My Photo Guides

The Advantages of Winter Light A while back I noticed that some photos I took of sand dunes in Death Valley looked particularly good. I suspected that it was the compass direction of the sun: it was shining at an angle close to the orientation of parallel ridges, so undulations in the dunes were showing some nice highlights and shadows. I tested the concept on following trips when the sun was at a similar compass angle, and that didn't seem to fully explain what was great about the original light and images. Recently I was calculating what size and placement of overhang would be necessary to provide passive solar energy: to shade a window in the summer, while allowing sunlight to stream in and heat the house in the winter. The results explained a lot. In the summer here at about 38 degrees latitude the sun gets about 76 degrees high. In December close to the winter solstice, it only gets 30 degrees high. I live in the Eastern Sierra, and the sun elevation is within a degree in the ...

After Google+ I'm so sorry to see Google+ closing down in early April instead of August. I don't know how often I'll get back here in the next few weeks. It's been great interacting with you all over the last few years, and I hope to see you all on the other social media platforms and image sharing services that we use. Jeff Sullivan Web site: http://www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com Prints: https://jeffsullivan.smugmug.com/ Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffreysullivan/ Instagram @jeffsullivanphotography Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JeffSullivanPhotography Twitter @jeffsullphoto, @DSLRastronomy YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/JeffSullivanPhoto Photography workshops: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/landscape-photography-workshop-calendar/ #landscapephotography #photographyworkshops #deathvalley #signalflare

A lot of people are posting collages of their Top 9 most popular posts on Instagram, but I only put 48 images on Instagram last year, about one per week. I can make a better selection from a deeper collection of images, and show you my Top 10 and more: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2019/01/04/my-top-10-photos-of-2018/

2019 Eastern Sierra Photography Workshops My 2019 Eastern Sierra photography workshop dates have been released. The first one, on the weekend of January 19-20, features winter landscape photography, a sunset moon rise, and a total lunar eclipse! https://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/eastern-sierra-fall-colors-photo-workshops/ See more of my photos from the area on Google Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/qBvSUYcUB1Wc4QNE8 #landscapephotography #EasternSierra #MonoLake #California

Can a landscape photography benefit from anticipating optimum sun angles? From the looks of this sand dune shot that we anticipated and pursued, it sure seems so! Is a landscape photography workshop compatible with night photography? In the short days of… http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2018/12/16/geminid-meteor-shower-2018-in-death-valley/

Geminid Meteor Shower 2018 Time-lapse footage of the Geminids on the peak night of December 13-14, 2018. See more images from the trip in my full blog post: https://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2018/12/16/geminid-meteor-shower-2018-in-death-valley/ #landscapephotography #nightphotography #astrophotography https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuxI8nrFmqc&feature=autoshare

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/