Introduction: There was a time when new year’s eve was a reason to dress up and paint the town red. Those days are behind me – now I prefer to spend the time between Christmas and the new year doing nothing much, in quiet contemplation. A writer for The Atlantic described it as “nothing time.” At … Continue reading Why (modern) Leica M is a great landscape camera
I traveled to Utah for Thanksgiving 2019. For a few minutes, I got a chance to experience a real snowstorm. And just like that, it was over. I made a handful of photos. Here is one of them. Continue reading Utah is a winter dream
A peak in Utah. Made with my Leica SL. Continue reading In fog, a peak hides…
Occasionally my morning walk throws up a surprise — fog masks the horizon, the ships, and the port buildings become a faint outline. Oakland fades out. And then with a little bit of contrast adjustment, and by pushing the mid-tones, what was just a walk along the water becomes a tiny moment of zen. Made … Continue reading Almost still waters
San Francisco and its geography make it easy to capture landscapes. Sometimes it is the beach, and other times it is just a pier in my neighborhood. I have been in a self-imposed quarantine and as a result, I leave home early in the morning for a walk. Sometimes I go to the beach, in … Continue reading Some landscapes from around town
I was fascinated by the Telescope Peak when I visited the Death Valley National Park earlier this year. This view is from the Panamint Valley. I have so many photos of this peak. It is about 3000 feet, and even in late February it had snow and added a great contrast to the dry and … Continue reading Telescope Peak, Death Valley National Park
According to Wikipedia, Devil’s Golf Course is a large salt pan on the floor of Death Valley, located in the Mojave Desert within Death Valley National Park. These halite crystal salt formations are indeed devilish. It is truly an inhospitable place and boy, I can only imagine how hard it was for old-timers who might have had to travel over this really … Continue reading The Devil’s Golf Course
*Mount Whitney is the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States and the Sierra Nevada. It has an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m)It is an amazing mountain to behold especially from the hills around Lone Pine in Owens Valley. I rendered this photo in B&W because I just felt the colors actually distracted from the ridge and the … Continue reading The Tallest Mountain in America*
Given that we live in a world that is so intensely photographed, we have to think about photography as interpretive. And that is why often go back to this observation from the legendary photographer, Ansel Adams. “The negative is comparable to the composer’s score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle … Continue reading Dunes of Death Valley: a very personal interpretation
