California Cruisin'
A compilation album pulled from several road trips (2017—2023), this gallery showcases the vast spectrum of landscapes, climates and subcultures that California has to offer. Sea to sand dunes. Mountains to metropolis. In the Golden State, golden hour seems to last forever.
The official lifestyle perk of Southern California.
Surf City
Ripples. La Jolla, CA.
Spring blooms
Vanishing Point
Moonrise over the Ventura coast and Channel Islands
Ojai Valley. Horses, farming and wine.
Caravan Outpost.
Take the long way home.
Last stop for gas.
Death Valley National Park
Dunescape.
In a sea of sand.
Zabriskie Point
Seeing/capturing the galaxy for the first time.
Climbing out from below sea level
From Badwater Basin (-282') to the base of Mt. Whitney (14,505') in just a few hours drive.
Kings Canyon National Park. Up into the Sierras.
Entering Yosemite Valley. Half Dome in the distance.
First light over Bridalveil Falls
El Capitan
The Mist Trail up to Vernal Falls
Hiking Yosemite Falls. 2,425' high, tallest in North America.
Proof of completion
The Upper Falls
Climbing down the Sierras, across the farmlands of the San Joaquin Valley. West towards Monterey Bay.
Dunes of tiny wildflowers
Highway 1, the great American road trip. Big Sur.
Swaths of fog come and go.
Swaths of color pop in the sun.
McWay Falls
Civilization pit stop
Into the woods
Land of giants
The Lone Cypress. Circa 1750.
Into the fog
Sausalito—California's version of Gloucester.
Houseboats and fishing harbors
Los Angeles
Mid-century modern
Pasadena Tournament of Roses.
"The Grandaddy of them all."
Nightfall.