Scott Shots Photography Blog

There’s a rule most landscape photographers live by: don’t shoot in midday light. The sun is overhead, shadows go flat, and everything looks like a snapshot compared to what it could be at golden hour. I was on Highway 395 last month, heading home to Truckee after a fishing trip with my brother in Mammoth Lakes, and the turnoff for Mono Lake’s South Tufa area was coming up fa...

Every 4th of July, I climb back out to the same rocky overlook above Donner Lake to shoot the fireworks show. This year I brought new gear along for the hike: a Canon EOS R5 Mark II and a newer version of my go-to 24-105mm lens. I wasn't sure how much of a difference the upgrade would actually make until I got home and started going through the files.