My Photo Guides

With rain falling in Death Valley this morning and more storms lined up in the Pacific to follow, I looked up some of my photos of past instances of lake Manly forming in the flooded Badwater Basin. Ocean temperatures are shaping up to look like we may… http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2018/11/29/lake-manly-coming-to-death-valley-this-winter/

Bodie w/Eastern Sierra May 31 - June 1, $695: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/product/bodie-w-eastern-sierra-may-29-jun-1/

New Art Print Site I limited my print sales some time ago to focus on workshops, but I've rebuilt my printing site from scratch, in time for the holiday season: https://jeffsullivan.smugmug.com/ My 2019 photography workshop dates have been announced: https://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/eastern-sierra-fall-colors-photo-workshops/ #landscapephotography #EasternSierra #MonoLake #California

The image above was a perfect calm fall day in Yosemite Valley. The clouds were just right when I arrived, but much less photogenic moments later. People don’t think of landscape photography as a time-critical endeavor, but as Ansel Adams observed,… http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2018/11/20/yosemite-fall-colors-photography-workshop/

Anticipating Optimal Dune Lighting Via Sun Position In the absence of interesting weather, are there optimum lighting conditions on certain dates and times to photograph some sand dunes? One of the advantages of going to the same place over and over again over time is that you can see how the light can change in a seasonal way, and you also run across unique lighting associated with a specific angle of the sun. As photographers, we have...(continued on my blog): http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2018/11/19/anticipating-sun-sand-dune-lighting/ #landscapephotography #DeathValley #NationalPark #California

In the absence of interesting weather, are there optimum lighting conditions on certain dates and times to photograph some sand dunes? One of the advantages of going to the same place over and over again over time is that you can see how the light can… http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2018/11/19/anticipating-sun-sand-dune-lighting/

I visited Death Valley in late September this year to see what it might be like to run a fall workshop in 2019. Guess what… it was hot! How hot was it? It was so hot, even the rattlesnakes seemed to have heat exhaustion (photo below). High temperatures of… http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2018/11/17/death-valley-septemberoctober/

In 2018 the Eastern Sierra enjoyed one of its most gradual and orderly fall colors seasons in recent memory. Leaves turned color where they should, when they should, and without major cold and energetic storms moving through, the leaves stayed on the… http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2018/11/15/eastern-sierra-mono-county-fall-colors-2018/

Half Dome and Fall Colors in Yosemite Valley In case you might have an image to enter, the @OutdoorPhotoMag Assignment this week is "Fall Color 2018"! https://www.outdoorphotographer.com/assignments/assignment-351-fall-color-2018/submission/597377-half-dome-and-fall-colors-in-yosemite-valley/ Dates are up for our 2019 Yosemite workshops, prices and registration will be available soon: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/yosemite-national-park-photography-workshops/ #landscapephotography #Yosemite #photographyworkshops #california https://www.outdoorphotographer.com/assignments/assignment-351-fall-color-2018/submission/597377-half-dome-and-fall-colors-in-yosemite-valley/#.W-x03SRI8F4.google_plusone_share

Snowy Storm Night Photography in Bodie What would it be light to shoot night photography in a snow storm in a ghost town at nearly 8400 feet in elevation? It was cool! Dates are up for our 2019 Bodie workshops, prices and registration will be available soon: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/bodie-night-photography-workshops/ More photos from this night in Bodie on my blog: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2018/11/13/stormy-october-night-bodie/ #nightphotography #easternsierra #california

I’ve shot in Bodie at night nearly 40 times. The Bodie workshop season typically runs late May through mid-October when any storms tend to be convention-driven from daytime heat. So even on stormy days, the sky usually clears up at night. This time, in… http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2018/11/13/stormy-october-night-bodie/

2018 was another outstanding year for fall color in the Eastern Sierra! The 2019 calendar will be up soon here. http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2018/11/07/eastern-sierra-bishop-area-fall-colors-2018/

I loved my Velbon Geo 535D tripod, which I bought first as a gift, then a second one for myself, that I used as my main tripod for landscape and night photography for close to 4 years. I originally wrote this review after using it about 18 months, and now… http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2018/11/07/velbon-geo-e535d-tripod-review/

Geminid Meteor Shower in Death Valley My next Death Valley workshop is coming up December 10 - 14. We'll be pursuing landscape and night photography in the park, including the Geminid meteor shower! http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/death-valley-photography-workshop-2013/ This image is from last year's Geminids in December 2017. #landscapephotography #astrophotography #deathvalley #nationalpark #nightphotography #california

Windy Death Valley Dunes In September Outdoor Photographer Magazine had a "Monochrome Magic" theme for one of their Assignments, so I produced my first black and white conversion for this Death Valley image, using Adobe Lightroom, then On1 Silver Efex 2. It won! https://www.outdoorphotographer.com/blog/monochrome-magic-assignment-winner-jeff-sullivan/ My next Death Valley workshop is coming up next month, December 10 - 14: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/death-valley-photography-workshop-2013/ #landscapephotography #California #DeathValley #nationalpark #blackandwhite