These are fragile times. Many of us are struggling with the unknown. The unknown of when we can resume our “normal” lives. Some don’t know if they will have food on the table at the end of the week. Some don’t know when they can go back to work to provide for their families. Some […]
Happy Easter and Passover to you all! Many of us aren’t feeling happy or want to celebrate the holidays. At least not this way in isolation. I hope you are taking care of yourselves, your hearts, your minds. This is the way to get through this. My plan for Easter Sunday was to join the […]
One of my favorite hiking and photography grounds is Whitewater Preserve near Palm Springs. It is one of the few spots in the desert with water all year round. Whitewater Preserve is surrounded by the San Gorgonio Wilderness and the Whitewater River runs right through it. I took this photo in November right before the […]
If you have been out to Joshua Tree National Park at night, you know it’s dark out there, pitch-black. That’s of course why a lot of photographers head out there to take night sky photos. Last year I had the opportunity to shoot light paining with a few fellow photographers. This was my first time […]
I arrived late in the afternoon. A good time, I thought, to catch the sunset. I’ve never been to Red Rock Canyon before, so I just followed the sun. The Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area is located just a few miles west of Las Vegas within the Mojave Desert. There are many stops along […]
I am always amazed at nature. Nature so effortlessly creates patterns and symmetry that are beautiful and efficient at the same time. A lot of times as we hurry through our lives we miss the simple beauty that is right before us. And nature is complex and full of contradictions, too: the leopard has spots, […]
I grew up in a densely populated urban area. Wide landscape views were rare. So when I discovered the deserts, I was hooked. Sweeping views in all directions and colors that I had never imagined in nature. Last year I visited the Valley of Fire State Park for the first time. The Valley of Fire […]
As you leave Los Angeles towards Palm Springs on Interstate 10 you know you are close once you see the wind turbines (windmills) towering on both sides of the highway. The largest of the wind turbines are about 160 feet tall. The San Gorgonio Pass wind farm – one of the largest in California – […]
