AVIAN: Birds in a Changing World opened this week at Gallery Five in Oakhurst, California and runs through January 14. The gala reception is this Saturday, December 9th at 4:00-8:00PM at Gallery Five — 40982 Hwy 41, Suite 5, Oakhurst.
The juried exhibition features work by more than 60 artists, and includes two of my photographs.
I’m going to make it a full “avian day” on Saturday, greeting the dawn and a few thousand of my avian friends in the Great Central Valley before heading on over to Oakhurst for the reception. Hope to see some of you there!
You can find out more at the exhibition’s Facebook page.
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The 31st annual Yosemite Renaissance Exhibit opens this weekend in Yosemite Valley. Come on by if you are in the park! The free opening Artists Reception is on Friday, February 26 at 5:30-7:30pm in the Visitor Center Gallery. The show then runs from Saturday, February 27 though May 1.
Yosemite Renaissance features artists who work in and around Yosemite and the Sierra. It includes a range of media — photographs, painting, ceramics, sculpture, and more.
I’m honored that one of my photographs was again included in the exhibit — for the fourth year in a row. This time it is a photograph I made at Devil’s Postpile National Monument last year: “Basalt Columns, Lichen, Autumn Plants”
Studio Nocturnes 2014 — Exhibiting at San Francisco Artspan 2014
Once again this year I will exhibit along with my fellow Studio Nocturne photographers at the 2014 Artspan San Francisco Open Studios.
The photographers ofStudio Nocturne specialize in night photography… and a few other subjects. Studio Nocturne is exhibiting at the 2014 ArtSpan San Francisco Open Studios this fall — we’ll be at the historic Fort Mason once again this year, our twelfth year exhibiting at this annual San Francisco event. We look forward to seeing you there! Join us at the Friday November 7 evening reception and/or during our Saturday November 8 or Sunday November 9 hours.
Studio Nocturne Exhibit and Sale Saturday, November 8 & Sunday, November 9
11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Preview and Artist Reception
Friday, November 7
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
(Reception and Preview information subject to change)
2014 San Francisco Open Studios Fort Mason Center
Building D, Ground Floor
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“Fractured Granite, Reflection” — The base of a rugged granite wall reflected in the still surface of a sub-alpine Sierra Nevada lake
Today I am reprising a photograph that I shared previously since it is part of the Yosemite Renaissance XXIX exhibit opening this weekend in the Yosemite Museum Gallery in The Valley.
An exhibition of contemporary art of Yosemite and the Sierra Saturday, March 1 to Sunday, May 11, 2014 Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite National Park
The first event of the show is tonight…
The public is invited to the Awards Reception, Friday, February 28 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM
Perhaps I’ll see you there!
Now, to the text of the original post, plus a more recent addition…
The base of a rugged granite wall reflected in the still surface of a sub-alpine Sierra Nevada lake
A few days ago I returned from a 9-day trip into the back-country of Kings Canyon National Park. I was one of a group of four photographers who traveled to a remote location at about 11,000′, where we remained for more than five days, photographing the surrounding terrain morning and evening. We followed the common routine of such work – up before dawn and off to investigate and photograph some valley or lake, back by mid or late morning for breakfast, generally hanging out and doing camp chores during the midday period when the light is often less exciting, then back out in the late afternoon for a few more hours of exploration and photography before returning to camp for a post-sunset dinner. Unlike a typical backpack trip, where one rarely stays in the same place for long, we remained in the same camp for six nights, allowing us to really get to know the surrounding area very well.
With so much time, we were frequently able to return to places that we had already visited – perhaps coming back in the evening after a morning visit, returning to try again to catch a subject that didn’t have the right light the first time, or shooting the subject in various conditions ranging from clear skies to rain. This bit of interesting rock was next to a lake that I walked to on a number of occasions, and on this morning I arrived when the lake was still in shadow but illuminated by light reflected from nearby rock faces. Because it was so early the air was very still, allowing me to photograph this very sharp reflection of the fractured granite cliff where it entered the water. A bit of vegetation just above the waterline has taken on early fall colors.
Addendum: It occurred to me last week that there is a (perhaps tenuous?) connection between this photograph – with its theme of a vertical rock face above placid water – and this one by Ansel Adams that I had an early connection to: http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/photographs/ansel-adams-lake-precipice-frozen-lake-and-5056399-details.aspx – I have a personal connection to the place, which I wrote about here: https://gdanmitchell.com/2010/01/14/a-photograph-exposed-submerged-boulders-precipice-lake
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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