G Dan Mitchell Photography

“River Applecross” — Spring-green trees line the banks of the River Applecross, Scotland.

Trees, much less groves or forests, are a bit of a rarity in the Scottish Highlands, at least compared to what we might expect in similarly rural mountain country in the Western United States. Much of the highlands landscape is devoid of trees, and when they appear they are scatted i...

“Autumn Lake, Dawn, Eastern Sierra” — Dawn light comes to an Eastern Sierra Nevada lake surrounded by autumn aspen trees and reflecting distant peaks.

Every August there is a day when something changes in the light and the air, and I clearly sense that that summer is going to end soon and fall will arrive. I think that today may have been that day where I live.

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“Cemetery Gate” — Cemetery, gate and stairs, Kirk of St. Nicholas, Aberdeen.

Often when I make a photograph I remember a lot of specific details about the subject, how it looked, and why I chose to photograph it. But I’m not always good about recalling specific locations. (In many cases the “what” is more important to me than the “where.”) I’m pretty certain that this was...

“Alpine Lake, Mirrored Reflection” — Cliff wall mirrored on the surface of a rockbound alpine lake in Sequoia National Park.

There’s a story and a lesson associated with this photograph. Explaining may take a bit more than the usual two paragraphs. (It takes five. I urge/invite you to click through and read the whole thing — and I’ll be interested in your comments.) I’ll ...

“Interior, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin” — Interior, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland.

I have recently shared a lot of photographs from Scotland, where we spent almost two weeks in May. But that was not the extent of our trip — in all, we were “on the road” for six weeks, also visiting Ireland and England. Ireland was next on our agenda after we departed Scotla...