Hiking To Emerald Lake In Sequoia National Park
Lately I have been missing the high up places, big trees and alpine lakes. On Saturday I packed up a quick camping/hiking kit as it was supposed to be a Continue Reading →
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Aster Lake High In The Sierra
Description: A recent hike had me blissfully exploring a part of Sequoia National Park above 9,000′. In that alpine zone the lakes are spotted all over little dips in the Continue Reading →
Sequoia National Forest Sunset
Description: High up, over the rolling hills that lead to Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, the setting sun makes everything a little more placid. Location: Miramonte, California, USA, North Continue Reading →
Rain Squalls Over Death Valley
Description: Upon leaving Death Valley National Park this Spring the weather turned a bit squally and sprinkled the valley (which is over the hills) with one last drop of drops Continue Reading →
Rust Reclaims Mining Equipment
Description: The mining equipment in Death Valley National Park often sits where it last was used with time doing its part to erode man’s efforts. Location: Death Valley National Park, Continue Reading →
Mosaic Canyon Scale
Description: The scale everything in Death Valley is on the order of eons and ages. The hills are tilted over tens of thousands of year to create the shapes we Continue Reading →
Salt Basin Criss Cross
Description: It’s good to get out and look at the world differently. And it’s hard to do when you revisit a place you have been to a few times. This Continue Reading →
Mount Wilson’s 60″ Telescope
Description: Now this is what you think of when someone says “big telescope”. While it is not the largest in the world, it is world-class and over 100 years old. Continue Reading →
Puget Sound Abstract
Description: The fiery colors of sunset illuminate the Olympic Mountains across Puget Sound. Or maybe those are the Cascades as seen from Whidbey Island. Hard to say, dang blurry photos. Continue Reading →
Gourd Season Is Nigh
Description: At the farmer’s markets in Skagit Valley, the gourds have sprung to the shelves. Location: Skagit Valley, Washington, USA, North America Photograph copyright Peter West Carey. All rights reserved.
No Hands In Crab Tank, Duh!
Description: Sometimes the photo explains itself. Location: Skagit County, Washington, USA, North America Photograph copyright Peter West Carey. All rights reserved.
I Can Use Your Help With An MS Bike Ride This Weekend
This coming weekend I need your help with making my 10th (or so) MS Bike Ride a fundraising success. The MS Bike Ride (formerly the MS150) is a national effort Continue Reading →
Rural Nepali Home Still Life
Description: Inside a small one room home near Chitwan National Park in Nepal. Location: Bharatpur, Nepal, Asia Photograph copyright Peter West Carey. All rights reserved.
Globs Of Gharials
Description: Gharials are a member of the crocodile family and are fish-eaters living in rivers of Nepal and India. This tangle of crocs is found at a breading center in Continue Reading →
Reef Shark B&W
Description: Under the waters of Hawai’i, down where the sharks swim. Location: Oahu, Hawai’i, USA Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. All rights reserved.
Alpenglow In Haa Valley
Description: It was the second to last night of our Bhutan photo tour in 2013 when the snows started in the Haa Valley of Bhutan. A bit beautiful at first Continue Reading →
The Last Orange Grove In The San Fernando Valley
Description: I had read about the orange grove pictured below first in the LA Times. I’ve also driven by it once or twice. It seemed like such an oddity (“How Continue Reading →
Death Valley Is All About Patterns
Description: In looking back through a few days spent in Death Valley over the Winter, I keep finding more and more images of endless patterns. Sometimes repeating directly, but also Continue Reading →
Fan Out
Description: Easy lay the patterns in Death Valley’s Eureka Dunes. Location: Death Valley National Park, California, USA, North America Photograph copyright Peter West Carey. All rights reserved.
The Golden Gate Bridge And Moon
Description: I wasn’t in San Francisco to get a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge, and certainly not with the moon in it. Normally you have to plan for an Continue Reading →
Less Bugs, More Grass
Description: After some complaints about the sheer number of bugs on yesterday’s photo, here’s a placid photo of nothing but grass and a tree. Just ignore the bugs that might Continue Reading →
Road Trip Carnage
Description: It’s not a long enough roadtrip if you don’t capture alllll the bugs. Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. All rights reserved.
PCH At Dusk
Description: A quiet evening out on the Pacific Coast Highway after sunset. Location: Pacific Coast Highway, California, USA, North America Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. All rights reserved.
Yosemite In Winter
Description: One of the joys of Yosemite in the winter is the relative ease with which you can find an open campsite at the last minute. Sure, it will be Continue Reading →
Wangdue Phodrang Dzong At Night
Description: Let me help you with that title. Wangdue Phograng is the name of both a district and the capital of that district in Bhutan. Dzong is the name given Continue Reading →
It’s Not Otherworldly, It’s Death Valley – Photo Gallery
Description: <Gets up on very minor soap box>It bugs me how often people use the term ‘otherworldly’ to describe things here on Earth. Why it bugs me is because it Continue Reading →
It’s All Uphill
Description: The dunes at Eureka Dunes are over 680′ above the valley floor. They are tucked away at the end of a valley outside of the actual Death Valley and Continue Reading →
The Vastness Of Death Valley
Description: Being the largest National Park in the continental US, Death Valley has miles of roaming built-in to it. While camping at Stovepipe Wells, I struck out North and could Continue Reading →
More Masked Dancing
Description: Continuing the theme from the past few days, it’s time to experience the Cham dance. As much as you can from a screen. 🙂 Location: Bumthang, Bhutan, Asia Photograph Continue Reading →
Eyes Behind The Mask
Description: Masked dancers don’t have the greatest field of view. Dances at a tshechu, or festival, in Bhutan are often a slow affair. Take a look here in Wikipedia. Location: Continue Reading →
Next On Stage: Black Hat Dancers
Description: The Black Hat Dance, or Cham dance, is something of a regular at Bhutanese festivals. Having a look around YouTube for examples makes me want to grab a video Continue Reading →
Keeping It Positive While Traveling
The stress on my recent trip to San Francisco for work was legit. Going into the trip with very short prep time and a long list of footage the client Continue Reading →
Mask Fitting
Description: More prep work for a masked dance high in the Himalayas of Bhutan. Location: Bumthang Dzongkha, Bhutan, Asia Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. All rights reserved.
Bhutanese Mask
Description: In 2023, while leading a photo tour through Nepal and Bhutan, we had the good fortune to witness not only a day of festivities and celebration in a small Continue Reading →
Leave A Note To Appreciate Your Trip
Last week I had a whirlwind trip to San Francisco. A client needed footage from that glorious city and the weather gods hinted sunny summer perfection. No time like the Continue Reading →