Chasing Autumn: Fall Color Photography in Hope Valley

When you think of fall colors, California is definitely not one of those places that you’d think of. After seeing so many beautiful pictures of fall colors from other photographers, I really wanted to try to capture them myself too. Being in California, where we can go for fall colors is pretty limited. Fall colors here start around mid-September all the way to early December. Since we have some Marriott points that needed to be used before the end of the year, we decided to use those points for this trip! Since we are going to be busy from November until the end of the year, we decided to go hunt for fall colors somewhere not too far from us. Initially, we planned to see fall colors in Sonoma, but it probably won’t reach peak colors until the middle of November. I’ve been tracking the conditions through this awesome website called California Fall Colors, and it looks like colors in many parts of Eastern Sierra are currently peaking so we are going to try to capture them there. This is our plan: We have 2 full days to capture all that we can with South Lake Tahoe as our home base. On the first day of driving in, we’ll take it easy and just head about 20 min south to Hope Valley (Carson Pass Highway 88) during golden hour. I heard a lot of photographers like to shoot there. On Day 2, we're taking a scenic drive down the 395 where we’ll do the majority of the filming. The plan is to make multiple stops and possibly hike, but it really depended on how the condition is over there. We don't want to go too far, so the furthest we'll be driving is probably around 2 hours south. Eastern Sierra started changing colors in mid-September, so hopefully, the places we’re visiting have not passed their peak yet! First time trying out the Canon RF70-200mm F4 lens!! I love it. Part 2 is here: https://youtu.be/lCQbjtnlLak _____________________________­____ Follow me 🖤 IG: https://www.instagram.com/mappedbysteph/ ✉️ mappedbysteph@gmail.com _____________________________­____ ※ PRODUCTION ※ Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/zpwtf5/ Canon EOS R6 https://amzn.to/3H7Dfo7 Canon RF70-200mm F4 L is USM https://amzn.to/3Sy1ks0 Disclaimers: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.