Abstract Fever
Description: Like most artists, I go through phases. My abstract phase was strong and full of colors. I might back to it one day because it can be a lot Continue Reading →
Anteena Galazies
Description: Lots of things to see in the night sky. Location: Space Photograph copyright Peter West Carey. All rights reserved. ?
Lone Tsa Tsa
Description: A lone tsa tsa sits along the shelf in a Buddhist monastery in Bhutan. Location: Jamphel Lhakhang ???????????????, Bumthang, Bhutan Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. All right reserved
Experimenting With Telescopes
Description: Digital goto telescopes are making astronomy in big cities stupid easy these days. And I’m jumping on the bandwagon at least to take a look and see how I Continue Reading →
There’s No Perfection In Camping Gear Setups
This is one of those “I’ve been camping for a million years” sage-type posts where I espouse advice because I know so much. In this case, it’s more of an Continue Reading →
Downtown Los Angeles Panorama
Description: I enjoy any image that shows a familiar scene in a different way. While paging through older photos on the computer, I came across this aerial panorama I created Continue Reading →
Ditching My Phone For A Watch And Notebook – One Week Experiment
I’m getting a little sick of my phone. Sick of my addiction to it and reliance on it. Sick enough to try this experiment for a week: Whenever I leave Continue Reading →
Abstract Fever
Description: Like most artists, I go through phases. My abstract phase was strong and full of colors. I might back to it one day because it can be a lot Continue Reading →
Up, Down, All Around
Description: It’s that place in LA where the one road meets the other road meets the LA River. Location: Lynwood, California, USA, North America Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. All Continue Reading →
California Aqueduct And The John R. Teerink Wheeler Ridge Pumping Plant
Description: Lot of words in that title, I know, but it is accurate! With so much green around the state of California recently I set off to the North side Continue Reading →
State Street In Santa Barbara
Description: Four years ago Santa Barbara shut down State Street through the retail and restaurant core of the city to car traffic. Personally, not having to live here a d Continue Reading →
Griffith Observatory In Front Of Downtown Los Angeles
Description: The Griffith Observatory is located in a park with plenty of walking trails, some offering spectacular perspectives like this one. Location: Los Angeles, California, USA, North America Photograph Copyright Continue Reading →
Himalayan Weather
Description: Clouds breaking before a stoney wall of towering peaks. In the Himalayas. Location: Solukhumbu, Nepal, Asia Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. All rights reserved.
Lonely Near The Top Of The World
Description: A throwback to 2010 when I attempted to climb a peak known as Kyajo Ri. It’s my only tall mount attempt (word used twice already because I did not Continue Reading →
Lumbini Firewood Bike
Description: The title says is all. It’s a bike in Lumbini, Nepal that is used to deliver firewood. The bike is aptly named Hercules. Location: Lumbini, Nepal, Asia Photograph copyright Continue Reading →
Young Community Photography Group Needs Your Help After Break-In
Speaking from experience, having someone break into your home is a horrible feeling. A community-based mentorship program in East Los Angeles called Los Fotos Project was just such a victim Continue Reading →
Blocking The Way
Description: When my brother Daniel and I visited Death Valley last month I knew I wanted to do a lot of hiking. There are few better ways to spend time Continue Reading →
Loving On Death Valley
Description: It’s been a month since I’ve been in the valley with one of my brothers exploring. I used my iPhone for most of the photos that you’ll be seeing, Continue Reading →
Across Death Valley
Description: Looking across Death Valley from the Golden Canyon Trail. This trail is my new favorite and I’ll have more info about it in a later post. It can be Continue Reading →
Eureka Dunes And Some Clouds
Description: Sometimes I struggle with titles. Today is such a day. While it is in a remote area of the park, I feel drawn to head back to Eureka Dunes Continue Reading →
Pilots Love Pizza
Description: Today’s photo is a look behind the curtain to find: pilots love pizza. Don’t worry, he put it away before closing the door. Both the pilot and the copilot, Continue Reading →
Panamint Valley Bloom
Description: The flowers are out! At least in Panamint Valley, the valley one over from Death Valley and toward Lone Pine and all that. So it’s easier to get to Continue Reading →
Sunset Storm
Description: After a full day driving to and from Death Valley, the light poured in at a side angle to radiate maybe the last of the season’s storms. Location: Panamint Continue Reading →
Salt Creek Devastation, But The Pupfish Remain
There used to be nice boardwalk all along Salt Creek in Death Valley National Park. A hurricane from the Pacific that turned into a tropical storm when it hit Death Continue Reading →
Morning Commute
Description: This morning saw me in Thousand Oaks, a ‘far flung’ locale I don’t often visit. The fog was clearing and it looked like a good chance to try out Continue Reading →
Radial Cracked Desert
Description: More from the floor of Death Valley Location: Death Valley National Park, California, USA, North America photograph copyright Peter West Carey. All rights reserved
Death Valley Mining Whatnot
Description: On the high Pass leading over to Eureka dunes from the main part of death Valley, there is a jumble of mining equipment rusting in the sun. The area Continue Reading →
Crankshaft Crossing
Description: Way up in the Northern reaches of Death Valley National Park is an interesting quirk or quirkiness. It’s Crankshaft Crossing and I’m sure there is a colorful backstory as Continue Reading →
Give A Little
Description: I realize I sound like a broken record, but that is because this message is worth repeating. There is no artificial blood. If someone you know needs blood products Continue Reading →
Boiling Clouds Over Eureka Dunes – Death Valley
Description: Last week was an excellent trip to Death Valley National Park with nothing much on the agenda except meeting one of my brothers, camping, hiking and seeing stuff. In Continue Reading →
Golden Canyon
Description: Golden Canyon in Death Valley National Park has become one of my favorite places. I only visited once with my brother this week but I’m already thinking about returning Continue Reading →
Looking For An Awesome Drone?
It’s time for me to let my DJI Mavic 3 Cine Premium Combo drone go to another happy home. I haven’t been using its awesome abilities nearly enough in this Continue Reading →
Friendly Reminder: Donate Blood If You Can
Description: It’s not the most enjoyable way to spend a couple hours, but you get to watch TV in the middle of the day guilt free. And, as always, free Continue Reading →
Something About Derelict Buildings
Description: For some reason, I enjoy photographing derelict or broken down buildings. Location: Montgomery, Alabama, USA, North America Photograph copyright, Peter West Carey. All rights reserved.
A Slice Of Americana
Description: I came across this house during my travels and thought it looked like something that needed to be photographed. Location: Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, USA, North America Photograph copyright, Continue Reading →
Dying Tecumseh
Description: One of the first sculpture you come to when visiting the National Portrait Galley in Washington, DC. Here is what the adjoining placard had to say: Tecumseh (Shawnee, 1768-1813) Continue Reading →