Alabama hills and autumn tree

Fire from cultural burn

My dog max at Gull lake on the June lake loop

Lone egret flying over the ocean at sunset.

2025 was very difficult for me and my family (and many others) and want to thank you all for your support this year! I hope 2026 brings much joy, peace, love, great health, success, & beautiful adventures for everyone! Here’s some of my favorite photos from this year though.

Cover of my visions of light calendar. Storm in Yosemite valley

October page of my visions of light calendar. Fall in lee vining canyon. Eastern Sierra Nevada

Hi! I’m shipping and delivering my 2026 wall calendars! $40+shipping. Best to contact me so I can give you precise shipping costs! Thank you for your support!

#Landscape #Mountain #Outdoors #Nature #MountainRange #ScenicsNature #SupportWomenPhotographers

Photo: "Tempestuous" - I spent a remarkable evening out at Cayucos, CA, watching this powerful storm come in. Chumash, Salinan, & Obispeño Ancestral Homeland. February 2024. #NikonD850, @nikonusa, #BlackAndWhite and #Panorama #MadeWithLightroom

Photo: "Tempestuous" - I spent a remarkable evening out at Cayucos, CA, watching this powerful storm come in. Chumash, Salinan, & Obispeño Ancestral Homeland. February 2024. #NikonD850, @nikonusa, #BlackAndWhite and #Panorama #MadeWithLightroom

"Tempestuous" is the sixth photo in my #PaintingWithLight series, which won an Honorable Mention in the Landscape Category at the 2025 @monovisions Photo awards, and is the photo for today. To see all of the images, go to my story, or go to the website: monovisionsawards.com/winners-gall...

Thank you so much Grant!

Photo: "Mobius Arch and Moon" - The beautiful moon set between the Eastern Sierra and Mobius Arch at the Alabama Hills in February 2024. Lone Pine Peak & Tumanguya (Mt. Whitney) can also be seen through the arch.

"Mobius Arch and Moon" is the fifth photo in my #PaintingWithLight series, which won an Honorable Mention in the Landscape Category at the 2025 @monovisions Photo awards, and is the photo for today. To see all of the images, go to the website: monovisionsawards.com/winners-gall...

Photo: "Lone Tree" - A beautiful tree out in a field near Gardnerville, Nevada, on a lovely autumn day with these gorgeous clouds overhead. Wašišiw Ɂítdeʔ (Washoe) & Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla Ancestral Homeland. October 2024. #NikonD850, @nikonusa, #NikonCreators.

Photo: "Lone Tree" - A beautiful tree out in a field near Gardnerville, Nevada, on a lovely autumn day with these gorgeous clouds overhead. Wašišiw Ɂítdeʔ (Washoe) & Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla Ancestral Homeland. October 2024. #NikonD850, @nikonusa, #NikonCreators. #BlackAndWhite and #Panorama #MadeWithLightroom

My fourth photo “Lone Tree” in my #PaintingWithLight series, which won an Honorable Mention in the Landscape Category at the 2025 @monovisions Photo awards, is the photo for today. To see all of the images, go to my story, or go to the website: monovisionsawards.com/winners-gall...

Black and white fine art panorama of the moon setting behind the eastern Sierra from the Alabama hills.

I am honored to say that my series, #PaintingWithLight (third photo, “Timeless”), won an Honorable Mention at the 2025 @monovisions Photography Awards - Landscape Category.

"Timeless" - The moon setting behind Lone Pine Peak & Tumanguya (Mt. Whitney) at the Alabama Hills on the Eastern Sierra.

Thank you for sharing and for your kind words!!! It’s actually a series - sharing each one of the photos every day for 8 days! Appreciate you!

Photo: “Peaceful Serenity” - A peaceful foggy morning at #GreenRiverLakes, #WindRiverRange, Wyoming, in October 2024. Arapaho & Shoshone Ancestral Homeland. #NikonD850, @nikonusa, #NikonCreators. I created the #panorama and the #BlackAndWhite photograph in @lightroom #MadeWithLightroom.

A peaceful foggy morning at #GreenRiverLakes, #WindRiverRange, Wyoming, in October 2024. Arapaho & Shoshone Ancestral Homeland. Panorama black and white photo

“Peaceful Serenity” is my second photo in my #PaintingWithLight series that just won an Honorable Mention in the Landscape category at the 2025 @Monovisions Photography Awards. It is such an honor. monovisionsawards.com/winners-gall...

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Thank you!!! 💙💙💙

Michelle Ranee Johnson - HONORABLE MENTION The great Miroslav Tichý once stated,

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Pristine - black and white fine art panorama of zabriskie point at Death Valley national park.

I am so excited and honored to announce that my black and white photo series "Painting with Light" has won an Honorary Mention at the 2025 @monovisions Photography Awards in the Landscape Category. “Pristine” is the first photo in the series of 8, which I will show over the next week. Link ⬇️

3. "Golden Canyon" Shadows playing on the surface of one of the fantastic hillsides near #GoldenCanyon at #DeathValleyNationalPark @deathvalleynps taken January 2023) against a very blue sky. 4. "Sequoia Starburst" - Starburst through Giant Sequoias in October 2023. #SequoiaNationalPark. #SEKI

1. "Washburn Point Storm" - An amazing storm I witnessed this past week (July 2, 2025) up at #WashburnPoint, #YosemiteNationalPark, CA. 2. "Golden Sunrise" - The beautiful #LakeMcDonald at #GlacierNationalPark during a smoky sunrise in July 2021.

Yosemite during a storm. Taken from Washburn point

Sunrise at lake McDonald at glacier national park Montana

Golden canyon Death Valley national park California

Starburst through the sequoias at sequoia national park California

Did you know that July is #ParkAndRecreationMonth? And this year marks their 40th anniversary! This year's theme is #BuildTogetherPlayTogether.

How can we build stronger communities through our parks? How can we make people of all backgrounds feel more welcome and inclusive?

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Thanks so much for sharing!!!

Thank you so much Dwaine! 💜💜💜

I am so grateful for everyone who voted for my series #Otherworldly in the reFocus B&W Photo Awards in their Professional Landscape Division. I didn't win the #PeoplesVoteAward - but I did win the Judge's SILVER medal, which is an exceptional honor! I'm very grateful!

Black and white Alabama hills California.

Black and white Alabama hills California. Panorama

Black and white Alabama hills California. Panorama. Moon eastern Sierra

Tomorrow is the last day to vote for my #Otherworldly series in the @refocus.awards #PeoplesVoteAward in the Black and White Professional Landscape Category. These are the last three photos in my series. refocus-awards.com/people-vote-.... Thank you to all who have been voting for me!

Haha I just saw this after I responded. And thank you!

They’re all the same entry. It’s a series. On the bottom below the first photo are shadowed photos (four of them). If you click on them in order, it takes you to the other photos in my series. Sorry I didn’t explain well.

Photo Info: The second photo in my #Otherworldly series I named "Aliens" as I see various shapes of aliens from outer space in the rock formations. Do you see them? - Taken at the #AlabamaHills on the #EasternSierra #PamiduToiyabe in February 2024.

Photo Info: The second photo in my #Otherworldly series I named "Aliens" as I see various shapes of aliens from outer space in the rock formations. Do you see them? - Taken at the #AlabamaHills on the #EasternSierra #PamiduToiyabe in February 2024.

Today, I am sharing my second photo in my series #Otherworldly in the @refocus.awards #BlackAndWhite #PeoplesVoteAwards in their Professional Landscape Category. Please vote for me!!!!! The link is refocus-awards.com/people-vote-...

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Looks like my dog I had many years ago named scout! Lived to be over 17 years old!

The other photos in the series I will be sharing over the next week until the voting ends on June 15.

First Photo in the #Otherworldly series: "Mobius Arch and Moon" - The beautiful moon set between the Eastern Sierra and Mobius Arch at the Alabama Hills in February 2024. Lone Pine Peak & Tumanguya (Mt. Whitney) can also be seen through the arch. Nüümü Witü, Newe Sogobia, & Nüümü Ancestral Homeland.