Tag: snapshot photography

a new series

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On May 1 I’m going to try something a little different, at least different for me. I’m going to post a month long series – ’31 Palo Verdes’.

I’ll do a new photo of a palo verde tree every day for the month of May, all taken here in the southern side of Joshua Tree National Park and the surrounding desert. My thought is to post one every morning, and it will have been taken that same morning, weather permitting. Sometimes I can’t get out due to the weather so it might not happen that way. If so I will have a few in reserve to choose from – the only rule will be that it has to be taken during May. It will all be new.

These will be done in snapshot format – square, black and white, with a snapshot border and a month/year date stamp like I’ve been doing.

So. It starts this coming Friday. Stay tuned. Who knows? It might even be interesting.

Cheers

palo verde skeleton and morning sun

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dead palo verde and morning sun in the colorado desert of southern california
dead palo verde, morning sun, and jet trails – colorado desert, california | 4.24.26

This southern California desert is rough country. It deserves rough photos to convey its fierce nature. That’s what I try to get across.

deadwood sculpture – joshua tree national park

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dead ironwood skeleton along the southern boundary of joshua tree national park
deadwood sculpture – joshua tree national park | 4.22.26

Some early morning color and a dead ironwood sculpture in Joshua Tree National Park. These are some of my favorite subjects. They say desert. I never tire of doing them.

cholla and morning sun

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teddy bear cholla along southern boundary of joshua tree national park
cholla and morning sun – joshua tree national park wilderness | 4.13.26

When you think of Joshua Tree National Park you naturally think of joshua trees and rock formations and rock climbing. That’s what the park is known for.

Joshua Tree sits on the transition zone of two deserts. The north side, the more well known side with the rocks and joshua trees is in the Mojave Desert. The south side is in the Colorado Desert, a sub-desert of the Sonoran. It’s an area of chollas and ocotillos and canyons and rocky mountain slopes. There are no joshua trees in the southern half.

The south side of Joshua Tree National Park, though not unknown, isn’t as well traveled as the north side. Other than the highway through the park there are few roads there. It’s largely wilderness and hiking trails. I live along the southern boundary of the park. I can step out my door and walk right in. It’s where I wander and take pictures most every day.