Following a rainy January morning, Yosemite showcased a rainbow and fog sweeping through the valley.
Layers upon layers in the badlands of Death Valley illuminated at sunrise.
Hopscotch at sunset in Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park.
Death Valley National Park
The sun casted a spotlight on a lone tree in the hills of San Jose.
A wall of fluffy clouds line up along a wind farm in Livermore, CA.
Low fog sweeping into San Francisco at sunrise.
Water flows through a rift, meeting its illuminated end.
Sunrise at Delicate Arch in Utah. The person walking to the left of the frame will give you a perspective on the Arch’s immensity.
A passing cargo ship engulfed by a wave of morning fog.
Featured in National Geographic’s ‘Editor Spotlight’ and ‘Photo of the Day’. Waves of fog flowing through, blanketing the curvatures of Mt. Tamalpais.
San Francisco at sunrise with low fog elevation.
The sunflowers and the vibrant sky were in concert for a dazzling theatrical performance.
Rows of almond trees blooming in California’s Central Valley.
Burning sunset sky over San Francisco’s iconic Ferry Building.
Fog flowing through bundled up to form a wondrous wave.
As the sun rises, light paints the rolling spring hills of Livermore.
Trails of light traveling along Ocean Beach in San Francisco.
A ball-shaped cloud idling next to a lone tree on a hillside.
Rows of mustard blossoms on the eve of a storm.
This composition was selected for the National Geographic 2018 ‘People’s Choice’ Award. Waves of fog flowing through, blanketing the curvatures of Mt. Tamalpais.
Sunset illuminating the waterfall at Glacier Point in Yosemite.
An engulfed Mt. Tamalpais bathed by light.
Mendocino coast on a winter day. A fellow photographer described this best, “Looks almost like an optical illusion where the rock is inverted like a black hole.”
Fire sky above the iconic Painted Ladies.
Winter waterfall framed by the pillars of nature.
Shadows crept in, eclipsing the barn as the sun began its descent. Meanwhile storm clouds lurked above.
Fiery sunrise on a fall day in San Francisco.
Fire sky above the Palace.
A lone tree showered by rays of light.
Resembling a spotlight, a patch of rain situated just off the shore of Stinson Beach while a cargo ship passes by.
Burning and streaking sky above the Bay Bridge at sunrise.
Clouds resembling a flying saucer in the Eastern Sierras.
Light bursting through the gates of Yosemite Valley.
Symmetry in Utah’s vast salt fields.
Winter sunrise with fire sky exposing the grandeur of a lighthouse in Santa Cruz.
Mid-day light painted the wind farms of East Bay.
San Francisco’s Sutro tower engulfed.
Winter emergence in the Yosemite Valley.
Rodeo Beach at sunset.
Illuminated rising fog.
On a rainy sunrise, the scene in Yosemite was simply magical with its natural blue hue and fog sweeping through.
A towering wall of storm clouds brewing above the East Bay Hills.
The Ferguson fires created a layer of haze obscuring a 13,000 ft. peak in the Eastern Sierras.