Here are some recent photos from a trip up to Bishop Creek Canyon in the Eastern Sierras. Even on a busy weekend, we were able to find an incredible campsite right next to Bishop Creek. We relaxed by the campfire and even caught some trout 10 feet from our site. We fished at Intake II and North Lake while making a kayak excursion on South Lake. We had incredible cool mountain weather and could see hints of fall colors. Enjoy!
Campground at night
Fishing for trout on South Lake
What are the trout biting?
Picking out a fly on South Lake
Kayaks on South Lake, Biship Creek Canyon
Kayaking on South Lake
Exploring South Lake, Bishop Creek Canyon
Fly-fishing North Lake, Bishop Creek Canyon
Fly-fishing a trout stream
Bishop Creek Campground at night (painting with light)
We had a bunch of assignments this spring that took us all over Santa Barbara County for the annual Visitors Guide. We shot everything from food to chefs and wineries. It’s always fun to explore Santa Barbara and all it has to offer, even learning about new gems. Here are some of the tearsheets to check out!
Sip & Savor Culinary Magazine
Paradise Burger
C'est Cheese
Full of Life Flatbread
Budi Kazali and Pilar Sanchez
Market Forays
Chopping Parsley for Market Forays
Tonic Nightclub
Foxen Winery
Bill Wathen and Dick Dore, "The Foxen Boys"
Alberto Morello & Brian Parks
Paddleboarder at sunset
Channel Islands Kayaking
Our stock library is constantly growing. It’s always fun to come across images and rework them. After processing this one and looking at it more, the sky is amazing. The dock leading out to the huge storm cell can be interpreted in so many ways… This huge storm supercell grew quickly on the horizon of the Laguna Madre when we were fishing for redfish a year or two back on the Texas Gulf Coast. As the storm approached rapidly, James kept telling the guide, “one more, one more shot” and within minutes the storm blanketed the skies and turned day into what felt like night. Our guide, Freddie Lynch (the best guide down there) jetted to the nearest fishing camp and we ran for cover while the storm passed. Not the photos we were thinking we would get, but definitely keepers!
Walking into Storm Cell, Laguna Madre, Texas
On a recent photo trip to Bodie State Historic Park, James took pictures along Highway 395. Stops included Owens Valley, Virginia Lakes, Mono Lake, the mountains above Bridgeport. Bodie is the largest ghost town in America with over 100 buildings that are in an ‘arrested decay.’ During the gold rush of 1879, it was once the second largest city in California behind San Francisco. James had special access to video and photograph the interior of many buildings as well! Check out the photos…
Sunset over the Owens Valley.
Mono Lake from the North
Mono Lake from the North
Inyo Mountains above Bridgeport, California.
Inyo Mountains above Bridgeport, California.
Bodie is a ghost town that resulted from the California Gold Rush.
The Standard Mine and Mill which yielded so much money, it caused the 1878 rush to Bodie.
The view north along Main Street including (L to R) the Dechambeau Hotel & Post Office, I.O.O.F. Hall, Miners Union Hall, and the Morgue which still has caskets inside.
The Campana House, Bodie
House of Lottie Johl, who begain her career as a 'lady of the night.'
Pearson Springs which may be the original site of the cabin of W.S. Bodey, one of the three prospectors who originally found gold here in 1859.
We have added new panoramic scans of some great photographs from Port Aransas, Texas; Death Valley, California, Grand Cayman; Olympic National Park, Washington; Frederick Sound, Alaska and Kenai Fjords, Alaska. You can see many of our panoramic images by visting this link: Panoramic Stock Photography
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James + Courtney
Sunrise on Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman
Beach chairs on Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman
Quickly approaching storm accross the Gulf of Mexico, Padre Island National Seashore, Texas. Shot taken while on boat and fishing trip.
Scenic sand dunes panoramic during early sunset, Death Valley, California
Sunset at Second Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington.
Kayakers dwarfed by enormous icebergs navigate Bear Lake fed by Bear Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
Sunset over Frederick Sound and Admiralty Island near Kake, Kupreanof Island, Southeast Alaska.
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Santa Barbara Season’s Magazine just came out with their summer issue highlighting the Summer Solstice parade & workshop. For this assignment, we were excited to shoot behind the scenes and follow the parade and revelers. It was an exciting and colorful event with lots of creativity and celebration in the air. Pick one up in SB and check out the story. Our bio is in the table of contents too. 
If you’re in Northern California, you might recognize our photo on the cover of the May issue of Via Magazine (AAA). Check it out!
Storm reveals rainbow over the Grand Canyon.
Shelter Cove is way up the Northern California coast. It was a good 12 hour drive, but well worth it! We had great weather and huge waves. These are mostly night shots taken on the coast.
Mobula Ray trip of a life time.. I can’t wait to get these photos posted and tell you all more about it.
Cabo Pulmo provides us with a fantastic encounter with Mobula Rays. Photos and more coming..
Giant school of Mobula Rays just under the surface at Cabo Pulmo in the Sea of Cortez.
Giant school of Mobula Rays.
Often looking like Popcorn popping Mobula Ray will jump out of the water.
Often looking like Popcorn popping Mobula Ray will jump out of the water.
Blue whales feed and mate in the Sea of Cortez, Baja California every year. We spent some time this year in the Sea of Cortez photographing Blue Whales, Finback Whales, Humpback Whales and False Killer Whales.
The Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus, is the largest animal on the earth. Blue Whales from the North Pacific stock are often seen migrating north along the pacific coast in spring and summer and in Baja Ca in the winter months to spring. We have photos from Santa Barbara and Baja California’s’ Sea of Cortez.
We were fortunate enough to have the whales feeding in front of us on our recent trip to Loreto, Baja.
We will have many images posted to our stock site soon of the Blue whales in action.
Full body of an adult Blue Whale surfacing to breathe.
Fluke (tail) view of a Blue Whale on the surface.
