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Red Rock Canyon State Park, CA

Steven — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:53:09 +0000

While driving from Bishop to LA on our recent trip to California, we stopped at Red Rock Canyon State Park just north of Mojave. Those of you who drive Hwy 14 to the Eastern Sierra know Red Rock Canyon well. In all of the years I’ve been driving through the canyon, I’ve only stopped to photograph it one other time. Here are a few of the images I shot on this present trip.

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Images from the California Fires

Steven — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:44:44 +0000

Here are three links to some amazing photos and videos from the fires ravaging Southern California.

The first is by our good friend Kahlee: Station Fire – Angeles National Forest
This set is by Flickr user anosmicovni: La Canada Fire
This set comes from The Denver Post Photoblog: Captured: California Wildfires

All three links contain amazing images. Good job to all the photographers.

A little shakin’ going on?

Steven — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:53:22 +0000

So, I see that our good Mother Earth decided to bounce you So Cal folks on her knee yesterday and remind you that you live in earth quake country :-)

How many of you felt it?

Desert Wildflower Bloom

Steven — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:44:00 +0000

If you’re looking for something to do this weekend and feel like taking a drive, the deserts of Southern California may be the place to head to. The wildflowers are in full bloom right now with spectacular color displays.

Michael Gordon has posted a 60 mile desert driving tour on his web site. Here’s the intro to the post.

If you’ve never seen California’s vast and ephemeral displays of spring wildflowers, you’ve been missing out! Now is the time, and I mean NOW! As of Monday, March 10, many areas of the California desert are at peak color and form, and in some places, the flowers are already dwindling due to lack of recent precipitation and climbing temperatures.

You can read the full article at this link,
California Desert Wildflowers – A Great Spring!

Gorman and Yosemite Dogwoods

Steven — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:44:28 +0000

Got a couple of updates for you. The Dogwoods in Yosemite Valley are blooming nicely. Dan from the CalPhoto group just spent Friday and Saturday there and he reports that there are nice blooms around the Bridalveil Falls area and along the south side of the valley. He also said that the nicest blooms were in the Curry Village area and in some of the campgrounds. He thinks that the best is yet to come and that next weekend will be the peak time for Dogwood blooms in Yosemite Valley.

I also got a report from Marina that the Gorman area is pretty nice right now. Not as nice as in the past, but for this year, pretty good. She said there are Poppies and Lupines blooming up in the hills in the area where the fire was last August.

No news isn’t good news

Steven — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:10:36 +0000

I haven’t been posting about where to shoot because I don’t know what’s going on out there. I haven’t received any news from anyone and even my normal internet sources have nothing new to report. I’m beginning to think that the whole state is dried up.

I have heard that there are some nice wildflowers along Hwy 49 in the Placerville and Coloma areas of the Sierra foothills. I use to live in that area and know it real well. Even if the flowers aren’t the greatest, I know it’s beautiful there this time of year. The north fork of the American River is pretty awesome.

Have also read of flowers along the Pacific Coast Hwy in the Ventura area.

That’s all I got right now. I’m searching though. I have a post up on the CalPhoto Group to see if I can find out anything about the dogwoods in Yosemite and along Hwy 50.

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