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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A photographic tour of Bhutan (Part 5)
Taktsang Monastery (Tiger’s Nest), Paro, Bhutan | © 2019 Jon Norris
So I’m finally posting my last Bhutan tour post (nearly 1.5 years after the first post). I could have skipped this last post, but when you see where we visited I hope you’...
The Road Ahead: A Six-Month Journey Into the Craft of Landscape Photography
Pencil Cholla Cactus and Granite Boulders (Joshua Tree National Park) | © 2025 Jon Norris
For the past few months, this newsletter has mostly been my travel journal. Recently, I took you across the Eastern Sierras on my backpacking series....
Trans-Sierra Backpacking - Day 8
Morning view from the Pacific Crest Trail near the Siberian Pass Trail Junction | © 2026 Jon Norris
Introduction
I just backpacked across the Sierras, through Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks, on a Trans-Sierra Xtreme Challeng...
Trans-Sierra Backpacking - Day 7
Looking North East from camp 7 towards Mt. Mallory, Mt. LaConte, and the Mt. Corcoran peaks | ©2026 Jon Norris
Introduction
I just backpacked across the Sierras, through Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks, on a Trans-Sierra Xtre...
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...
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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.
Author, speaker, and late-blooming outdoorsperson. I take a lot of photos, ask a lot of questions, and write about the places I can't stop thinking about and everything I discover while getting to know them.
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