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Trip To Yosemite
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 | | Joe Jr with TVC-33 on Merced River in Yosemite |
On Monday morning at 6:00 AM I woke to my father calling to say that we are going to Yosemite right away - there was snow, so pack my bags. Still groggy, I packed all the winter clothes I could find and raced to meet him at the office. After getting a few gear essentials we began the 6 hour drive. As this was my first time to Yosemite, I really had no idea what to expect. Of course I've seen the iconic photos of El Capitan, Half Dome and several waterfall shots, but none of that could have prepared me for the sheer majesty of the park. Even though most of the roads in the park were closed, there was more than enough subject matter to keep us busy for the 24 hours we were there. Yosemite is a photographer's smorgasbord and we sampled just about everything from multi-row HDR panos to star trails to macro. And it was cold! However, even when the cold rendered my hands pretty useless, my TVC-33 and PG-02 kept trucking along without a hitch.
Tuesday morning we got up at 3:30 AM to catch El Capitan and Half Dome with some stars above them and shot up through first light before moving down into the valley. We spent the rest of the morning running from location to location in pursuit of trying to capture all the awe and wonder that is Yosemite. I found it was quite a challenge to convey the grandeur effectively, but this was a quest where the journey was as much or more of a reward as the destination.
In the words of General Douglas MacArthur, "I shall return."
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