patricia emerson mitchell photography
the way I see the world
It is very rare for me to post anything but flowers these days, and even those are frequently from past years, due to my feeling as if I’m running on empty much of the time. But I just posted this over on the Facebook group page Dan has managed for years, to say goodbye, as he’s closing that down at the end of the month, so I may as well share it here as well … right?
I’ve been going back and forth between our summer pack trip in 2022 and our trip to the eastern Sierra and then Utah in 2021. I’m working hard on at least looking at all I’ve shot because, in all honesty, sometimes I get things into Lightroom and then neglect to even look at what I have!
This particular image is from the pack trip. I had taken an afternoon trek with a fellow backpacker in the group and while he was shooting a tarn, going around the entire thing, I spotted things like this. I find some of the rocks so interesting and, yes, beautiful. When I am having difficult with the huge landscapes, which is common for me, moving to the rocks sometimes works for me. Plus I think it’s good to photograph more than flowers.
Between the horrible fires in our area and Covid-19 I’m not as likely to head out on a walk with a camera. Truth be told, I’m less likely to walk at all! Because of this I’m doing a lot of looking back at past years. It’s been fun to remember wonderful times I’ve had; I’ve been so fortunate to get to travel a lot these past eight years or so after a lot of years of very little excursions.
Today I thought I’d share a few images from a backpack trip I took in 2017. A photography group allowed me to tag along, and it was such a wonderful time. These days I wonder if it was the last trip I’ll ever take. One never knows! Here are a few more intimate images I made on that trip.
I’ve quickly perused a number of photos from our trip and I do believe I’ll have some I’m quite happy with. I’m working on landscape photography: flora is easy, landscape is not. At least for me! (I’m also bad about naming images, so what you see below is what you get. Date and time work just fine for me.)
High Sierra, John Muir Wilderness, 6:20:28PM, 8.28.17