

Today’s guest blogger, REI employee Ching Fu, recounts the soaring highs and chilly lows of her bike tour of the entire Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway last summer: It had been raining for 3 days straight, and I was ready to just be home. But I had to keep pedaling. The bitter cold rain was an unwelcome surprise, especially since it was July in the southeast... ...
If you have ambitions for photographing Horsetail Fall in Yosemite National Park during its brief annual window of apparent luminosity, likely only a few days remain in the 2013 shooting season. Read more about what to expect from park videographer Steven Bumgardner. ...
Posted by T.D. Wood on February 27, 2013 12:00 PM & Tagged Horsetail Falls, Photography, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Steve and national parks | permalink | Comments
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
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
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
Once a year, for a brief period when just the right combination of circumstances align, Horsetail Fall in Yosemite National Park catches late afternoon light in way that transforms the waterfall into an apparent ribbon of fire. The challenge of seeing and documenting this elusive light show brings a swarm of photographers and videographers to the park each February, though the 7- to 10-day window of opportunity varies from year to year. When are optimal conditions anticipated in 2012? Veteran ...
Posted by T.D. Wood on January 31, 2012 7:04 PM & Tagged Horsetail Falls, Michael Frye, Yosemite, Yosemite Steve and national parks | permalink | Comments
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