landESCAPEvisuals | jeff lewis
X Marks the Spot
Fiery sunset over a High Sierra lake | Sequoia National Park
I'm back in LA!!!!!! (ugh.)
Just spent my most epic, crazy, awesome summer yet in the Sierras.
Thought it might be appropriate to post this one first since it was one of my first photos of the summer. Actually, it was one of my first hikes of the summer. About 7.5 miles, up 2200 feet...came back in the dark...things could be worse when you get rewarded like this. ;)
I hiked 608 miles this summer, including over 300,000 feet of elevation change. I feel like I lived in the mountains for long enough for them to begin to be able to make the scenes my own. What this means is that I was able to capture dozens of images from some of the most remote places in the United States: peaks and lakes that are 30 miles from the nearest road and 6 miles from the nearest trail, many visited by less than a dozen parties each year. Occasionally I got some thunderclouds to add to the drama (usually meaning I hiked 15 miles through pelting hail and lightning all afternoon), but other times, a pristine reflection beneath a blue sky was all I wanted. I will be releasing the images over these next few months and I hope you enjoy each of them and their stories, for I went through so much work to get them!
I really, really, REALLY hope you all have been doing amazingly well and I look forward to perusing your streams to see all the amazing images from this summer! A special thanks to those who added me as a contact while I was away; I'll be sure to check out your work tonight, tomorrow, or sometime very soon!
Still trying to get over the culture shock of seeing more than 3 people per day...
[FYI: this image is barely edited from the original. Just a few tweaks in Lightroom.]
Have a good one--
- Jeff
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please, pretty please, don't use this copyrighted image without my permission. if you're interested in prints, licensing, or just being extra awesome, check out my profile.
P.S. Press "F" then "L" to make your wildest dreams come true :)
X Marks the Spot
Fiery sunset over a High Sierra lake | Sequoia National Park
I'm back in LA!!!!!! (ugh.)
Just spent my most epic, crazy, awesome summer yet in the Sierras.
Thought it might be appropriate to post this one first since it was one of my first photos of the summer. Actually, it was one of my first hikes of the summer. About 7.5 miles, up 2200 feet...came back in the dark...things could be worse when you get rewarded like this. ;)
I hiked 608 miles this summer, including over 300,000 feet of elevation change. I feel like I lived in the mountains for long enough for them to begin to be able to make the scenes my own. What this means is that I was able to capture dozens of images from some of the most remote places in the United States: peaks and lakes that are 30 miles from the nearest road and 6 miles from the nearest trail, many visited by less than a dozen parties each year. Occasionally I got some thunderclouds to add to the drama (usually meaning I hiked 15 miles through pelting hail and lightning all afternoon), but other times, a pristine reflection beneath a blue sky was all I wanted. I will be releasing the images over these next few months and I hope you enjoy each of them and their stories, for I went through so much work to get them!
I really, really, REALLY hope you all have been doing amazingly well and I look forward to perusing your streams to see all the amazing images from this summer! A special thanks to those who added me as a contact while I was away; I'll be sure to check out your work tonight, tomorrow, or sometime very soon!
Still trying to get over the culture shock of seeing more than 3 people per day...
[FYI: this image is barely edited from the original. Just a few tweaks in Lightroom.]
Have a good one--
- Jeff
_______________
please, pretty please, don't use this copyrighted image without my permission. if you're interested in prints, licensing, or just being extra awesome, check out my profile.
P.S. Press "F" then "L" to make your wildest dreams come true :)