Travel, Landscape, & Night Photography Meetup Group

Join me for moonrise over Hotel Del from Coronado dog beach.

This is the night before the full moon. Moonrise is at 7:17pm and sunset is at 7:42. The moon should be hitting the Del right around sunset time.

Event may be cancelled last minute if weather is not permitting.

By voluntarily participating in this event you agree to release and discharge in advance Lacey Horner, and any other organizers or event hosts, from any and all liability. This liability waiver includes but is not limited to illness, injury, death, damage, and loss to yourself, your guests, or any of your personal property. You are responsible for your own safety and assume all risks that may result from participating in this event.

Update:

Hotel: Americas best value inn
56377 29 Palms Hwy, Yucca Valley, CA 92284

Optional dinner at 4:00pm at John’s place 56249 29 Palms Hwy, Yucca Valley, CA 92284

I’m not completely set on shooting at Wall Street mill so if we want to go elsewhere we can. I’ve never been to the area but the windmill looks a little too “rustic” for my taste.

Possible $30 entrance fee

My cell is 315-529-5670

It’s that time of year for some night photography in Joshua Tree!

I’ll be shooting sunset and blue hour in the Wall Street mill area. As this trail is a day use only area because of big horn sheep we’ll find a near by location off the trail for the Milky Way (to be determined). My plan is to photograph the windmill which is .3 miles from parking lot. There is also an abandoned car, Wonderland ranch ruins, and I’m assuming plenty of Joshua trees and rock formations. I’m not sure how well the Milky Way aligns with the car and ruins but if all else fails star trails should be an option.

Sunset is at 8:06 and Milky Way core is visible at 9:55. Moon doesn’t rise until 2:52am.

Wall Street mill trailhead and parking lot is located here. 34°01'40.7"N 116°08'19.0"W There’s a vault toilet at parking lot

We’ll be doing a little bit of hiking on flat terrain so wear proper footwear.

Bring a tripod and a low light wide angle lens (f/1.2-2.8). Don’t forget a chair, snacks, water, headlamp.

I’ll be staying in a hotel. I’ll post which one in the comments once it’s booked. I’ll also post meeting locations and times later. Event address is the visitor center. Please ignore that. Once I’m in the park I will not have cell service so you won’t be able to get ahold of me.

It will be hot (probably in the 90s). Event may be cancelled last minute if weather is not permitting.

By voluntarily participating in this event you agree to release and discharge in advance Lacey Horner, and any other organizers or event hosts, from any and all liability. This liability waiver includes but is not limited to illness, injury, death, damage, and loss to yourself, your guests, or any of your personal property. You are responsible for your own safety and assume all risks that may result from participating in this event.

Sunset is at 7:57 and Milky Way core is visible starting at 9:38. Moon doesn’t rise until 1:20am.

We’ll meet at the De Anza Spring Resort - Goat Canyon Trestle Trailhead located here:
1945-1999 Carrizo Gorge Rd, Jacumba Hot Springs, CA 91934

It’s a short walk to the train cars with 1 bridge crossing.

Event may be cancelled last minute if weather is not permitting.

By voluntarily participating in this event you agree to release and discharge in advance Lacey Horner, and any other organizers or event hosts, from any and all liability. This liability waiver includes but is not limited to illness, injury, death, damage, and loss to yourself, your guests, or any of your personal property. You are responsible for your own safety and assume all risks that may result from participating in this event.

Update. 1st night is Alabama hills, most likely an arch. I booked a room at the trails motel

2nd night is Trona. I booked a room at quality inn China lake

This is July 4th weekend.

I feel like I didn’t get many night photos last year so this year I’m going all out! Who’s with me?!

We’ll start with 1 night in Alabama Hills for the Milky Way. It’s a new moon weekend perfect for Milky Way. The sun sets at 8:00 and Milky Way core is visible at 9:36.
We’ll stay the night in Lone Pine. Next morning we’ll have the option of a sunrise shoot (5:44 am for the early birds) and breakfast before heading to Trona Pinnacles for another Milky Way shoot. We can stay overnight in Ridgecrest and drive back to SD or wherever you came from Sunday morning.

Feel free to camp if that’s your thing. I’ll post hotel info later. I’m looking for people to carpool with who don’t mind taking turns driving. I’m also looking for 1-2 people to share a hotel room with.

The roads are unpaved dirt roads and can be sandy in spots but a 4x4 isn’t required. There are very few porta-potties in the area.

We’ll be doing a little bit of walking to get to photo locations so wear proper footwear (closed toe shoes). It will be hot so west cooler clothes.

Bring a tripod and a variety of lenses including a low light wide angle lens (f/1.2-2.8). Don’t forget a chair, snacks, water, headlamp.

Cell service will be sketchy in these areas.

Event may be cancelled last minute if weather is not permitting.

By voluntarily participating in this event you agree to release and discharge in advance Lacey Horner, and any other organizers or event hosts, from any and all liability. This liability waiver includes but is not limited to illness, injury, death, damage, and loss to yourself, your guests, or any of your personal property. You are responsible for your own safety and assume all risks that may result from participating in this event.