sand Archives - Photography Blog

Evening Dunes | G Dan Mitchell Photography – Fine Art Photography Article

January 15, 2021

abstract, america, arid, california, color, death valley, desert, dunes, fine art photographer, fine art photography, fine art photos, landscape, Lines, mesquite, national, nature, north, Park, patterns, Photographs: Death Valley, Photographs: Desert, Photographs: Imaginary Landscapes, Photographs: Nature, sand, USA

No Comments

Evening Dunes | G Dan Mitchell Photography Abstract interpretation of sand dunes in evening light.Evening Dunes. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.Abstract interpretation of sand dunes in evening light.For this photograph I decided to move further from supposed reality than usual. In my view, no photograph actually portrays “objective reality” accurately. That’s a good thing, and I prefer subjective reality in photographs. In other words, I’m interested not so much in what the photograph claims to…

Dunes and Mountains, Rising Dust – Fine Art Photography Article

January 13, 2021

america, arid, atmosphere, Black and White, california, death valley, desert, dunes. wind, dust, fine art photographer, fine art photography, fine art photos, haze, landscape, mesquite, monochrome, mountains, nature, north, Photographs: Death Valley, Photographs: Desert, Photographs: Nature, rugged, sand, storm, towers, USA

No Comments

Dunes and Mountains, Rising Dust A desert sandstorm raises towers of dust against a background of rugged mountains obscured by haze.Dunes and Mountains, Rising Dust. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.A desert sandstorm raises towers of dust against a background of rugged mountains obscured by haze.Continuing here with the 2013 series of Death Valley National Park photographs and, at the moment, a series of photographs made in and around the edges of a big dust storm…

Desert Mountains, Blowing Dust | G Dan Mitchell Photography – Fine Art Photography Article

January 11, 2021

america, arid, atmosphere, barren, Black and White, blowing, california, commentary, death valley, desert, dust, fine art photographer, fine art photography, fine art photos, immense, landscape, monochrome, mountains, national, nature, north, obscured, Park, ridges, sand, sandstorm, storm, travel, USA

No Comments

Desert Mountains, Blowing Dust | G Dan Mitchell Photography Immense desert mountains partially obscured by blowing dust.Desert Mountains, Blowing Dust. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.Immense desert mountains partially obscured by blowing dust.For some reason, this week I seem to be reviewing photographs from Death Valley and many of them want to be monochrome. This is the second in two days. Recently I’ve been thinking about the subject of rugged, desert ridges receding into distant haze,…

Dunes, Sandstorm | G Dan Mitchell Photography – Fine Art Photography Article

January 10, 2021

america, atmoshpere, california, death valley, desert, diffused, dunes, dust, fine art photographer, fine art photography, fine art photos, landscape, light, national, nature, north, Park, Photographs: Death Valley, Photographs: Desert, Photographs: Nature, rise, sand, sandstorm, southern, storm, travel, USA, weather

No Comments

Dunes, Sandstorm | G Dan Mitchell Photography Diffused light and atmosphere as a sandstorm rises above desert dunes.Dunes, Sandstorm. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.Diffused light and atmosphere as a sandstorm rises above desert dunes.This photograph comes from a memorable early spring visit to Death Valley National Park back in 2013. (I know… what visit to Death Valley isn’t memorable, right?!) This day brought a fairly big sandstorm to the Valley, and I worked on photographing…

Winter Surf and Coastal Bluffs – Fine Art Photography Article

November 26, 2020

america, Beach, big sur, bixby, bluffs, california, cliffs, coast, fine art photographer, fine art photography, fine art photos, highway, landscape, nature, north, Ocean, one, Pacific, Photographs: Central California, Photographs: Nature, Photographs: Ocean & Coast, rugged, sand, seascape. travel, season, steep, surf, USA, waves, winter

No Comments

Winter Surf and Coastal Bluffs Winter surf rolls in beneath steep shoreline bluffs along the rugged Big Sur coast of California.Winter Surf and Coastal Bluffs. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.Winter surf rolls in beneath steep shoreline bluffs along the rugged Big Sur coast of California.Although I have been down this section of California’s spectacular coast in the past few weeks, this photograph comes from a few years ago — in a very different time when…

Open Book | G Dan Mitchell Photography – Fine Art Photography Article

August 15, 2020

america, book, canyon, cliff, crack, dormant, dry, escalante, face, fine art photographer, fine art photography, fine art photos, fracture, grand staircase, intimate, landscape, monument, national, nature, north, open, Photographs: Nature, Photographs: The Southwest, Photographs: Utah, plant, red, rock, sand, sandstone, slot, travel, USA, utah, wall, wash

No Comments

Open Book | G Dan Mitchell Photography A sandstone cliff meets the bottom of a Utah red rock country wash.Open Book. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.A sandstone cliff meets the bottom of a Utah red rock country wash.My virtual journey back through Utah continues. Since opportunities to go into the field are limited right now I am instead digging back though tens of thousands of raw files in my archives. I have always recognized that…