Explore Landscapes
Jon Norris, Sydney WilliamsSoCal-based landscape photographer who enjoys hiking, backpacking, and overlanding. Location and trail guides, composition tips, editing workflows delivered weekly. Practical guidance mixed with a little humor. Explore Landscapes. Experience. Create.
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September 2026 (One Month - One Picture)
Milky Way and Mobius Arch (Alabama Hills) | © 2026 Jon Norris
September 2026 | Alabama Hills | Huntington Beach | Joshua Tree
After spending so much time in the mountains during August (while I was trekking across the Eastern Sierras) I w...
Trans-Sierra Backpacking - Day 6 (Summit Day)
Winding our way through the trees next to Whitney Creek | © 2026 Jon Norris
Introduction
I just backpacked across the Sierras, through Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks, on a Trans-Sierra Xtreme Challenge (TSX) trek with the Re...
Trans-Sierra Backpacking - Day 5
My little patch of Junction Meadow on the morning of Day 5 | © 2026 Jon Norris
Introduction
I just backpacked across the Sierras, through Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks, on a Trans-Sierra Xtreme Challenge (TSX) trek with the...
Trans-Sierra Backpacking - Day 4
Starting the switchbacks on the way up to Colby Pass | © 2026 Jon Norris
Introduction
I just backpacked across the Sierras, through Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks, on a Trans-Sierra Xtreme Challenge (TSX) trek with the Recip...
August 2026 (One Month - One Picture)
Me atop Tumanguya (Mt. Whitney) at 14,505 ft (4, 421 m)
August 2026 | Jennie Lakes Wilderness | Kings Canyon National Park | Sequoia National Park | Hong Kong | Taipei
Wow—what a month! I turned 58 (on the 1st August) and that same day, s...
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SoCal-based landscape photographer who enjoys hiking, backpacking, and overlanding. Location and trail guides, composition tips, editing workflows delivered weekly. Practical guidance mixed with a little humor. Explore Landscapes. Experience. Create.
Writer, speaker, and late-blooming outdoors person who fell hard for wild places.
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