Pacific Grove, CA (Cellphone Photos)

On 12 November, 2022, my parents and I took a day trip to Land of the Medicine Buddha in Soquel, CA, and Pacific Grove, CA. I took cellphone photos on my trip. The photos are split into 2 blog posts (Soquel & Pacific Grove). I hope you enjoy viewing my photos. 

Parts: Land of the Medicine Buddha | Pacific Grove, CA

After we finished up at Land of the Medicine Buddha in Soquel, CA, my parents and I drove to Pacific Grove, CA. We went to Lovers Point Park, Pacific Grove Marine Gardens Park, and the historic Point Pinos Lighthouse. I hope you enjoy viewing my Pacific Grove photos.

A scenery photo of Monterey Bay shot at Lovers Point Park.

A sunset scenery photo of rocks shot at Pacific Grove Marine Gardens Park.

Sunset scenery photos of the historic Point Pinos Lighthouse. This is a historic lighthouse from 1855.

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Parts: Land of the Medicine Buddha | Pacific Grove, CA

Point Reyes National Seashore - Marin County, CA

On 20 August 2022, my parents and I took a trip to Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County, CA. I took photos and video with my phone, and photos on my mirrorless camera. I hope you enjoy viewing my photos! Unfortunately I'm not able to embed the 4 videos I took at Point Reyes Lighthouse and Point Reyes Beach, but you can view them here (Google Photos link).

High Resolution Photos: If you want to see high resolution photos of any of the photos you see here, use the following links. If you wish to purchase prints of any of the photos, please contact me here. To view my best Point Reyes National Seashore photos, use this link. To see all of my photos from this trip, use this link.

Parts: Cellphone Photos | Mirrorless Photos 

These photos were shot on my mirrorless camera. Our first stop was the Point Reyes Lighthouse.

Travel Tip: Note that the walk down the steps (over 300 of them) to the lighthouse is easy, but going back up is much harder.

A scenery photo of the historic Point Reyes Lighthouse in fog. The photo was shot on the stairway leading down to the lighthouse.

A black and white process of the photo above.

A scenery photo of the historic Point Reyes Lighthouse and fog.

A black and white process of the photo above.

A scenery photo of the historic Point Reyes Lighthouse and fog.

A black and white process of the photo above.

A scenery photo of fog and the stairs leading down to the historic Point Reyes Lighthouse.

An abstract photo from inside the historic Point Reyes Lighthouse.

A black and white process of the photo above.

An abstract photo from inside the historic Point Reyes Lighthouse.

A scenery photo of the historic Point Reyes Lighthouse in fog. The photo was shot on the stairway leading down to the lighthouse.

A black and white process of the photo above.

A scenery photo of the historic Point Reyes Lighthouse in fog. The photo was shot on the stairway leading down to the lighthouse.

A black and white process of the photo above.

Our next stop was Drakes Beach. Unfortunately we did not see any elephant seals on this trip.

A photo of seagulls at Drakes Beach. In the background is Drakes Bay.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 38° 01' 42" N 122° 57' 25" W

A photo of seagulls at Drakes Beach. In the background is Drakes Bay.

Photo shot near the same position as above.

After Drakes Beach, we started driving towards Mt. Vision. I took 2 photos on the side of Sir Francis Drake Blvd.

A scenery photo of Drakes Estero shot on the side of Sir Francis Drake Blvd.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 38° 05' 29" N 122° 55' 43" W

A scenery photo shot on the side of Sir Francis Drake Blvd.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 38° 05' 30" N 122° 55' 43" W

Next we drove up Mt. Vision for a panoramic view of Drakes Estero and Drakes Bay.

A scenery photo of Drakes Estero and Drakes Bay shot on Mt. Vision on the side of Mt. Vision Road.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 38° 05' 25" N 122° 53' 01" W

A scenery photo of Drakes Estero and Drakes Bay shot on Mt. Vision on the side of Mt. Vision Road.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 38° 05' 25" N 122° 53' 00" W

This is all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing the photos! Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

Parts: Cellphone Photos | Mirrorless Photos

Point Reyes Lighthouse (Cellphone Photos) - Marin County, CA

On 20 August 2022, my parents and I took a trip to Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County, CA. I took photos and video with my phone, and photos on my mirrorless camera. I hope you enjoy viewing my photos! Unfortunately I'm not able to embed the 4 videos I took at Point Reyes Lighthouse and Point Reyes Beach, but you can view them here (Google Photos link).

Parts: Cellphone Photos | Mirrorless Photos

These photos were shot on my cellphone. Our first stop was the Point Reyes Lighthouse. All of my cellphone photos were shot at Point Reyes Lighthouse.

Travel Tip: Note that the walk down the steps (over 300 of them) is easy, but going back up is much harder. My dad injured himself a while back (the guy with the crutches in my photos is him) so our family has a temporary disabled placard to use (allows you to drive up to the visitor center, but you have to undo the chains at the gate). If you do not have a disabled person with a disabled placard with you, you might not be able to find parking on weekends. When we went, all the regular parking spaces were occupied and quite a few cars were parked in the "No Parking Zones". If you want to visit, try to visit on a Friday, and not during summer.

A photo of the stairs down to the lighthouse.

The stairs are numbered. The last step was step #308.

The historic Point Reyes Lighthouse.

A photo of the historic equipment used to operate the lighthouse.

See if you can spot my dad with the crutches.

A photo of the stairs down to the lighthouse.

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Parts: Cellphone Photos | Mirrorless Photos

Highway 1 & Pigeon Point Lighthouse (5/29/2017)

On May 29th, 2017 (Memorial Day Weekend) I took a drive along Highway 1 and dropped by Pigeon Point Lighthouse in Pescadero, CA for some photos. The original plan was to go to Fall Creek Unit of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park and Waddell Beach as a backup location. Both places had their parking lots full that weekend, so decided to drive on Highway 1 and see where it took me. Here are the photos from that trip.

Full Resolution Photos and Other Photo Posts. If you want to see full resolution photos of any of the photos you see here, you can do so on my portfolio with the following links. I also shot vlog and cellphone photos on this trip, which you can also view with the links below.

• Best Highway 1 photos
• All high resolution photos from this trip
• Cellphone photos from this trip
• May Vlog

Scenery from Highway 1 north of Waddell Beach in Davenport, CA. In the distance is Waddell Beach.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 37° 06' 20" N 122° 17' 24" W

Scenery from Highway 1 north of Waddell Beach in Davenport, CA. In the distance is Waddell Beach.
Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 37° 06' 17" N 122° 17' 20" W

Pigeon Point Lighthouse in Pescadero, CA.
Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 37° 10' 55" N 122° 23' 38" W

Black and white process of the photo above.

Scenery of the ocean near Pigeon Point Lighthouse.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 37° 10' 55" N 122° 23' 37" W

Black and white process of the photo above.

Wild Flowers and Pigeon Point Bluffs.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 37° 10' 56" N 122° 23' 35" W

Black and white process of the photo above.

Pigeon Point Bluffs

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 37° 10' 56" N 122° 23' 34" W

Black and white process of the photo above.

Pigeon Point Lighthouse in Pescadero, CA.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 37° 10' 55" N 122° 23' 34" W

Black and white process of the photo above.

Wild flowers near Pigeon Point Lighthouse.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 37° 10' 59" N 122° 23' 40" W

Wild flowers near Pigeon Point Lighthouse.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 37° 10' 59" N 122° 23' 39" W

Black and white process of the photo above.

Pigeon Point Lighthouse in Pescadero, CA.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google): 37° 10' 59" N 122° 23' 40" W

Black and white process of the photo above.

This is all the photos for today! I hope you have enjoyed the photos! Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

Full Resolution Photos and Other Photo Posts. If you want to see full resolution photos of any of the photos you see here, you can do so on my portfolio with the following links. I also shot vlog and cellphone photos on this trip, which you can also view with the links below.

• Best Highway 1 photos
• All high resolution photos from this trip
• Cellphone photos from this trip
• May Vlog

Fall Creek Unit & Pigeon Point Lighthouse (Cellphone Photos)

On May 25th, 2017 and June 2nd, 2017, I took two hikes through Fall Creek Unit of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park in the Santa Cruz mountains in California. On May 29th, 2017, I took a trip to Pigeon Point Lighthouse in Pescadero, CA. I mainly shot DSLR photos on my trips, but I also shot some cellphone photos and videos too which is what I'm showing you in this blog post. The DSLR photos can be viewed here: Fall Creek Unit (Part 1), Fall Creek Unit (Part 2), Pigeon Point Lighthouse. As for my travel vlogs, you can find my May ones here. My June travel vlog will come out in July.

Normally I post cellphone photos the same day I take them, but some things came up. There was a delay in my photo processing and my photo posting lately due an injury I sustained on my last Fall Creek Unit trip. During that hike, I got stun 3 times by a wasp which left me in a lot of pain. I would like to take this moment to stress the importance of carrying first aid on wilderness trips. Luckily, I always pack first aid in my camera bag. Without that, I probably wouldn't have hiked out that day. I was able to pull out the stinger and do some general first aid with my kit. Wasp stings are mildly venomous, but not dangerous unless you are the unlucky 10% of the population that happens to be allergic to it. I was lucky I wasn't allergic, but it did leave me in a lot of pain. Luckily I was able to recover enough for the slow and extremely painful 2 miles hike out that day. I'll be honest, while sitting there, hoping the pain would go away enough for me to get back to my car, I was already making mental plans on building a small campfire for the night (I also pack fire starters in my bag on wilderness trips). I did make it back that night, but I was in too much pain to do anything for a couple days after. I also think maybe it compromised my immune system to a certain extent (I also got like 20 mosquito bites that day). I fell extremely ill a couple days ago from some sort of stomach bug, and I think at the moment I also got some sort of infection in my mouth (wonder if it is the same virus). I'm slowly recovering, but after having my immune system constantly being bombarded the last few weeks, I think it is having some trouble keeping up. I probably do have to hold off on my photo work for a while. Hope you can understand! Surprisingly, I've been taking this recent chain of bad luck pretty well. My spirits still have be relatively good.

A banana slug. This is one of the famous critters of the redwood forests here on the west coast.

Photo shot in Fall Creek Unit of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park on May 25th, 2017.

South Fork Fall Creek and Coast Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) forest.

Photo shot in Fall Creek Unit of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park on May 25th, 2017.

Coast Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) Forest

Photo shot in Fall Creek Unit of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park on May 25th, 2017.

Pigeon Point Lighthouse in Pescadero, CA

Photo from May 29th, 2017.

Scenery near Pigeon Point Lighthouse in Pescadero, CA.

Photo from May 29th, 2017.

Scenery and wildflowers near Pigeon Point Lighthouse in Pescadero, CA.

Photo from May 29th, 2017.

Pigeon Point Lighthouse in Pescadero, CA

Photo from May 29th, 2017.

A selfie of me (Sunny). This was before I got stun by the wasp. That was why I was still smiling. Trust me, I was not smiling after I got stun.

Photo shot in Fall Creek Unit of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park on June 2nd, 2017.

Fall Creek and Coast Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) forest.

Photo shot in Fall Creek Unit of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park on June 2nd, 2017.

Coast Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) forest and creek bed of Fall Creek. This was where I got stun by the wasp. I was pretty lucky. If I didn't recover enough for the hike out that day, the creek bed would have been a prime candidate for a small campfire for the night and the creek would have provided a water source for me to filter drinking water from. There wasn't anything nearby that could potentially catch fire, there was a sandy area where I could have napped if I needed to, and a water source I can filter and drink from. Luckily, I did recover enough for the hike out that day and I didn't have to bother with any of that.
Photo shot in Fall Creek Unit of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park on June 2nd, 2017.

Fall Creek and Coast Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) forest. Photo shot in the same spot as above. I shot these photos as I was waiting for the pain to subside. While I was in an ton of pain, photography still takes #1 priority. HAHA Also I spent like 45 minutes just relaxing there before the pain subsided just enough that I was willing to attempt my 2 mile hike back to the parking lot.
Photo shot in Fall Creek Unit of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park on June 2nd, 2017.

This is all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed the photos! Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.