My Photo Guides

2019 Night Photography Workshops at Bodie State Historic Park, California I'm offering longer workshops in the Bodie - Mono Lake - Tioga Pass area this year: May 29 - Jun 1 - Eastern Sierra Landscapes & Milky Way w/Bodie (4 days) Jun 5 - 8 - Eastern Sierra Landscapes & Milky Way w/Bodie (4 days) Jun 26 - 29 - Eastern Sierra Landscapes & Milky Way w/Bodie (4 days) Aug 21 - 24 - Eastern Sierra Landscapes & Milky Way w/Bodie (4 days) More details on the packages I'm offering these in (with registration links soon): http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/bodie-night-photography-workshops/ This photo is from one of our first night photography workshops in Bodie , about 30 of them ago, way back in 2012! Due to frequent requests, I've uploaded this photo and others for printing: https://jeffsullivan.smugmug.com/Bodie-State-Historic-Park-California/i-j9XczsR/A #BodieStatePark #nightphotography #workshops #california

Where to Shoot Yosemite's Horsetail Fall Horsetail Fall in Yosemite Valley is backlit by the setting sun for roughly two weeks each year. As the sun falls behind the vertical face of El Capitan... http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2017/02/20/where-to-shoot-yosemites-horsetail-fall/ #Yosemite #landscapephotography #workshops  http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/yosemite-national-park-photography-workshops/

2017 Death Valley Photography Workshops So far I'm planning two trips for spring wildflowers, two for fall: Mar 1 - 5 - Death Valley Spring Landscapes & Night Photography Mar 22 - 26 - Death Valley Spring Landscapes & Night Photography Nov 16 - 19 - Death Valley Landscape & Night Photography - Leonid Meteor Shower Dec 9 - 13 - Death Valley Landscape & Night Photography - Geminid Meteor Shower Here's my Death Valley workshop overview page: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/death-valley-photography-workshop-2013/ I'll get a blog post up shortly with info on the ones in March, and add that link here. I live 3 hours from the park, and I've been exploring Death Valley several times per year for eleven years! If you can't join me but want to explore the park, my 320-page guidebook “Photographing California Vol. 2 – South” includes 40+ locations in Death Valley. #deathvalley   #photographyworkshops   www.JeffSullivanphotography.com

Joshua Trees at Sunset I don't usually think of Joshua trees as a "cloud forest" species, but in the winter when they get most of their moisture, a lot of them live up where they are in the clouds of oncoming storms. Although they are clearly a desert species, it's high desert, and much of the moisture falls as snow. This lengthens the time when the moisture can soak into the soil. Joshua trees are an indicator species for the Mojave Desert ecosystem. They have been declining in geographical extent for thousands of years. One contributing factor may be the extinction of the giant ground sloth, which spread Joshua tree seeds, but disappeared around the time that humans arrived on the continent. As climate change shortens winters and raises snow levels, that may accelerate their decline. www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com #joshuatrees   #landscapephotography   #DeathValley   #MojaveDesert

Bodie's 193 earthquakes over 1.5 Magnitude The shaking in Bodie continues! When I search the USGS site for earthquakes 1.5 and over, it shows 193 in the past week. Apparently some windows have broken, some brick buildings have been damaged, so the park has been closed through Sunday so the damage can be assessed and buildings stabilized. The activity could last two months, so there is the possibility of strong aftershocks as well. For photos of the historic town of Bodie, see my album with over 400: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffreysullivan/albums/72157630926160354 Photo usage permission may be granted with appropriate credit, so contact me with any requests. #earthquakes   #Hawthorne   #Nevada   #science   #news

Originally shared by Jeff Sullivan Photography Sixty-Three Earthquakes Near Bodie Last Night! The USGS reports 63 earthquakes between Bridgeport and Hawthorne last night, clustered around Bodie Creek, north of the historic town sites of Aurora and Bodie. The earthquakes included two of magnitude 5.7 and one of 5.5, in an area about 10 miles downstream from the town of Bodie, California. By coincidence I was editing this sunset photo from Hawthorne last night, captured on my way back from Utah last month. Walker Lake is important for migrating and nesting birds such as pelicans, but in recent years the lake level dropped significantly due to excessive diversions for agriculture. All fish including the Lahontan Cutthroat trout living in the lake have died as the lake level dropped and the lake's mineral content and alkalinity rose. It is still used for water by bighorn sheep in the neighboring mountains. One of the largest employers in Hawthorne is the U.S. Army, which stores and...

Candlelight Vigils in Every State Sunday Night Photographers, these events could make for some interesting and historic photos, in this most interesting of recent elections. http://www.vigilsforamerica.com https://www.facebook.com/pg/uniteamericaorg/events/ #news   #photojournalism    #politics   #electoralcollege   http://www.vigilsforamerica.com/