It was July in the Eastern Sierra. We had just finished photographing sunrise at a gem of a lake outside of Bishop – North Lake. It’s a small, natural lake favored by fishermen and photographers alike, just a short distance off the road to the more popular Lake Sabrina. Someone told us that the wild irises were blooming in the meadow up by the campground. This was not to be missed.
July in the Sierra is mosquito month and I had left my left the insect repellant back in the hotel room. I’m not always thinking very clearly at 3:30 in the morning when we were getting up. So this photograph was taken through a cloud of really pesky mosquitoes. I had no idea I was so popular.
But the results were worth it – a pleasing, quite yet joyful celebration of spring in the Sierra.
Wild Irises (2009)
Coming up in November I’m not sure what you will see here. There are a number of exciting photographs to choose from. It could be North Lake under an angry, stormy sky, Yosemite Valley filled with clouds or some of the wonderful images captured in my recent trip to Utah, images that I’m very eager to show.
So stay tuned.
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