Lower Yosemite Falls - Bridgeside - Yosemite National Park, Yosemite, California Metal Print

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It's a powerful and exhilarating experience, while standing on the bridge, to hear the roar of the rushing water from Lower Yosemite Falls as it flows from the waterfall above and passes under you.

Others have suggested I digitally remove the bridge railing from the lower left of the image but it reminds me of the challenge i had setting up my tripod amidst the loud, almost deafening, sound of the water and, at the same time, keeping the lens of my camera dry from the above waterfall wetness. I was sprayed with water and wishing i had a raincoat or, at the least, an umbrella.

Since childhood, Aristotle's quote, "Where there is no vision, the people perish," has been a huge influence on me. I continue to extend and interpret its meaning through my photography as I capture images that hopefully inspire, amuse and gladden. At the same time, perhaps my images will also help document the beauty of Mother Nature and our responsibility to care for her. Following a three decade career in public education, as a teacher and then principal for the Los Angeles Unified School District, I began a new career quite serendipitously as a professional landscape, wildlife and jazz photographer of California's majestic Eastern Sierra mountains. Exhilarated by the exquisite beauty surrounding our new mountain residence, my...