My Photo Guides

Night in the Mojave Joshua trees are an indicator species for the Mojave Desert ecosystem, stretching from Southern California into Nevada, Arizona and Utah. #Mojavedesert   #nightphotography   #milkywayphotography   www.MyPhotoGuides.com

Sunrise in Fethiye Harbor Sunrise reflection in Fethiye Harbor, Turkey.  The word "turquoise" comes from the color of the water here in Turkey!  This image was captured while Lori Hibbett and I were on a two week "blue water cruise" aboard a chartered sailboat in September 2010.  We also spend two weeks on a self-driving land tour, driving from Istanbul across the countryside to Selimye, where we'd catch our boat. I recently had a request for a print of this image, so I touched it up with my latest post-processing software and uploaded it to Fine Art America for printing:  http://t.co/bSCVhMcIdb #Turkey   #travelphotography   #sailing   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

Sunset Last Saturday Down the road, in California's Eastern Sierra near Lone Pine. Originally shared by Eastern Sierra Nevada Workshops Sunset Over Owens Lake Sunset over Mt. Whitney, from Keeler, on the shore of Owens Lake. #easternsierra   #photography   #sunset   #California   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

The Night Sky at 3 am I'm tempted to go back out again tonight, but with a cold storm passing through, temperatures will be in the 20s and 30s around here! Originally shared by Death Valley Workshops Milky Way Over Joshua Trees Captured in California's Mojave Desert last weekend. #mojavedesert   #California   #nightphotography   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

Stormy Evening on The Racetrack Last weekend in Death Valley National Park. Originally shared by Death Valley Workshops Last Color of Sunset on The Racetrack Sunset meets blue hour on The Racetrack, Death Valley National Park.  April 2015.   #deathvalley   #landscapephotography   #theracetrack   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

Photobombed by an F-18 An F-18 photobombs campers in Death Valley National Park Tuesday morning.  The first one which passes by gets your attention, the second one comes at you from behind at close to the speed of sound, so you won't hear it coming! #DVNP   #deathvalley   #camping   #desertphotography   Death Valley Workshops

Wake Up Call An F-18 makes  a low pass in Death Valley National Park yesterday. #deathvalley   #F18   #chinalake www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

Wildflowers Last Weekend in Death Valley Over the weekend I was playing with the olloclip lenses I bought for my iPhone 5S about 18 months ago, and came up with some fun results! #iphoneography   #macrophotography   #deathvalley   Death Valley Workshops  Originally shared by Death Valley Workshops More Death Valley Wildflowers, 2015 Mostly iPhone 5S photos in this batch.  I'll have more DSLR images soon from my 2nd and 3rd 2015 Death Valley visits. #wildflowers   #deathvalley   #californiaphotography   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

Stepping Into the Past Building interiors in the Wild West "Ghost town" of Bodie have been mostly untouched for 50 years, since the State Park assumed ownership in the early 1960s. When we access the buildings today, we're careful not to disturb even the dust!  We've added registration for interior access to Bodie starting at only $245, and nights starting at $325 in 2015!  We'll have four sessions for interior access in 2015: May 24, June 13, July 11, and August 15, and five for nights: May 24, June 13, July 11, August 15 and October 11-12.   http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/bodie-night-photography-workshops/ #abandoned   #ghosttown   #photographyworkshop    www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

Bodie Night and Interior Access Sessions, Starting at $245! Our first Bodie workshop of the year is coming up next month!  We have just a few spaces left in the combined workshop for both, so we're opening up registration for a separate night workshop or morning interior access session in Bodie on May 24 for people who want one or the other: http://activesole.blogspot.com/2015/04/night-photography-workshop-bodie-2015-may.html We have FAQ and registration here:  http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/bodie-night-photography-workshops/ #nightphotography   #photographyworkshop   #bodiestatehistoricpark   Bodie Photo Workshops

Bodie Night Photography or Interior Acccess Workshops May 24 We have some room on this date to offer interior and night access separately, so feel free to join us for one or the other, at our lowest prices of the year! Bodie Night Photography Workshops http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/bodie-night-photography-workshops/ #photographyworkshops   #nightphotography   #bodieworkshops   Bodie Photo Workshops

Light Painting in Death Valley and Nevada A new blog post with notes and photos from a week in the field with a new light painting tool to master: http://activesole.blogspot.com/2015/04/first-results-with-protomachines-led2.html #nightphotography   #lightpainting   #astrophotography   Originally shared by Jeff Sullivan Photography New Light Painting Tool in the Bag I spent a week in March getting to know the ProtoMachines LED2 light in Death Valley National Park and Nevada.  I used it under the Milky Way, with star trails, light painting subjects near and far, with and without moonlight.   http://activesole.blogspot.com/2015/04/first-results-with-protomachines-led2.html I'll use the LED2 more over the next 6 week to practice for our light painting session in Bodie on the night of May 24.  Currently we're offering the night bundled with interior access earlier that morning, but we'll soon offer them separately as well to fill the last few spaces: http://www.jeffsullivanphot

New Light Painting Tool in the Bag I spent a week in March getting to know the ProtoMachines LED2 light in Death Valley National Park and Nevada.  I used it under the Milky Way, with star trails, light painting subjects near and far, with and without moonlight.   http://activesole.blogspot.com/2015/04/first-results-with-protomachines-led2.html I'll use the LED2 more over the next 6 week to practice for our light painting session in Bodie on the night of May 24.  Currently we're offering the night bundled with interior access earlier that morning, but we'll soon offer them separately as well to fill the last few spaces: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/bodie-night-photography-workshops/ #nightphotography   #lightpainting   #photographyworkshops   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

Fall in the Eastern Sierra In early April, we're already halfway back to fall! #fallcolors   #easternsierra   #mountainmonday   #monocounty   Eastern Sierra Nevada Workshops

Star Trails Over Pliocene Clay Lake Bed Star Trails over erosion patterns in Pliocene-era bentonite clay in a former lake bed in rural Nevada. The eroded hills were partially lit by the moon, but also illuminated using a ProtoMachines LED2 light set to approximately the same color temperature as moonlight.  #Nevada    #nightphotography    #startrails   #ProtoMachines   Jeff Sullivan Photography

Badwater Basin Sunrise This was taken at 6:55 am in the same location as my black and white photo a couple of posts ago, captured at 7:32 pm the night before.  Shooting into the bright oncoming sunrise, I used a graduated neutral density filter to reduce the brightness of the sky and captured three bracketed exposures to improve dynamic range.  I adjusted an image in Adobe Lightroom 5.7, applied that to three exposures and sent them to Photomatix HDR (Soft 2 processing if I remember correctly) to include more shadow and highlight detail in this high contrast lighting, readjusted the resulting TIF file in Lightroom, then sent that result to OnOne Perfect Effects 9 for a final tweak. This is a large basin where a giant lake evaporated thousands of years ago, and the mineral-rich waters left a deposit of rock salt.  Wind deposits dust on the salt flats, but pools of water dissolve it into salt water, and the dirt settles to the bottom, so when the surface re-crystallizes, it becomes salt

Sunrise over the Salt Flats This image of an oncoming sunrise was taken in Badwater Basin salt flats in Death Valley National Park last month.  It was adjusted in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7, Photomatix 5, and on1 PerfectEffects 9. #deathvalley   #HDR   #On1Pics   #landscapephotography   Death Valley Workshops

Salty Sunrise in Death Valley A salty spring at dawn in Death Valley National Park.   #canon   #photography   #deathvalley   #nationalpark   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

Flow Two days after a rain shower in Death Valley, March 2015. #Canon   #deathvalley   #landscapephotography   Originally shared by Death Valley Workshops Water in the Desert Unfortunately this is salty water, so it's not a place that anyone would be stopping for a drink.  The 20 mule teams which used to haul borax out of Death Valley carried their own massive tanks of water for the mules. #deathvalley   #nationalpark   #photography   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

With the resurfaced white salt in the foreground, this was begging for a black and white treatment. Originally shared by Jeff Sullivan Badwater Salt Flats at Dusk It's always nice to get some nice clouds to complement the texture on the salt flats in Death Valley National Park. #Canon #Badwater   #deathvalley #saltflats #landscapephotography Death Valley Workshops

Desert Sunflowers at the Ashford Mill Death Valley National Park was reporting strong wildflowers by February this year, so I was afraid that I might miss them by arriving closer to the normal peak in March.   Fortunately many of the places they suggested, like Ashford Mill, were still going strong. #wildflowers   #deathvalley   #Canon   #photography   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

Badwater Salt Flats at Dusk It's always nice to get some nice clouds to complement the texture on the salt flats in Death Valley National Park. #Canon #Badwater   #deathvalley #saltflats #landscapephotography Death Valley Workshops

Sunburst Canyon The sun was higher on this visit than it was on prior visits, so the lighting in this canyon changed considerably.  It's nice to develop that sort of knowledge, to know when it's most rewarding to return for more photography. #deathvalley   #slotcanyon   #photography   #hiking   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

This was captured a few minutes earlier than that last photo shared from my Jeff Sullivan Photography page. #Canon   #canonphotography   #canonphotographers   Originally shared by Death Valley Workshops Salty Sunrise in Death Valley A salty spring at dawn in Death Valley National Park.   #landscapephotography   #deathvalley   #nationalpark   #DVNP     www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

I'm posting more to my pages lately, to see if there can be signs of life on that side of the G+ platform. #canonphotography   #Canon   #canonusers   Originally shared by Jeff Sullivan Photography First Light on the Tucki Mountains The sun shines on the Tucki Mountains in Death Valley National Park, over a salty spring in March 2015.   #deathvalley   #landscapephotography   #nationalpark   #DVNP     www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com Death Valley Workshops

Windy Day on the Dunes From a visit to Death Valley National Park, California a couple of weeks ago. #deathvalley   #landscapephotography   #sanddunes

First Light on the Tucki Mountains The sun shines on the Tucki Mountains in Death Valley National Park, over a salty spring in March 2015.   #deathvalley   #landscapephotography   #nationalpark   #DVNP     www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com Death Valley Workshops

Wildflowers in Death Valley 2015 Wildflowers in Death Valley National Park, March 2015. #deathvalley   #wildflowers   #spring   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com Death Valley Workshops