At some point in the Winter of 2010 I saw my first shot of the firefall effect on Horsetail Fall in Yosemite. It may very well have been on 500px and at first glance, I thought I was looking at lava pouring off a cliff in a forest. Intrigued, I read the description and was […]
Horsetail Fall
Horsetail Firefall Update, 2019
I just got back after spending two weeks shooting some fairly heavy snow storms in Yosemite. I hope to have a blog post at some point in the next couple of weeks, but in the mean time, I wanted to give an update on the Horsetail situation for 2019. As most of you are aware […]
Yosemite’s Horsetail Fall Parking Is Now By Permit Only (2018)
When Galen Rowell took his now infamous shot of the Horsetail Fall effect in February of 1973 there may have been a few people around gazing at the falls, but it was primarily Galen and a single Ranger who were standing in just the right spot. Last year, literally thousands of people
Looking For Fire At The Horsetail Fall (Updated 2/5/17)
UPDATE – FEBRUARY 2020 – The NPS has announced a rather draconian step in shutting down the entire South Side Viewing area for the last two weeks of February in 2020 due to the actions of some careless photographers who trashed the area last year. No cars will be allowed to park or drop off passengers between […]