Summer Photo Fun---what's on your agenda?

[John Kasaian]

For sure:
A 'self assignment' photographing pack mules

Painted Cave

Night photography on a really cool beach in Southern California

A hike up in the mountains following a delightful creek with cascades between a series of lakes during spring run-off

St. Joseph's Church in Mariposa

Night photography in Yosemite NP

A week long amble in the Colorado Rockies (for a photo essay on a route followed by a 19th century dude---got to do this one!)

Ifandwhen:
Jack London State Park

The Royal Chapel of the "old" Presidio in Monterey

The Pinnacles NP(I'll probably wait unitl winter for this one)

Night photography around Fresno

An unnamed volcano above Mammoth, and Fern Lake (In all likelyhood I'll probably have to put this off until next summer )

Any glacier that gets in my way


A big part of the excitement is planning, ordering film, loading holders, charting a route, finding the time and working out (most of these outings are 8x10-able)

Anyway, that's what I have planned. Realistically I doubt if I can do it all but it is still fun---anticipation is a tonic for me.

The only fly in the ointment is my old truck, which is getting ready to give up the ghost. I'm hoping VW releases it's TDI soon or at least the Forest Service has another truck auction!

What are you planning? Where are you going shooting?

I love this time of year

[vinny]

Sound like you've got your work cut out for you. I read up on the pack mule stuff when you posted a few months ago and it sounds like fun. Not having to carry anything sounds fun too.

I've got a few things planned like a cross country drive home to northern Michigan to Bill Schwabs get together with shooting along the way. Maybe i'll drive through the upper peninsula on the way back too. A stop in Boulder, Colorado on the way back as well.

Two shows, a group show here in los angeles and my first solo show in northern Michigan in August. That's it other than a week long camping trip in Yosemite later this month.

vinny

[Vaughn]

In early July we have 5 days on a houseboat on Lake Powell -- 11 or 12 family members, so hopefully I can find room for my 8x10 on board. Then possibly over to Zion...my wife wants to hike up to Angel's Flight (Stairs? whatever) and I might try to get the 8x10 up there, too.

We'll see what the rest of the summer brings!

Vaughn

[Stephanie Brim]

A summer long self-assignment on human interaction with still life photography.

My daughter kinda makes me unable to do the 500 mile road trips.

[Preston]

Summer fun begins Saturday 5/10! I am going to marry my sweetheart, and then we'll be off to the East Side of the Sierra for a week! She encouraged me to bring my 4x5 along! How cool is that!

I also plan to get up into the Sonora Pass Country and Tuolumne Meadows during the summer months.

Have fun everyone!

-PB

[Scott Rosenberg]

cool thread...

what i've got planned for the summer / early fall is (in no particular order):

mt rainier np (later july / early august)
columbia river gorge (NOW)
olympic beaches
SE wasington state (now and again in august)
north cascades np
vietnam (hulong bay)
cambodia
china (huangshan, yangshuo... )

hmmm, i'm sure i'm forgetting tons of places, but this is a good start!

[Scott Rosenberg]

congrats, preston!! you might want ot consider leaving the 4x5 home for this particular trip!

[Preston]

Thanks, Scott! I promise that this particular trip will not be totally about photography!

-PB

[Kerik Kouklis]

- Scotland in June to teach 2 workshops, then travel and photograph with my family and great friends in Glasgow.

- Carpal tunnel surgery in July

- Montana to teach at the Formulary in August.

- Alaska to teach 2 workshops and travel/photograph with my younger daughter in September.

[Curt Palm]

Tuolumne Meadows to the Lyell and triple peak forks of the Merced river ( and back to Tuolumne Meadows)