Sunday, June 22, 2025

New Snowy Wildflower Photo (and a Lake Tahoe shot)

There was some wild weather up here in Tahoe yesterday. My brother was in town, and we got out for some Lake Tahoe shoreline hiking and photography fun. It was beautiful out! Until it wasn't... The wind, rain, then snow came in fast and seemingly out of nowhere. Tragically, some boats capsized on the lake and about six people lost their lives (the news story).

This is how the lake look prior to the bad weather. When it started getting windy and rainy, we hiked back to our car.
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On our drive back home, it started snowing! I asked my brother to turn up a rough road that I knew went up to a very high elevation. The snow was actually sticking to the ground up there. We went to a Mule Ears wildflower grove that I know about. The flowers were in bloom, and they were covered in a thin layer of snow. Perfect! I got out the camera and went to work. This shot below was my favorite.
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Shot with a Canon R5 MarkII and a 24-105mm lens, set at 43mm. It was a handheld shot so the shutter speed was fast, 1/200 of a second. The lens aperture was as small as it could be so I could get the best depth of field as possible, f/22. This led to the ISO being a bit higher than I usually prefer, ISO 2000.

Now available as large fine art prints on my website, HERE.

Thank you for looking, and I hope you all have a safe and great day!

Scott Thompson
Scott Shots Photography
www.TruckeeTahoePhotos.com - Art
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Monday, June 9, 2025

New Book Release! - Docks of Donner Lake

I've been working hard the last couple of years, compiling a collection of images of the "Docks of Donner Lake". I finally completed the book, and it is now available on Amazon!

The book is a photographic study of the docks along the north shore of Donner Lake in Truckee, California. Here is a little look at the book.

10"x8" image wrap hard cover, 53 pages, premium paper, photo paper finish. Printed by Blurb, sold through Amazon.

ORDER "Docks Of Donner Lake" ON AMAZON.COM, CLICK HERE

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I'm very excited about this! Thank you for looking!

Scott Thompson
Scott Shots Photography
www.TruckeeTahoePhotos.com - Art
Scott Shots Photography - Services

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