My Photo Guides

Sun Rays on Yosemite Valley We had amazing conditions for the photography workshop in Yosemite last week. This was the first morning's sunrise, with sun rays shining down on morning fog. There had been several dozen people at this viewpoint minutes earlier, but once the sun cleared the mountains, nearly everyone decided to go get breakfast. Someone in our group asked about that, but I said "Let's give it another five minutes." Sure enough, when the sun closed the gap in the clouds and started shining down between them, light rays started moving around the Valley. The dynamic range of the scene was too great for one exposure, so this image was created from five bracketed exposures, adjusted in Lightroom 5.7 and combined in Photomatix 6 (beta 2) HDR software. I added another popular photo from this morning, produced using the prior version of Photomatix, for comparison on my blog: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2017/05/17/sun-rays-on-yosemite-valley/ #...

Conditions Look Great for Yosemite May 7-12! I've updated a blog post from May 2014 to summarize the amazing photography opportunities available during our workshop in Yosemite next week: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2014/05/14/yosemites-lunar-rainbow-moonbows-weak-this-year/ #yosemite #nationalpark #landscapephotography #photographyworkshops #waterfallwednesday Curator: Eric Leslie

Fireworks Under Dark Skies: Mammoth Lakes I've added photos to my Crowley Lake Fireworks album on Google Photos. The Mammoth Lakes fireworks display over Crowley Lake is one of the best ones in California for seeing and photographing fireworks in a truly dark setting! My blog has the original photos that I posted, as well as articles on how to photograph fireworks: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2013/07/07/fireworks-over-crowley-lake/ #fireworks #photography #mammothlakes #easternsierra Visit Mammoth Mono County Tourism https://goo.gl/photos/gudqF49cPD1eQw6UA

Enter the Mountain Mania assignment on Outdoor Photographer Magazine today to have a shot at publication in the magazine. Thank you OP for highlighting my photo for your contest! https://www.outdoorphotographer.com/assignments/assignment-285-mountain-mania/ #landscapephotography #contest Originally shared by Jeff Sullivan Backpacking July 2010

Milky Way Season is On! ...If you don't mind getting up in the middle of the night! Fortunately the Milky Way rise time moves earlier in the night each month, until it gets downright reasonable and is in the sky after evening twilight for my night photography workshops from June through October. #milkyway #nightphotography #landscapephotography #photographyworkshops Www.jeffsullivanphotography.com

Outdoor Photographer Magazine assignment: Smartphone + Instagram Enter the Outdoor Photographer Magazine assignment "Smartphone + Instagram": http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/assignments/assignment-282-smartphone-instagram/ Tag entries #assignment282 and @OutdoorPhotoMag on Instagram. Their sample photo is my winning entry from their September 2015 contest. #iPhone5S #ShotOniPhone http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/assignments/assignment-282-smartphone-instagram/#.WNwWQlsSmgs.google_plusone_share

Death Valley Wildflowers 2017 I've photographed over two dozen wildflower species in Death Valley National Park so far this month. Last year's superbloom delivered a bumper crop of seeds, which multiplied the rodent population, and that has resulted in more sidewinder rattlesnakes than I've seen in the park before. Watch where you step! I followed a couple of the tracks, but was not able to catch up with any of the snakes. www.jeffsullivanphotography.com #deathvalley #nationalpark #landscapephotography #California #photographyworkshops