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I’ve been wanting to post these for a while now, but never got around doing it. Here are a couple of frames from a camping trip to Joshua Tree National Park back in February. It was my first time in the desert, and it was amazing. I can only recommend going there – but bring some extra blankets, because it gets awfully cold at night…

Panoramic of the Eagle Mountains, taken from the Lost Palms Oasis nature trail in the Sonoran (Colorado) Desert at Joshua Tree National Park, Calif., Wednesday, February 23, 2011. The four-mile trail leads from Cottonwood Springs to a secluded canyon filled with California fan palms.

A Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) grows in the Mojave Desert near Jumbo Rocks Campground at Joshua Tree National Park, Calif., Thursday, February 24, 2011. The name Joshua tree was given by a group of Mormon settlers who crossed the Mojave Desert in the mid-19th century. The tree's unique shape reminded them of a Biblical story in which Joshua reaches his hands up to the sky in prayer.

Cholla cacti (Opuntia bigelovii) grow in the Cholla Cactus Garden in the Pinto Basin in the Sonoran (Colorado) Desert at Joshua Tree National Park, Calif., Wednesday, February 23, 2011. The plant is infamous for its spines covered with tiny, barbed hooks. The spines easily penetrate skin and flesh and are extremely hard and painful to remove. The information plaque at the head of the nature trail leading into the garden features a quote by J. Smeaton Chase who writes in his California Desert Trails (1919): ''If the (cholla cactus) bears any helpful or even innocent part in the scheme of things on this planet I should be glad to hear of it.''

California fan palms (Washingtonia filifera) grow at Lost Palms Oasis, a secluded canyon in the Eagle Mountains in the Sonoran (Colorado) Desert at Joshua Tree National Park, Calif., Wednesday, February 23, 2011. The oasis is the largest collection of California fan palms at Joshua Tree National Park.

Here are some shots from down at the beach that I did a couple of days ago. They’re nothing special, I mainly just played around with my camera. But I ended up liking these four, I think they have a nice feel to them. Let me know what you think!

After the long break with no updates on the blog, I want to post some of the photographs I have taken in the meantime. Here is a set of pictures from the roadtrip from Missouri to California, where I’m currently interning with ZUMA Press. The trip took me through Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. The latter two were particularly interesting – it was my first time in the desert.

Weeds sway in the wind at Santa Rosa Lake State Park in New Mexico.

Santa Rosa State Park, New Mexico.

Somewhere between Albuquerque and Flagstaff.

Only in Amarillo, Texas…

Dinner in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Desert, New Mexico.

Reaching San Clemente, California, after four days on the road.

David Rees invited Calin and me to spend Friday afternoon with him and his family at their cabin in northern Boone County. Calin and I had helped him redo the roof last year and David wanted us to get some time out there without a hammer in our hands. It was a gorgeous, warm fall day and we had an amazing time just hanging out under the oak trees and by the lake fishing. I lost five lures on underwater logs, but I also caught two beautiful bass. Together with the one Calin caught, this should be enough for a nice fish fry sometime soon.

David had prepared some lunch – sandwiches and an amazing soup that he had cooked for 36 hours…

Calin is getting ready to fish…

…but then decides to take a nap instead.

Trying to pick up service at the cabin…