Packed In Summer
Yosemite National Park is most people’s vacation of a lifetime. All the superlatives apply to the favorite park of John Muir and Ansel Adams – vertical granite, snowy peaks, endless evergreen forests, quiet winding rivers. Most of those visitors will see it in the summer high season, when Yosemite Valley looks like an anthill somebody just kicked over. Empty In Winter
There’s a much better time to enjoy everybody’s favorite park. In winter, most of the tourists are gone. You can actually contemplate the best vistas on foot, or get out and see the ones no one ever sees from cross-country skis or snowshoes. Shot Notes –
Yosemite gets dark in winter, so you’ll be using long shutter speeds – bring a tripod. I could also have used my tilt-shift lens for undistorted pictures of granite walls. The tripod was a must for the moonlight shots from the Wawona Tunnel View. A late-model dSLR like the EOS 5D mark II gives you high ISOs without too much digital noise. You may also want a prime, non-zoom lens for shots into bright light sources like the full moon. With fewer glass elements, primes are much less likely to flare than zoom lenses. |
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Julieann –
Thanks for your comments.
As a photographer, I always write about what’s in my pictures. Those pictures are the very best I can post. I’ve taken Michael Masterson’s accelerated program for six-figure copywriting (helped me write with a purpose, didn’t reach the six-figure income level), and I’ve written marketing pieces and technical articles for many clients. I also have a background in integrated circuit design, which gave me specific knowledge to write for those high-tech clients.
I’ve trained as an interpretive park ranger and given interpretive programs for the City of Palo Alto and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. I’ve always loved storytelling in print and in person.
Writing lyrics for songs, you need to interest the listener and get your point across in 2:30 or so, and that helps too. I wrote tunes for the rock bands I played in many years ago.
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