Yoga photoshoot

 

Yoga and photography, my two passions. How lucky am I that I am able to combine both my loves into one! My sweet client Shoshana was such a beautiful model, we had so much fun playing around with yoga poses. She just finished a yoga teacher training program. Congrats Shoshana! I am so happy I was able to capture these images for you!

Sequoias and the Sierras

You really see where your priorities lay when you are packing your backpack for a long hike. The fact that I decided to wear the same outfit for 4 days straight-aside from under garments- just to have more space and to free up more lbs to fit my Nikon and 2 lenses. It was completely and totally worth it. The 50 miles under my feet it took to explore these lands, and the decision to wear the same shorts for 4 days to fit my gear... 

5 of us went on an epic adventure through the back country of the Sequoias in the Sierras of California.  We hiked Rae lakes loop, a 50 mile radius of trails, wildlife, mountains, rocks, meadows, waterfalls, butterflies, clouds, flowers, bridges, ridges, switchbacks, rivers, dirt, wet, hot, cold, dry, low, and high and gloriously fresh air.

We did about 11 miles a day, started at 5,900 ft, summited at 12,000 while walking the ridge of Glenn pass, and did it all in just 4 days.

Juggling a camera with a 45lb backpack strapped to your back while trekking it to the next camp before sundown is no easy task, but each photo was an opportunity to take in my surroundings with an artful eye. Such beauty. Man pays a lot of money to have backyards and gardens landscaped as organically and gorgeously as these untouched lands did so naturally.

 

I could have walked a couple hundred more miles. 

I guess I will have to wait until the next trip. Mt Whitney??

2,000 miles

Utah. Beautiful Utah. Although this was my first visit to the magnificent and majestic broad and colorful landscape this fascinating state has to offer. I know it will certainly not be my last visit. Nicho and I love road trips. Love. This one was extra special. Seeing as how it was to celebrate my birthday. Nicho mapped and planned the whole thing out. All I had to do was pack my bag. He is pretty great like that. We left Los Angeles Thursday afternoon, after a stop at yummy's cupcakes for vegan treats of course. Then headed straight to Vegas. No photos of that first stop, not for your eyes. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Friday morning, we got up, stopped at Ronald' donuts for some more vegan treats then hit the road straight to antelope valley. The slot canyons.

 

We meandered through several national parks in Utah. 

Valley of the Gods

Monument Valley

National  Natural Bridges 

Capitol Reef

Dixie

Grand Staircase Escalaente

Kodachrome Basin

such beauty...

                                                 and of course had to drink lots o' coffee

       During the daylight hours all the allure and grace of the land was right in front of our eyes. At night all we had to do was tilt our gaze skyward, and there was a whole other realm to adore and explore.

                                              We covered 2,000 miles worth of desert road.

Thor's hammer.

                                                                    Bryce Canyon.

And the best for last. 

Zion.

Crawled into bed at 4am on Monday morning. Feeling full. And yes, I ate a lot of food. And maybe those in and out fries were not such a good idea at 1am. But not that kind of full. The fullness that can only exist when you breath in deep, that fresh air, open eyes wide to take in all the marvelous colors, stop to feel the texture of smooth sandstone, the breeze in your hair, smell the crisp fresh pine and green growth, listen to the melodic tunes of running water and rustling wheat grass, and to experience the outstanding works of art our sweet Mother Earth offers us.