In prep for my Death Valley workshop later this month, I made another scouting trip to the park. Join me for a sunrise visit to Dantes View on this edition of In The Field.

I found more than the ocean abstracts I’d set out for on my latest visit to La Jolla, California.

Coronado Beach served up cool, overcast skies and the Pacific served up … pollution.

The Ghost Trees along 17 Mile Drive in Monterey are interesting photo subjects - and challenging to isolate. I visited this location twice within a month and oh what a difference a good sky makes.

Join me behind the scenes for a mellow sunrise in one of California’s most lovely towns.

Reaching the Pfeiffer Falls is a nice payoff after climbing the steep-ish trail. Join me on this hike in the Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park.

Conditions for astrophotography were spectacular in early April in Southern California.

WIth a lovely sky and an afternoon low tide, I set out in search of reflections at the beach.

My camera and I can always count on La Jolla, California.

Some locations need a little time before they grow on you. Shore Acres is a location like that for me.

For my style of seascapes, I tend to want to be a sea level, interacting up close with the ocean. Shore Acres is not that type of location, and it challenged me.

Landscape photographers are used to dealing with the fickle nature of weather. I’m glad I didn’t leave Strawberry Hill. It had good photos to provide, in spite of the gray skies.