patricia emerson mitchell photography
the way I see the world
Dan and I were able to take a short trip to the Eastern Sierra this past week. It was lovely to see the colors, and very good for my head to get away. It always takes me a bit of time to go through photos: I don’t consider myself a landscape photographer — that is clearly Dan’s area, along with so many other things he does so very wonderfully — and much of what I attempt simply doesn’t work, but I rather liked this image so I’ll share it here.
I’ve not looked at my August backpack photos for quite some time, but today I was in the mood to check more of them out. Very frequently I need to let images rest a while and see them differently when I return to them. This is happening both with the Ansel Adams Wilderness area images and with some from our New England adventure. I’m grateful I’ve learned not to trash images too quickly!
This particular photo is from a special trek I took with one of the other photographers on our trip, Jerry Bosworth. It was a very special hike for me, and a privilege to go on this adventure with him. Because of the clouds I was seeing — and after the horrible storm we had earlier in the week — I was just sure we’d end up getting rained on. Turns out it only threatened but never did more than that. Whew!
And since I’ve mentioned Jerry, here he is, at work! (Later, on our hike back down, he helped me cross a creek. Otherwise I’m really not sure what I would have done!)
Yep. More.
As I mentioned in another post, I was able to go on a trip with some landscape photographers, and had a fabulous time.
Now I’m not the landscape photographer my friends are (I continue to try and learn), but I will share this because … well .. because I can! I’m so grateful to be able to tag along with these folks. What a wonderful, wonderful trip!
…because that’s what I took!
Yes, I know better. Yes, I know I usually won’t be happy with an iPhone photo as a larger print. But it would make a fine card, and I did manage to print a 12×18 of an iPhone photo once and no one in my photo critique group could tell, so sometimes it DOES work.
Another sunset image … because.
The Birds and the Sunset, 12.31.19
I’ve heard that “the best camera is the one you have with you.”
Um. Sure. Thing is, if you don’t get THAT camera out of your backpack and only use your phone you suffer the consequences. So here is my “I was too lazy and used the iPhone” shot. It works fine … but only in this size. Sigh.
John Muir Wilderness
First Day, Heading In To Our Destination, 8.26.17
I’m so easily distracted. I should be cleaning … but I was looking back at images from the Sierra Nevada … even as far back as 2003. Oh how young Dan and I look! I won’t post any of those here: I was using a camera that was less than stellar, and while it’s fun to look at younger me, it’s not fun to see the low quality images. (If you wonder, that first camera was some sort of Olympus and if it was more than 3 megapixels I’d be surprised.)
Moving forward, I finally progress to decent cameras. Not that that meant I would always get great images, but at least they wouldn’t be pixilated.
Rocks in the Clouds, 2.23.13
… again … as I’m still going through a certain folder. I have reached 2017, which means I’m nearing the end of that folder. This image reminds me of a sort of silouette-ish close-to-sepia-toned picture my mom had on her family room wall. I could kick myself for not taking it when we were cleaning out her house: ah, hindsight!
4:34 PM on 1.1.17
