Entries filed under 'Yosemite Nature Notes'

One Day in Yosemite: 30 Filmmakers Capture Many Views of a Beautiful Park in 24 Hours

If you love Yosemite, you’ll probably love the work of Steve Bumgardner (aka Yosemite Steve), a videographer/filmmaker who has assembled what may be the preeminent library of interpretive park videos in the National Park System. His latest project is One Day in Yosemite, a nearly 15-minute composite of footage captured by 30 photographers on June 26, 2012. Read our exclusive Q&A with Yosemite Steve. ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on February 4, 2013 12:00 PM & Tagged Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Nature Notes, Yosemite Steve, national parks and video | permalink | Comments



A New Installment in the Yosemite Nature Notes Short-Film Series: 'Granite'

Love nature? Love arty videos that show nature at its best? If yes to both, check out the latest installment from the Yosemite Nature Notes collection of above-average interpretive videos. Videographer Steve Bumgardner gives us an up-close look at the bedrock of the park—its granite. ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on November 14, 2012 10:45 AM & Tagged Yosemite, Yosemite Nature Notes, Yosemite Steve, national parks and video | permalink | Comments



Guidebook Getaway: Popular Yosemite Trail Reopens After a 3.5-Year Closure

Regular visitors of Yosemite Valley will be happy to know that the complete 5-mile loop trail to (and around) Mirror Lake at the Valley’s east end has reopened after being truncated due to a rockfall event on March 28, 2009. ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on October 19, 2012 10:40 AM & Tagged Fitness, Hiking, Mirror Lake, Yosemite National Park and Yosemite Nature Notes | permalink | Comments



Night Skies of Yosemite: New Video Captures the After-Dark Beauty of a Sublime Park

Yosemite National Park videographer Steven Bumgardner has progressively elevated the traditional interpretive park video into short-form works of art, and his latest project, "Night Skies," beautifully continues that trend. ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on September 19, 2012 10:00 AM & Tagged Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Nature Notes, Yosemite Steve and national parks | permalink | Comments



Winter in Yosemite: A Pair of Videos Contrast How It Is and How Lots of Us Wish It Was

In America's traditional winter wonderlands, people are wondering if they'll see much snow at all this winter. Consider Yosemite National Park where, like many areas of the country that are experiencing a dry, warm winter, snow is a no-show in January. A webcam in Ahwahnee Meadow shows a snowless scene on the Yosemite Valley floor, and high-elevation webcams on Sentinel Dome (which looks across the valley to Half Dome) and west from Turtleback Dome offer snow-free views that look downright ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on January 9, 2012 7:23 PM & Tagged Snow, Winter, Yosemite, Yosemite Nature Notes, Yosemite Steve and national parks | permalink | Comments