Uploads from Jared Ropelato, tagged garrapata, with geodata

Origin, Badwater, Death Valley NP

nobody@flickr.com (Jared Ropelato) — Mon, 21 May 2012 09:09:04 -0700

Driving out to Badwater in the pouring rain, I was starting to get a little worried that after just barely catching the last light nights before, I was going to again play bad host to my friend Micah and have him in the wrong place at the wrong time. In addition, David had made the drive up from Vegas and seeing him standing in the rain as we pulled in dampened my spirits even more. "Damn", I thought, it was supposed to clear.

We were going to have to play the waiting game, so I figured we may as well make some grilled cheese taco sandwiches. Yea, I invented that by the way and it's delicious. And then something magical started happening, and I'm talking about more then the sandwiches! The clouds on the western mountains began to clear, the sun began to shoot rays through the clouds, and the rain let up. It was go time!

The rest is a bit of a blur. We jumped in the trucks, roared down the road and found a place David knew about where the flats were juicy. As we hustled out to the playa, and then the sky did things I've never seen before in DV; Clearing to the west, storming to the east, and glowing like we were running around in a large tanning bed. David said "Apocalyptic". He was right. Cheers and happy shooting. -jared r.

Guardian, Race Track, Death Valley

nobody@flickr.com (Jared Ropelato) — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:45:49 -0700

Jared Ropelato posted a photo:

This Place is magic.

Convict of the Day

nobody@flickr.com (Jared Ropelato) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:56:15 -0700

Jared Ropelato posted a photo:

Some light snow and glowing storm clouds hanging on the Sierras gave us some extra time to shoot Covnict Lake on our second day of our bootcamping photoscurtion. Cheers and happy shooting, -jared r.

ps, head over and check out my buddy Micah's shots from our trip too, and while you're at it, add him as a contact! He's an up and come-r! www.flickr.com/photos/micahrydman/ :o)

My Friend Micah

nobody@flickr.com (Jared Ropelato) — Mon, 14 May 2012 06:08:47 -0700

Jared Ropelato posted a photo:

This is a photograph of my great friend Micah. He is an exceptional person.

The Upside of Getting Mono, Lee Vining, Ca

nobody@flickr.com (Jared Ropelato) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:15:43 -0700

Jared Ropelato posted a photo:

The second day of our BootCamp photoscursion led Micah and I to Mono Lake just outside Lee Vining, Ca. It was the first time I have gotten ANY color at the lake, and I tried to take full advantage. I really do love the Eastern Sierras. I already can't wait to get back. Cheers and happy shooting everyone. -Jared R.

The Beginning, Lake Tahoe, Ca

nobody@flickr.com (Jared Ropelato) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:18:22 -0700

Jared Ropelato posted a photo:

**Please take a look on BLACK**

Just returned from a nearly 1700 mile bootcamp photoscursion over the course of 5 days, with the final 800 miles all coming on the last day. We still managed to shoot 4 locations that day!
Living out of the back of the Tacoma and a bivie sack, my great friend Micah and I were able to get to 11 or 12 different spots in California, and should have enough processing to get us through the summer!
This shot is from the first evening of the trip up in Lake Tahoe before we turned south down the 395. We didn't get the color explosion we were hoping for, but did get some nice illumination on the clouds. …and don't worry, we got some explosions later!
Cheers Everyone, and happy shooting. -jared r.