For those people who want to witness the wildflower experience in California and the famous “Superbloom” and be sure you won't be surrounded by hundred of people taking selfies, just pick the "wrong" day and go when it's pouring rain, windy and cold ! You would love it !

I spent an afternoon by driving in traffic from Los Angeles to the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve in Lancaster. It was a solo trip where I met only two brave photographers hiking.

I almost got suck on the road with no gas and I barely made it. It was really worth it.

The contrast of colors of the flowers with the dramatic dark sky

A rare image of the California desert: green, multicolor flowers and snow in the mountain. A lucky winter, somehow

California Poppy in Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve

Sun is trying to come out with .. no luck

On my way to Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve

Napa Valley has been always in my heart. I lived in Saint Helena and Calistoga after I moved from San Francisco in 2004, before my Los Angeles days.
One of the most prestigious wineries in California: Clos Du Val hired me for an intensive two days photography project. From lifestyle to portraits, landscape and architecture, it was a great assignment. The winery also inaugurated the new amazing tasting room ! Timing was also perfect since harvest was almost finished and I was able to capture some activity during the last day of picking and work in the cellar.
The winery is based in Napa CA, on the prestigious Stag’s Leap District and it is one of the last ones family owned: www.closduval.com

Scope of the project: photographing the new tasting room in a mix of lifestyle and architectural photographs. I added some aerial shots as well by using a DJI Mavic Pro Drone (happy I got the commercial pilot license).