wanted to do something special. We couldn’t have picked a better venue. The Ahwahnee is a magical place, where they roast ribeyes to perfection, and can tell you exactly the right wine to have with your meal. It may have been the several hours of hiking talking, but the food was nothing short of amazing. The space was huge and well laid out; a sort of classic hunting lodge turned fancypants restaurant. Of course, the best space and food on earth can be boring if you’re there alone; I was buoyed further by the good company of my wife, of course, and also our travelling companions, Demetrius and Christine. They were the ones who guided us around all day, and who’d thought of the dinner in the first place. A really special evening with great folks. If that’s not the highlight of the trip, I don’t know what is.
Posted on 2014-04-24T05:28:13Z GMT
I know I’ve said scenery is boring, and maybe that’s true, but these 5 work well together. Boring, white skies, as if I were using ortho film, but you can’t change the weather. We drove and walked over some interesting ground durning the day that day.
Posted on 2014-04-23T06:16:58Z GMT
well, these aren’t dramatic nature photos so much. really, these are as close as i get to regular tourist photos.
Posted on 2014-04-22T06:07:37Z GMT
I did these mostly because it was a grey, cold day in the valley. You can’t predict the weather. so, I did what I’d always been taught to do: when the pictures aren’t working, get closer. Simplify. Figure out what attracted you to what you’re pointing the camera at in the first place, and move in towards that. Sometimes it works. Sometimes that means you have to do a little bouldering. Sometimes that means you’re digging through layers to find something to wipe the mist off of your lens. Whatever works.
Posted on 2014-04-21T04:03:50Z GMT
We got to the park, and we were all really super tired and cold. Since there were several photographers in the group, though, we had to go out and shoot, at least a little. The first two images I’ve already put out, shot hand-held at obscene ISO. the rest of these were shot on a tripod, at longer exposures (but still at ISO 6400 or so). I really wish it had been this clear in the daylight. Instead, it rained all day on us, and so most of my shots were equally gray. Lesson learned: keep shooting when the light is good. Sleep when you’re dead.
Posted on 2014-04-19T06:22:02Z GMT
