Summers End

As of tomorrow my summer is officially over.  It's been a good one.  Ranging from working at an awesome job, to driving up and down the coast, and moving twice.  And now I find myself here, at the end of summer, and the beginning of my senior year of college.  To the journey the next few months hold for me, and the photos that I will take.  Here's some of my favorite summer captures:

Yo so mighty...or Yosemite, whatever you prefer.

“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”
   -Ansel Adams




“No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied - it speaks in silence to the very core of your being”
   -Ansel Adams


Yosemite is a very special place. And it is a place I never get tired of bringing a camera. I try and go at least once a year, especially when there is a blanket of snow on the valley floor.  I have taken dozens, if not hundreds of photos of this special place, and through each picture I learn something new about me, my camera, and the secrets Yosemite has to offer.  Ansel Adams is definitely one of my biggest influences for photography, and Ive learned from him the elegance a black & white photograph, especially photographs of Yosemite.