G Dan Mitchell Photography

I’m back from my second trip to the eastern Sierra in as many weeks, and I’d like to share a bit of what I observed. A week ago I visited and/or photographed several areas including Bishop Creek, Rock Creek, McGee Creek, a few areas around Mammoth Lakes, and Lee Vining Canyon. I also got reports [...]

Something to think about for photographers headed to the eastern Sierra to *photograph aspen color* next week: The seven-day Yosemite to Kings Canyon weather forecast is calling for snow (!) on Wednesday and Thursday, and things don’t look like they’ll totally clear out on Friday. This has some ramifications: Those of us who get to [...]

At about this time each year my thoughts turn to the phenomenal aspen color in the eastern Sierra. I seek out and photograph these trees every fall. I shared some hints in a couple of blog articles from recent seasons – links below: Photographing the Eastern Sierra Aspens: A Few More Thoughts Sierra Nevada Fall [...]

That was the question that someone posed today in a photography forum I read: We will be visiting Yosemite for approximately 7-8 hours one day the 2nd week of October as part of a weeklong trip to Tahoe (we live on the East Coast). I have been to Yosemite before (many years ago), she has [...]

“Tom” recently sent me a question about visiting Yosemite in October, so I thought I would reply here where others can see the information, too. I will be in CA in October and was planning on going up to Yosemite for a few days. Any advise you’d care to share would be greatly appreciated. :) [...]