Eastern Sierra Torrential Downpour
Description: Brooding. This is what brooding clouds look like. These clouds, they brood. Location: California, USA, North America
Tag: California
Freaky Looking Sunset Over The Sierra
Description: I don’t fly as much as I used to and this would be one of the things I miss about so many flights: chance encounters with natural beauty. In this Continue Reading →
Los Angeles Sunrise From The Valley
Description: Trying to plan a photo like this might make me a bit bonkers so I am glad serendipity was on my side. After taking off from Burbank airport I was Continue Reading →
Cholla Sunset
Description: It’s so fuzzy! But don’t get too close to cholla cactus, they are vicious. Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA, North America Camera: Canon 7D Mark Photograph Copyright Peter West Continue Reading →
Violet-green Swallow at Mono Lake
Description: It’s hard to catch the Swallows at Mono Lake while they take a break, but patience is rewarded. Here a Violet-green Swallow takes a pause before darting away. Location: Mono Continue Reading →
The Merced River And Yosemite
Description: Fall in Yosemite is a great time of year but always chancy. You never know if the snows will show up of if the valley will be covered in fog. Continue Reading →
Thunderhead Over Yosemite
Description: Check it out: clouds Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA, North America Camera: Canon 7D Mark II + 28-300mm L Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing (email) Continue Reading →
Close In With The Green Things In Life
Description: Not all the views in Yosemite are large vistas of towering cliffs. It’s the little things, the details, that make it all so very interesting. Location: Yosemite National Park, California, Continue Reading →
Long View Of Bridal Veil Falls
Description: If you take the road to Tioga Pass in Yosemite National Park from the bottom of the valley, stop right after tunnel and look back for your last view of Continue Reading →
Downpour Along The Sierra
Description: Taken from a perch above Mono Lake, this is about the perfect distance to watch thunderclouds roll by. Location: Mono Lake, California, USA, North America Camera: Canon 7D Mark II Photograph Continue Reading →
Targeting Tufas
Description: Mono Lake in the summer is brutal but the tufas are a refreshingly different sight. Location: Mono Lake, California, USA, North America Camera: Canon 7D Mark II Photograph Copyright Peter West Continue Reading →
Great Egret Looking Great
Description: Believe it or not, this Great Egret ‘photo’ is a frame grab from a video. An 8K video to be precise. The extra pixels used by the 8K frame (7680×4320 Continue Reading →
Looking Down The Crane
Description: One advantage of having a ‘longer lens’ on a drone (Mavic 3 with the 161mm lens) is the ability to capture images that were very difficult before. In this case, Continue Reading →
The Beautiful Pasadena City Hall
Description: I’ve been getting out more to explore around LA and that has lead me to Pasadena and its beautiful city hall complex. Location: Pasadena, California, USA, North America Photograph Copyright Continue Reading →
Pasadena City Hall & Downtown LA
Description: You likely haven’t seen LA from this angle in Pasadena. With the help of the DJI Mavic 3 7x zoom lens, I was able to capture this image unique to Continue Reading →
That Is One Busy Beach
Description: Santa Monica beach and pier on a sunny and hot Saturday afternoon. Location: Santa Monica, California, USA, North America Camera: DJI Mavic 3 Cine DJI Lens Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Continue Reading →
Hollywood Sign
Description: It’s a sign!!! Location: Hollywood, California, USA, North America Camera: DJI Mavic 3 Cine DJI Lens Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing (email) Learn photography and explore Continue Reading →
Pasadena At Blue Hour
Description: I know ‘blue hour’ is not an actual hour, but it is certainly time when the indirect light we receive from the sun shades the Earth in blue tinted light. Continue Reading →
Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame
Description: All the stars are shining. Location: Hollywood, California, USA, North America Camera: DJI Mavic 3 Cine Hasselblad Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing (email) Learn photography Continue Reading →
Parking Lot Patterns
Description: A couple years ago this place was a Covid testing site with cars snaking all around the rows. Location: California, USA, North America Camera: DJI Mavic 3 Cine Hasselblad Photograph Continue Reading →
More Water Towers Coming Soon
Description: This is your fair warning that I am once again gravitating to aerial photos of water towers. You were spared my last obsessive bender, but I fear you will not Continue Reading →
Roaming Death Valley’s Dunes
Description: It was about 100F when I was here, so we didn’t explore much, but I have plans to go next winter and photograph more of the dunes. Location: Death Valley National Continue Reading →
Sierra Fire Scars
Description: I believe the burn shown here is from the Caldor fire last year in the high Sierra near Lake Tahoe. I do plan to start a project of returning to Continue Reading →
Being Above Solar And Nuclear Power, With Some Wine On The Side
Description: You find the cool things when you get off the main roads. I suppose the solar power could once have been considered nuclear power as well. To the right are Continue Reading →
Winding Path At The Bottom Of The USA
Description: No, this isn’t a political post. It’s the path across the salt flats in Death Valley National Park. Location: Death Valley National Park, California, USA, North America Camera: Canon 7D & 28-300mm Continue Reading →
I’m Not Entirely Sure Where This Is
Description: Do you ever look back at old photos and draw a blank as to their location? For me this is particularly poignant because just yesterday I was mentioning to my Continue Reading →
Valley Sunset Solace
Description: Filmed over three different nights, here’s a quick 1 minute video if you need something to relax to. Wait around to the end for the moonrise. If you don’t see Continue Reading →
Look Deep Into A Poppy
Description: It’s getting to be that time of year when the California Poppies start poppying out in Southern California. Location: Antelope Valley, California, USA, North America Camera: Canon EOS 7D with Canon Continue Reading →
Death Valley’s Colors And Patterns Deserve A Visit
Description: It’s a good time of year right now to visit Death Valley National Park, before the temperatures likely set new high records this summer. The colors and patterns all around Continue Reading →
Waking Up Early In Los Angeles
Description: Clear mornings in Los Angeles provide an excellent reason to start early and feel the city wake up. Location: Los Angeles, California, United States, North America Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Continue Reading →
The Massive Expanse Of The Los Angeles Basin
Description: I’m still finding new places to image the city and View Heights was not even on my radar until I was working with a Lightroom client there last night. Continue Reading →
Catching Motion With Modern Technology
Description: As drone technology gets better and better, the possibilities for photographers increases. And it is a wonderful thing. In this case, the newer Mavic 3 drone by DJI is an Continue Reading →
Can’t See The Forest For The Kelp
Description: If you don’t know exactly what you’re looking at, don’t be alarmed. It’s a little hard to figure out. But if the title of this post tipped you off, you Continue Reading →
Walk The Path To Mount Whitney
Description: Hiking to Mount Whitney in the Fall is the best of seasons. The high up places are cool but not icy and the color changes are worth the effort. Location: California, Continue Reading →