New Camera!!

Chris, thank you so much!
I received this little guy on thursday. An amazing addition to the crew.

Those are regular sized coins, in case you were wondering.

Here are a few pics from the Leica.

Neighbors back yard.
Desk lamp
Ocean

Joy. :)

Last Week

Happy Thanksgiving!!
Slightly belated but I was having too much fun to post anything. So here are a few pics from the last week or so! Enjoy!!

We interrupt this program to bring you breaking news...

Ok, so lately I've been playing catch-up with recent adventures and what not. I finally made it to September, the day before October, and now I must jump ahead. I'm sitting here in the Looney Bean Coffee Shop in Bishop, Ca. I have been here in Bishop since Thursday, Oct 2 climbing and taking pictures. I can't wait until I catch up to show you these photos. So here are a few that I am totally stoked on:

Last Post for August!!

It has taken a while and now that September is all but over I am finally finished with August! Here are some pics from a trip to Zion National Park in Utah. It is an amazing place to visit, it was pretty hot but thankfully we were near a river. My buddy Josh and I drove through the night and arrived in Zion early to get a early start on the Narrow's Hike. This hike goes up through the North Fork Virgin River through canyons it has spent thousands of years making. It was pretty amazing! Unfortunately, there was a flash flood warning for later in the afternoon so we didn't lollygag in the canyon.

amazing sunset before embarking!
Jessica, Hannah, Josh, and me. Josh and I departed shortly after the sun set.
Sunrise on beautiful sandstone walls!
Into the canyons...




Early morning stratus covering the horizon
Cumulonimbus clouds forming just before sunset

"You don't take a photograph, you make it." - Ansel Adams

Redwoods

On August 7: Evan, Keri, and I made a banzai run to the Redwood National Park to experience some awe-inspiring magic. We found it... among thousand year old trees that extend out of view. We ventured down into the Tall Trees Grove along the Redwood Creek. Among beauty, past and present. Here is a short montage from the entire trip...

“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.” - Aaron Siskind

Mt Whitney - A bit late...

I was in the Eastern Sierra Mountains from June 25-29 hiking and taking time to breathe. I highly recommend it. Not only going to the Sierra but also taking time to breathe. It is so refreshing to simply be and breathe and take in all that is around. So often I am rushing from here to there or sitting for hours in front of a monitor. Looking back on this adventure I am caught up in how good it was. Hiking up mountains, jumping in glacier lakes, breathing in the fresh mountain (thin) air, peace, epic mountainscapes that have stood the test of time.
I learned that these mountains are still growing. With each earthquake on the eastern side it force them a little bit higher, however, wind and rain and ice are maintaining a consistent height.For more pictures from my trip click here.

"Photographs that transcend but do not deny their literal situation appeal to me." - Sam Abell

How They Met

Here is a little multimedia piece on how my grandparents met. I had a great time talking with them about their lives!

Some Recent Photos

Hot air balloons are cool, but I imagine riding in one on a clear day. Maybe that's just me...
Fire
More Fire
A warm cup o tea. mmm
Last fire, I'm a guy, what can I say. I like fire.

"I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express the soul, perhaps a photograph can!"
Ansel Adams

Local Landscapes

Here are a few shots from last week when I was out at sunrise looking for fun light. I enjoy these because they are local. Photography can be so fun sometimes! I particularly like this bottom one here. Maybe my mood, maybe the warm light, I don't know, I just like it.



"A mad, keen photographer needs to get out into the world and work and make mistakes."
Sam Abell

Goodmorning

Here are a few more photo's from my trip to Washington. Soon and very soon I will have a new folder up with many more images on the gallery page. Feel free to check out that sight for more photo updates as well: here.
Enjoy,
Taylor