William Lawson Photography

Travels

The Sierras

The drive here feels like work. Hiking uphill, at elevation, with weight on my back also feels like work. Partially self inflicted since I bring more camera gear with me than a normal person would. But there's nothing quite like sunsets and sunrises in the backcountry. I'm sure that when I'm older I won't think "I wish I spent less time here".

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North Peak | Sunrise on North Peak in 20 Lakes Basin. It was such a cool experience to be here shortly after the roads opened and many of the lakes were still partially covered in snow.

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Backcountry View | Love getting out of the sleeping bag, walking 200 feet and seeing this.

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Illuminated Island | First light on a small island in a backcountry lake. Yosemite.

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Lake's Edge | A peaceful sunset scene in the Yosemite backcountry.

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Second Lake | First light and reflection. Big Pine Lakes Basin.

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Sunset Mirror | Sunset in Twenty Lakes Basin.

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The Welcoming | Sunrise on North Peak after arriving at 20 Lakes Basin in the dark the night before.

Northern and Central California

Where I grew up. Still feels like home. Still love moss covered oaks.

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Sonoma Oaks | Sonoma County coming alive after the first winter rains.

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Sonoma County Trail | First light on a cool, damp, quiet morning hike in Sonoma County.

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Tangled | A trail through moss covered trees in Sonoma County on a cool winter morning.

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Matrix | Moss and lichen covered oaks in Sonoma County.

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Yosemite Dogwoods | Dogwoods in bloom. Yosemite.

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Into the Fog | Trees disappearing into the fog.

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Iconic | One of many popular viewpoints in Yosemite Valley.

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Peaceful | A quiet morning along a wild section of the Central California coast.

Deserts

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The Grand Canyon | Sunrise at the South Rim.

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Sunset in the Valley of Goblins | One of the most interesting places I've visited. Utah.

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Twilight Amongst the Goblins | Utah.

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Cedar Breaks | Sunset light on the Cedar Breaks ampitheater.

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Sweeping | Late afternoon light on perfect dunes. Well, almost. Applied some Photoshop magic to clean up two distracting footprints on the ridgeline. They were much less than 0.1% of the image area, but super bothersome. North Algodones Dunes.

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Dune Patterns | Sunrise dune patterns. After a windy day, before others arrive. That's the trick. North Algodones Dunes.

Zabriskie

Zabriskie | Not a big fan of the whole "my version of something already done millions of times". But that's what a lack of planning gets you. Still a cool viewpoint. Death Valley is kind of like Anza Borrego on steroids.

Cities

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Victoria

Beautiful Victoria | A beautiful summer evening in Victoria, Canada.

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San Miguel de Allende | End of the day in San Miguel de Allende.

Guanajuato

Guanajuato | The most beautiful city in the world. Ok, I haven't been enough places to know that. But certainly my favorite.

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Guanajuato Afternoon | Late afternoon light on Guanajuato.

Superbloom

A few pictures from the 2019 Walker Canyon Superbloom. Right next to Interstate 15. Cut out of work early twice to come see it. The flowers were amazing. The people were also amazing - but not in a good way - the city shut down access the next time the flowers were good.

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Superbloom I | A beautiful Southern California wildflower display. Right off I-15 in Riverside County.

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Superbloom II | A beautiful Southern California wildflower display.

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Superbloom III | An uncommon display of local color just minutes from Interstate 15. This wasn't very far up the trail. I've seen dozens of near identical photographs. Still beautiful. Glad I went when I did because the city closed down the trail the next time we had a superbloom.

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Superbloom IV | A beautiful Southern California wildflower display.

Pacific Northwest

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Wild Coast | The wild coastline of Washington.

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Hurricane Ridge | In between heavy rain showers. Olympic National Park.

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Hurricane Ridge | In between heavy rain showers. Olympic National Park.

Oregon Trees

Along the Way | A forest scene that caught my eye on a hike towards a well known Oregon waterfall.

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Hidden Falls | A small waterfall in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge.

Fall

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Leaning Aspens | Colorado.

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Surrounded | A lone fir surrounded by aspens. Colorado.

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Colorful Hillside | Colorado.

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Utah Fall Colors | Junior "missed" a day of Kindergarten on this great trip to Utah. Spent some time in the mountains. Spent some time at the park. Saw some friends. Flew home with some other friends and family.

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Disorganized.

Big-Bear

Big Bear | From an afternoon of dirt road driving near Big Bear.

Haleakala

Haleakala | Sunrise from the highest point on Maui. Shot on film - before digital really existed - which of course makes it super cool and better than anything shot on digital. At least that's what some film photographers say.