Blog

Photography field notes and trip guides from the American West — long-form write-ups on hiking and shooting the landscapes I travel through.

August 17, 2026

Highway 395 Road Trip: Lone Pine to Mono Lake in 1–2 Days — Stops, Camping, Photo Spots

Five days northbound on 395 in August — thunderstorms on four of them, hail on one, a tire cut open below the bristlecones — and the best week of photographs I’ve made. Here’s what to see between Lone Pine and Mono Lake if you only have a day or two, where to camp, and where to stand.

July 30, 2026

John Muir Trail Photography: 22 Days from Whitney to Yosemite with One Lens

238 miles from Whitney Portal to Happy Isles with a 25-year-old lens and a knee-high tripod — the passes, the people, the mouse that ate my backpack, and the photographs that came home.

July 25, 2026

High Sierra Trail: A Photographer’s Guide to Crescent Meadow and Mount Whitney

Seventy-two miles from Crescent Meadow to Mount Whitney with ten pounds of camera gear — our day-by-day itinerary, why walk-up permits beat the online lottery, and why the hardest day wasn’t the one with the mountain on it.

June 9, 2026

Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim: A Photographer’s Guide to Hiking and Shooting Both Rims

A week hiking from the North Rim to the South Rim with a camera on my back — itinerary, the best light and gear, where to shoot sunrise and sunset, rim-to-rim permits and water, and what the fire left on the North Rim.