Category Archives: Site News

New ‘Active Discussions’ Page

I have added a new “active discussion list” page to my G Dan Mitchell | Photography blog. Click on Active Discussions in the tab bar at the top of the page to quickly find, read, and comment on topics I’ve posted about. (Join the site to contribute your comments and questions.)

I have removed the link to the experimental forum that I added to this site a few months ago. I’ll keep the forum site active for now and continue to monitor it for new posts, but I think that the blog’s built-in discussion feature will be more effective and convenient.

Thanks!

Dan


G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” (Heyday Books) is available directly from him.

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In the Queue

Having returned from my nine-day Sierra Nevada pack trip last week, I’m up to my eyeballs in photographs to review and work on. I’ve now picked off all the low hanging fruit (the photographs that seem to have immediate, obvious potential) and I’m now engaged in the more laborious task of going back through all of the images again and looking more closely at photographs that seem to have potential but which will take more thought and work.

I’ve posted a few of the backpack photographs already, and more should begin showing up here near the end of August.

A bit later I will post another product review. I’ve had the chance to use the Lowepro Nova 200 AW bag a few times this summer, and I’m anxious to use it a few more times so that I can post my report here. (This bag is designed more along the lines of a traditional camera bag, so it wasn’t part of my arsenal on the recent pack trip.)

I’m Back – In More Ways Than One

I’ve been in California’s Sierra Nevada for about a week and a half, most of that time on the west-to-east backpack traverse of the range via the High Sierra Trail of Sequoia National Park – this trail starts at Crescent Meadow on the west side and eventually crosses over Mount Whitney to end at Whitney Portal on the east side.

Yes, there will be photographs. Soon.

Apparently my “virtual self” checked out last Saturday or so when this site went down. Why does it alway seem to happen when I’m away!? Thank you to those who sent email to let me know about this, and an apology to others who may have been unable to access the site – especially to any of those I met on the pack trip.

I’m hopeful that things will operate more reliably now, though it also appears that a few glitches may remain. (And thank you to the tech support at siteground.com for working quickly to get things back up and running after I contacted them.)

Dan