It never fails. Every time I take a trip out somewhere and take photos it will take me weeks to actually sit down and go through them. I'll download them to my computer almost right away and take a quick look but over the next few weeks I'll let them sit in my mind while I decide what exactly I'm looking for in the photos. What feeling am I trying to convey? What are the dominant colors and how can I enhance that? It's also partly due to anxiety that they'll be total crap and I'll hate all of them when I look closer. Some of my best photos have sat on my hard drive for over a month until I see in my minds eye what I want from it. Of course, there are other photos that come out right away because I knew what I was looking for when I was taking it in the first place. Would be nice if it was always like that. It would also be nice if I could sit down at the computer whenever I wanted without a 2 year old trying to either climb on me or searching for something she can destroy because apparently that's her job.
My sister was here a few weeks ago and we drove out to Joshua Tree. It was my 3rd trip out there and is probably one of my favorite places in Southern California. The drive out is a mere 2 hours. I love the fact that in 2 hours time I can be out in the middle of the desert with nothing around me but silence. No cell phone service. No people. No cars. No toddlers. Nothing. I love it.
This time I found a trail out to a place called Lost Horse Mine. There were maybe about a dozen other people out on the trail but luckily everyone understood that this is not a place to be loud and obnoxious. Here are a few of the trail we walked out there. It was a couple miles out and a couple miles back.
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