G Dan Mitchell Photography

I recall first becoming aware of Galen Rowell’s famous photograph of Yosemite’s Horsetail Fall (the “natural fire fall”) some years ago, quite possibly as it appears on page 25 of my 1979 edition of his book “High and Wild” ( Sierra Club Books) which  I probably picked up when I worked in a bookstore for [...]

The Online Photographer (a.k.a. “TOP”) is one of the blogs I follow regularly – lots of great thought-provoking posts show up there on a regular basis, frequently written by folks who know what they are talking about. Take a look if you don’t already follow TOP. I enjoyed a recent article (“From Film Holder to [...]

I just posted a new piece at the California Nature Photographer blog: Photographing in my own ‘backyard’. It concerns doing photography in places you know very, very well – and it includes a few recent photographs that have not been posted here yet.

Reposted from my other blog: Plan a photography trip to Yosemite Valley. A couple days beforehand, realize that the weather is going to be “interesting” and that camping is not going to be a really wonderful idea. “Upgrade” to a Curry Village “tent cabin, unheated” – hey, it is cheap! Spend Saturday photographing (the wonderful [...]

Being a California photographer, I was interested to see the announcement of a new online photo community, the California Photo Forum earlier today. It is truly a “baby community,” having been launched only about 48 hours ago. —–