My Photo Guides

Fall Colors in the Toiyabe National Forest Sun rays break through clouds over the Bodie Hills, October 2015. #landscapephotography #BodieHills #HDR

Twilight Light Painting In addition to the headlights and a light in the interior, I used the fading twilight light coming over the horizon to the left for fill and back light, and used a cool (blue-white LED) flashlight as the main key light to the right. In portrait photography it's common to think of the key light as front-lighting the subject, but I didn't want too much light on the grill, to preserve the contract of the headlights vs. the dark front, and the overall mood of a slightly enlivened hulk of a car. With roughly a quarter of a million visitors to Bodie each year, some say that this 1937 Chevy is the most photographed car in the world. I have plenty of photos of it myself, but I like to try different photographic treatments.to explore what more can be done with it. As storms start to drop snow at Bodie's 8375 foot elevation we're done with our 2015 workshops there, but we should have dates for next summer in early 2016: http://www.jeffsullivanphotograph

Mount Rainier Star Trails Reflection Mount Rainier National Park, from my road trip last month. #landscapephotography   #nightphotography   #roadtripUSA   #experiencewashington

September Road Trip, Over 3500 Miles! I'm starting to get a fair number of photos uploaded from my road trip last month, to Mount Rainier and Port Townsend Washington, across to Lake Louise, then down the Rockies to Glacier, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com #landscapephotography #Canon #roadtripusa #travel

Sunset in Grand Teton National Park Sunset at Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. More from this day and trip on my blog: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2015/10/23/yellowstone-to-grand-teton-national-park/ #roadtrip #landscapephotography #grandteton #nationalpark

Back Up Your Phone Photos! I hate to think what could have happened if a phone failed after 2000 miles, if I hadn't been backing them up the whole way! Originally shared by Jeff Sullivan Campsite Photo Backup and Recharge I carry external batteries like this to charge phones and other USB devices wherever I am. To protect my PC data, I back up my hard drives (having lost 7 hard drives in recent years). For my vehicle I carry a roadside assistance plan to get my vehicle towed when it breaks down. But what if your phone fails? The most common cause of failure is dropping it in water, which I've done. I'd rather upgrade to the latest model than carry an insurance plan on the phone itself, but when traveling I don't stop to sync the data enough, or even just back up photos, so how can you avoid losing data? On my September road trip, SanDisk offered me their new Wireless Memory Stick to use with my 2 phones: the old iPhone 5S I still had on a 2-year contract and an LG G4 th

Campsite Photo Backup and Recharge I carry external batteries like this to charge phones and other USB devices wherever I am. To protect my PC data, I back up my hard drives (having lost 7 hard drives in recent years). For my vehicle I carry a roadside assistance plan to get my vehicle towed when it breaks down. But what if your phone fails? The most common cause of failure is dropping it in water, which I've done. I'd rather upgrade to the latest model than carry an insurance plan on the phone itself, but when traveling I don't stop to sync the data enough, or even just back up photos, so how can you avoid losing data? On my September road trip, SanDisk offered me their new Wireless Memory Stick to use with my 2 phones: the old iPhone 5S I still had on a 2-year contract and an LG G4 that I use for photos. Fortunately I didn't lose a phone on this trip, but when my SUV suffered a catastrophic failure, that underscored the fact that you just never know what's going t

Yellowstone to Grand Teton National Park Moving from the land of hot springs, geysers and wildlife to tall mountains, fall colors and wildlife:  http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/?p=90329 www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com #landscapephotography   #roadtrip   #grandteton   #nationalpark

I have the first 2 blog posts up on my road trip... before and after my SUV died at the end: End of the Road for My SUV! http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2015/10/22/end-of-the-road-for-my-suv/ Final Leg Home, Without My SUV! http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2015/10/22/final-leg-home-without-my-suv/ I'll continue to post them in reverse chronological order. www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com #roadtrip #USA #travel #photography

End of the Road for My SUV! I made it home, my SUV didn't!  The full story from Wyoming/Utah: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2015/10/22/end-of-the-road-for-my-suv/ Blog posts covering this trip so far: Yellowstone to Grand Teton: http://www.jeffsullivanphotog * aphy.com/blog/?p=90329 Grand Teton to SUV failure: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/?p=90322 Return via Nevada: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/?p=90318 Image: Grand Teton National Park, earlier in the day, before my SUV died. www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com #landscapephotography #roadtrip   #USA #West

Final Leg Home, Without My SUV! Not long before this 3000-mile trip I had just bought new tires, completed some repairs and had the oil changed, but you just never know what's going to happen on the road.  Here's how the story ends, as I head home in a rental minvan: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2015/10/22/final-leg-home-without-my-suv/ I'm posting the story of this trip in installments, in reverse order, so that once they are all posted on my blog, they can be read straight through in chronological order to the end, no matter what section new readers may arrive in.   Here's the new post describing the prior day, leaving Grand Teton and the loss of my SUV: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/?p=90322 www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com/blog #roadtrip   #travel   #photography   #blogger

I've read that Twitter may hone its strength and focus on breaking news.  It's not always the best place for general posts, but my tweet this morning on the Orionid meteor shower sure seems to be catching fire! https://twitter.com/JeffSullPhoto/status/657188912671014912

Meteors with Venus, Jupiter & Mars in Zodiacal Light I captured Venus, Jupiter and Mars rising in zodiacal light during the Orionid meteor shower this morning.  See my new blog post for both a photo and a time-lapse video:  http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2015/10/22/meteors-with-venus-jupiter-mars-in-zodiacal-light/ #orionids   #meteorshower   #Canon   #astrophotography   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

Orionid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight! See my blog post for details and more examples: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2015/10/20/orionid-meteor-shower-peaks-tonight/   #Orionids   #meteorshower   #astronomy   #astrophotography   #nightphotography

Milky Way Over Bodie Church I'm always looking for new angles on my favorite subjects in the Wild West town of Bodie. This mid-October position for the Milky Way is about as far west as it was going to get, so our workshops in Bodie last week seemed like a perfect time to pursue this reverse angle composition. Bodie album on G+: https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipO6TOYZNAYBsk9Lhtqj0nwCbNcnwwNap-6Rcpf- www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com #nightphotography #workshops #easternsierra #California #Bodie

Fall Colors on Conway Summit This was from Monday on Conway Summit on Highway 395 in the Eastern Sierra. It's raining hard at Topaz Lake at the moment, partly cloudy on the Webcam at Mono Lake. It'll be interesting to see what's left of the fall colors in the Eastern Sierra after scattered storms this weekend. Aspen and cottonwood trees with green leaves should turn over the next 1-2 weeks, moving down in elevation into November. www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com ‪#‎fall‪#‎fallcolors‬ ‪#‎easternsierra‬ ‪#‎monocounty‬ ‪#‎Canon‬ ‪#‎CanonFanPhoto‬ #DiscoverAmerrica ‪#‎California‬ ‪#landscapephotography

Yellowstone Hot Creek Trees in early morning hot spring steam in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park, on my road trip last month.  For a broader look at my road trip, I'm putting together an album here:  https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipPN9y82rpB619HDQ8cDfrSuek4G5GvHt-VyVRgn I've also created an album to showcase some of the images that I've captured in Wyoming in recent years:  https://plus.google.com/photos/+JeffreySullivan/albums/6027861874295566929 www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com #yellowstone   #nationalpark #landscapephotography #roadtripusa #findyourpark

Sunset in Bandon on the Oregon Coast Sunset in Bandon, Oregon last month, early in my "victory lap" circling the Western U.S., celebrating the release of my California Landscape Photography guidebook! More from my Oregon/Washington album: https://plus.google.com/photos/+JeffreySullivan/albums/6114678649008909393 www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com #landscapephotography #hdr #travelphotography #visitoregon

Golden Trout Wilderness Sunrise Reflection This was captured at dawn at Muir Lake in the Golden Trout Wilderness in the Southern Sierra. The most intense summer storm on record for Southern California was on its way that night, and the clouds in advance of it provided a great light show as the first light of the rising sun struck the surrounding peaks. This was a 6+ mile hike from the Horseshoe Meadows trailhead, mostly around 10,000 feet in elevation. The rain started before sunset, and didn't let up until 11am the following day. With water soaking in through the tent floor and more rain or snow in the forecast, it was time to get out ASAP before the next wave of the deluge struck! (And yes, I did catch several golden trout before the storm arrived!) www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com #landscapephotography #SierraNevada Ebackpacking #EasternSierra

Milky Way Over Lassen National Park The Milky Way over Manzanita Lake in Northern California's Lassen Volcanic National Park at the beginning of my road trip last month. How to Shoot the Milky Way http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2011/05/25/producing-milky-way-images/ www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com #landscapephotography #Lassen #NationalPark #roadtrip

Milky Way over Walker Fire by Bodie Church I can't wait for our night photography workshops coming up this Sunday/Monday October 11 and 12!  This is about where the Milky Way will be when it gets fully dark.  Assuming that the park continues the workshop program next year, we probably won't have any more dates in Bodie until May or June 2016.  I'm glad that we have two nights this month, because I don't want to wait that long! #nightphotography   #photographyworkshop   #easternsierra

Jackson Lake Sunset Belt of Venus color reflecting in Jackson Lake shortly after sunset during my recent visit to Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com #landscapephotography #grandteton #nationalpark #findyourpark

Jackson Lake Sunset Reflection There was a time in this sunset when the colors were more intense, as I've shown with more photos in the blog post:  A Day in Grand Teton National Park http://activesole.blogspot.com/2015/10/grand-teton-national-park-wyoming.html I'm posting a while series of posts on this trip to my new blog: www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com #landscapephotography    #grandteton #nationalpark

We have just a few spaces remaining for our last night photography workshop in the authentic Wild West town of Bodie this year!  With an early sunset, we'll enjoy twice the dark sky shooting hours available in summer Bodie workshops.  Come for one night or two.  I'll shut down registration soon:  http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/bodie-night-photography-workshops/ Originally shared by Bodie Photo Workshops Our Last 2015 Bodie Night Photography Workshops Oct 11/12 We're wrapping up another season of Bodie photography workshops with two night sessions on October 11 and 12.  Most participants so far are enjoying a discount by taking them together, but photographers on a budget can sign up for either night separately:  http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/bodie-night-photography-workshops/ We've had another great season or Bodie workshops, with four interior access sessions and these being our 5th and 6th nights in the park this year.  As our 4th season dra

Hot Spring in Morning Mist When I saw the light rays hitting this hot spring and the sun reflecting off of it in the early morning mist, I had to capture it. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming last week. #yellowstone   #nationalpark   #landscapephotography   #findyourpark   #wyoming

Jackson Lake Sunset Belt of Venus color reflecting in Jackson Lake shortly after sunset last week. I'm trying a series of posts that will appear in chronological order on my blog, so they last one came out first, and the next one describes this day, including the loss of my SUV later in the day: ttp:// activesole.blogspot.com/2015/10/end-of-line-explorer-road-trip-September-2015.html #landscapephotography   #grandteton #nationalpark #findyourpark