Enjoy, Some Yosemite Photographs

Here are some of my favorites.

As Promised the Slo-Mo Video of the Casio FC100

I love the video features of the Casio EX-FC100, I have been playing around with it for the last week or so. It is in no way comparable to a quality Video Camera, but no consumer video cameras can give you the ability to shoot super slo-mo video. This video is of my campfire while I was camping in Yosemite, nothing special, but still it is just so cool that you can even shoot super slo-mo footage, check it out:




Hopefully I'll have something a bit more exciting tomorrow night.

Another Trip Planned on the Golden Chain Hwy.

As I said before I fell in love with the landscape of the Golden Chain Hwy (SR49), so I have planned another trip along this historic route. This time around I will be taking my family and the KLR will stay at home :sigh:. But that's really ok, I am going for 5 days and and going to stay at the 49 RV Ranch in Columbia, CA and then at the Coloma Resort in Coloma, CA. The Coloma Resort is at Sutter's Mill on the American River, it should be lots of fun. You can find information on both of these places at the following links, 49er RV Ranch-, and the Coloma Resort- . Both come highly recommended so I am certain we will have loads of fun. I just bought 3 new gold pans today, because they have an area set aside for recreational gold panning at the Coloma Resort. Hopefully I will strike it rich! OK, back to reality. Our plans are to visit as many of the historic old towns as possible and get to the many caverns that are around the area. The weather is supposed to be good and the motorhome is all ready to go, we will leave on Wednesday of next week. I am going to take loads of pictures, so expect to see lots of them when I get back.

This week has been one that has been very eventful, many ups and downs, we have seen the passing of Michael Jackson, Farrah, and Billy Mays. I did get some really great news though, one of my Yosemite photographs has been selected to be in publication that comes out in July, it is one of the many guides that are out there about Yosemite, I am pretty stoked. This will be my third published photograph, of course none have been for pay, but just for photo credit, but that's OK with me since I am not a professional photographer. I am happy anytime anyone wants to use my photos, and give my proper credit for them. The photo included here of Tunnel View is the one that will appear in the publication.

I just wanted to go back for a minute regarding the 3 deaths that I mentioned earlier. I am not really a Michael jackson fan, but it is still sad to see him pass away, I grew up listening to his music from his Jackson 5 times to Thriller. He was a very troubled soul, but a very talented person. Being a Heavy metal fan, I really wasn't into his music, but again he was a very talented person. Now Farrah on the other hand, what guy did'nt love Farrah, yes I had the famous poster hanging in my room when I was a kid, and I always watched Charlie's Angels, she was an intensely beautiful woman, it is just a shame that she had to suffer through with what she had to go through with the cancer. Everytime someone I grew up watching passes away it makes me feel like I'm getting old. The one that really shocked me was Billy Mays, he was loud and obnoxious, but he was great at his work, kind of the king of the pitchman, I think he was probably the best known pitchman of all time. Its just sad to see such young people in their prime losing their lives.

I'll close for now, gotta get ready for the 4th of July party, oh yeah, I love this holiday, alcohol and explosives, it's great to be an American.

Yosemite in the New RV

Tenaya Lake



The New RV

A View from Tioga pass

Meadow in Yosemite Valley

Bridalveil Falls

I spent the last several days in the beautiful Yosemite National Park, camping in Tuolomne Meadows. It could not have been nicer, the weather was picture perfect, and of course the scenery was as well. I spent a total of 4 days in the park and was treated by the bluest skies you ever saw and wild life that was just everywhere. Usually this time of the year the falls are starting to subside, but this week they were still going strong. We hiked all over the park and spent a day riding the bike trails, I had my daughter with me, so the KLR did not see much action this time, I will make a solo trip later this summer specifically to ride and photograph. It is hard to do when you have someone else with you, because no one really wants to stand around while you wait for the best light for pictures.

On the subject of pictures, I recieved an e-mail yesterday that a Yosemite Guide publication wants to use one of my pictures for their next publication. YES, every photographer wants to be published, and I of course said absolutely. It is not for pay, but fopr credit only, but since I am not a working photographer, any time someone wants to use one of my pictures for a publication, I consider it an honor, especially since there so many pictures of Yosemite floating out there. It is nice to have one of mine singled out. The following is a video of some bears I shot on Saturday, Enjoy.

Video of The Bears