All images © 2007-2013 Aaron Meyers
5 months have gone by in 2014 and I’ve barely gotten my camera out of its bag. I’m not sure what exactly I’ve been doing that has pushed photography to the back burner but I just haven’t shot much this year. When Willie and I both saw the forecast for this particular evening we debated quite a long time about where to go. We were feeling slightly lazy and decided to head down to the beach. The California coast has thousands upon thousands of amazing spots to pull over and watch the waves crash against the rocks. This particular inlet kept Alan and I busy for quite a while. There were so many options. I think I spent at least 30 minutes watching the way the waves and water came crashing in. So many possibilities! Ultimately I loved the way the water looks like it’s coming straight for me in this photo. I just love the motion! The marine layer blocked any chance of a colorful sunset but I found the black and white helped with the mood of the photo. Nikon D800 w/Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8 ED-IF AF-S: 17mm, f/9, 0.6 sec, ISO 125
For the last 8 years I’ve gathered my friends in Yosemite National Park to celebrate my birthday (or, as of late, more of a “belated birthday” celebration). A few of us drove up early Friday morning and spent the day setting up camp, relaxing, making dinner, and then racing out for sunset. While cooking dinner I looked up at the sky and noticed some high clouds had moved in but they were primarily only in one small patch of the sky. We all agreed to head to the Meadow to watch sunset: my friends wanted to walk while I wanted to drive so I could continue on to shoot the Milky Way at Olmsted Point. When I got to the Meadow I realized I was wayyy too close to Lembert Dome — I needed to be further away. Ditching my friends, I drove towards the Visitors Center and got out by a nice little pool of water facing west. To my frustration, there was not a cloud in the sky to the west. The old saying of “look behind you!” couldn’t have been more true on this evening. When I turned around and saw the absolutely GORGEOUS lenticular clouds behind me, I didn’t even think “grab your camera bag” — I just took off running for the Tuolumne River. I knew I wanted Lembert Dome, the river, and the amazing sky in my photo. Thankfully neither bear nor human touched my camera bag during the 30 minutes I was away shooting. I took quite a number of photos as the amazing lenticular clouds glowed orange and red. In this case I stitched 11 photos together to form a 63 megapixel image and then cropped to this 40 megapixel image. The title of this photo, is a play on the name of the area, "Tuolumne" (pronounced Two-all-um-knee). Nikon D800 w/Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S: 24mm, f/10, 1/3 sec, ISO 100 11 image panorama, cropped
