This was a fun day that deserves a trip report that I don’t have the time to write at the moment. I finished editing the photos a couple weeks ago, but haven’t had the time to organize my thoughts on this trip; I’m in the midst of a cross-country move, so my free time is very limited. I’m spending that … Read More
Headed out again with my Sony a6000 to play with the time-lapse application and to take some pics. I need to start the capture when it is completely dark (30 mins ealier), but I’ve had a hard time getting out of the house on time. Here are some stills: If you regularly hike or backpack in California, please join our … Read More
On my drive home from work, I stopped with my new camera to get a time-lapse of the San Bernardino Mountains. I avoided some of the problems I had on my last time-lapse, but ran into a few new ones: The wind push the camera aound some. I had to stabilize the video in Adobe Premier. Should’ve started the time-lapse earlier, to make … Read More
I’ve been eyeing this mountain for a couple of years now, hoping to hike it when conditions were good for a snow climb. With my upcoming move to New Hampshire, I decided that I should hike it now, then maybe try with snowshoes and crampons later if southern California gets a significant snowfall before I move. We hiked from Vincent Gap, … Read More
I headed out this morning with my new camera to get a time-lapse of the San Gabriel Mountains. I took a few photos and will add them to this post once they’ve been re-sized. I made two obvious mistakes when setting up for this shot: The tripod wasn’t quite level. I had to rotate the video in Adobe Premier. The app … Read More
Trail & Snow Conditions We only had enough time for a short hike, but still wanted to get out for a bit. We set a turnaround time and headed up Register Ridge. We made it to an elevation of about 8,000′ before starting our descent. The snow was soft and we did not need any winter traction devices for most of the … Read More
After hours of research and planning, we decided to head up to Mammoth to spend the long weekend snowshoeing. We spent the first day of our trip driving and the second day snowshoeing near Minaret Summit. On day 3, I decided to get some sunrise photos of Crystal Crag, then hiked up to TJ Lake. It was cold and windy (3 degrees F, when I started my … Read More
If you regularly hike or backpack in California, please join our Facebook group, California Hiking and Backpacking! It’s a great place to ask questions and share your photos, trip reports and gear recommendations. The last year has been amazing. I spent more days on the trail than I ever have, took my first extended backpacking trip (High Sierra Trail) and I … Read More
After hours of research and planning, we decided to head up to Mammoth to spend the long weekend snowshoeing. We spent the first day of our trip driving, but on day 2, we headed out to Minaret Summit and spent a few hours in the backcountry. It was very cold (2° F), when we arrived at the ski area. After a quick breakfast, … Read More
I didn’t have time to get out for an extended hike, but wanted to spend some time testing the functionality of my new camera. The Sony Alpha 6000 has the ability to download apps. One of the apps I wanted to test allows your smartphone to be used as a remote for the camera. The other app I wanted to … Read More