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Aaron Meyers Photography, Menlo Park, CA (2026)

10/28/2024

Hi Instagram. I’m Aaron. Thought I’d give you a brief glimpse at the face that’s usually behind the camera in all my photos.
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1. I’m always smiling. Especially when I have a fancy camera in my hand. An iPhone counts too.
2. Skiing is my favorite thing in the world. There’s nothing like feeling like you’re floating. Especially when there’s an epic view, clean air and good friends around.
3. I backcountry ski too. The views are worth the blisters, huffing and puffing and tired days. Though I’ll be honest and admit I’d don’t mind if some machine wants to pull me up the mountain (cat skiing anyone?)
4. Sometimes I fly a drone.
5. On a powder day, I’ll rather be on the mountain than at work. My boss will see this, and that’s OK 🙈
6. I like to do things that have a great story. Like bike up a mountain with ski’s on my back on the 4th of July so we can ski “4th of July Chutes”.
7. I feel blessed to be around amazing photographers who can take epic photos of my favorite hobbies. Thanks BVW!
8. I love to hike. And be in Yosemite. Or any National Park.
9. Waterfalls are what first got me into landscape photography.
10. Hiking with epic mountain views is one of my happy places.
11. I don’t mind relaxing in a hot tub while traveling either.
12. I love to travel. This one is France, but the United States has so much to offer I try to rotate between international and domestic travel each year.
13. For my day job I help bring photography to billions of people.
14. I love a good beer. Especially after a hike or skiing.
15. I actually like wine the most.
16. I love to cook.
17. Especially carbs. It started with bread.
18. I make homemade chocolate bars. I buy raw beans, roast them, grind them, and turn them into bars.
19. Pair the chocolate with wine and it’s even better.
20. And throw in a good homemade pizza, and I’m set.
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10/28/2024

Hi. I’m Aaron. I am not an influencer. And if the “To Post” folder filled with hundreds of photos is any indication, I post a lot less than I should, but you’ve found your way to my photos, so here’s a bit about me.
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You’ll usually find me outdoors (see next post for my favorite hobbies), and there’s usually a camera somewhere in my hand. Lately that’s an iPhone, but if the light is right, there will be a big camera and tripod and a giant orange astronaut camera bag somewhere nearby.
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I prefer mountains to cities. Give me a Redwood tree and you’ll find me happy. Add some good food and friendly company and my big smile will beam from ear to ear.
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When I’m not outside, I’m probably helping bring photography to billions of you, so you can capture your memories and relive the joy they bring.
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I’ve lived all over the United States, but Silicon Valley is now home. I hope you stay a little, browse some of my photos and take inspiration to go see the beautiful world we all live in.

10/17/2024

It’s been a while Instagram. Hi! My photography the last few years has looked a lot different (a lot more people photos and a lot less landscape) but the itch was calling to get the big camera back out and remember how to use it. Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS was a good excuse to lug a whole ton of gear up to the top of a mountain and spend the night enjoying nature.

With the comet rising in the west, I knew Windy Hill Open Space Preserve would be a perfect viewing spot — especially since I photographed Comet Neowise from the same spot. Initially I explored a new location, high above the Bay Area, but the fog rolled in and I needed to get higher — so Windy Hill it was.

Turns out a few other photography friends were also around, and I got to hang out with , , and while we all went “HOLY COW, I CAN SEE IT. THE TAIL IS SO BIG.” And was fun to see its anti-tail too.

The comet appeared just as the sun went down and we used those last bits of color in the sky to light up the *gorgeous* fog layer that had rolled in.

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08/21/2023

One of the nice things about photographing sunset in the winter is that there's plenty of time to get home and *not* be late for dinner! On this particular night the forecast was calling for a beautiful sunset and I took a work meeting in the car while I drove over to the coast to photograph this beach
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I had visited here a week or two previously when the tide was much lower so I knew we'd have to explore different compositions this time. Previously I had gotten down closer to the seastacks but this time I wanted to stay further back and capture the tunnel in the photo.
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I waited for a big wave to come in and splash against the rocks, creating a waterfall-like effect along the cliffside. The draining water creates a sense of motion. And of course the sky provides that nice warm sunset mood, which is picked up and reflected in the rocks and cliffs. I used a less wide lens this time so I could really focus in on the tunnel and the seastack, so here's a non-super wide photo for you! 📷🌉🏕🌇📸🏞

02/11/2023

Viking King. I love visiting Iceland in the winter because it's aurora and ice-cave season. Last year I was spoiled to spend nearly a week in Iceland in March 2022 as part of a workshop with and . Ahead of the trip I pinged Austin, wondering if we'd be able to get to an ice-cave. "If they're still open, hell yes" he responded.
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Most of the trip was a dud on the aurora front but we did get treated to an afternoon at an ice-cave and it made the whole trip. My favorite images came from the ice-cave.
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Sapphire Cave is broken into 2 sections, the left section is more open while the right section is more closed. I initially started on the left but didn't gravitate to any of those images. The right side though -- wow. It was full of unique shapes, beautiful tunnels, and amazing massive icicles.
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I stumbled upon this scene and immediately saw the head of a viking -- or perhaps something out of Game of Thrones and the evil night walkers. The icicles looked like hair or teeth, hanging off a scary jaw. And the blue icy cave walls add to the cold effect. This image was one of my top 3 photos I captured in 2022.

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01/14/2023

The eagle watches us. Every time I fly the drone I'm still amazed how different scenes look from above than when you're on land. From the sky you can see new shapes and colors and how the land connects together. From the ground you see what's most close to you and so much can be hidden. As a photographer we look for the lines and shapes closest in front of us and how it plays into the things behind it. From the sky the plane becomes flatter and you look for shapes to come out
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When we first launched the drone from here I flew it straight up and spun the drone in a circle, looking for anything that might create interesting shapes. I had spotted this scene, which was a medium flight away and made sure to get the drone there before the sun went behind clouds and was lost. I came back to this spot several times as the light changed
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Whenever I see this scene I see the shape of a bird, with its flat beak sitting just to the right of center; its eye watching over us, and its open mouth streaking to the left of the scene. Can you see the bird too? From the ground you'd have no clue this existed but from the air I saw different animals coming out of the scene (oh, and in the bottom right corner you can see a flock of birds hanging around in the pond).

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01/05/2023

Morning Meetings: Sunrise in Palo Alto, CA. Foothills Park in Palo Alto had for many years been exclusive to residents of the city of Palo Alto. Visitors were only allowed if accompanied by a Palo Alto resident. Finally, COVID pushed the city to open the park up to non-residents and Willie and I ventured here, to Boronda Lake to catch reflections in the sunrise
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On our first visit, two friends (strangers to us) arrived just as we were packing up. They popped their trunks, got out some blankets, and then two coolers, some snacks, and coffees. They walked out onto the pier, put their blankets down 10 feet apart, and proceeded to have a wonderful morning picnic. I can imagine this is a peaceful place to enjoy the morning.
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Escaype was predicting a nice sunrise but Willie and I didn't want to drive far, so we ventured here. We had hoped for a brighter sunrise but just enough of the clouds caught light that we were able to enjoy a nice sunrise. To the south (the left of the photo), the clouds caught more color but lacked texture. To the east, in this direction, the clouds were more interesting but didn't quite glow pink and red and orange. None-the-less, it was still a quick and nice morning.

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12/31/2022

Inspiration. Fishing cabins in Lofoten Islands, Norway. This isn’t a unique scene - my photo friends will roll their eyes at yet another photo from Reine. But it’s a scene that inspired me to explore a new place. And so my hope is to start posting the photos I’ve got in my backlog so they might inspire some of you to see something new…
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I'm often asked why I take pictures? The answer is two-fold: for myself, to remember the places I've been, and for others, to inspire them to see the world. Every day for 6 years I walked by a photo of this scene in the Lofoton Islands of Norway. SmugMug had a giant panorama print of Reine that took over the whole wall and I'd walk by it and say "one day I'm going to go there."
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After 3 trips to Iceland, finally said to me "damnit, we're going to Norway. I'll plan the trip. You can come along if you'd like." So we booked flights, invited .abramson along and planned the trip. A 7 day photo trip turned into a 5 day trip with 2 days of backcountry skiing. We stopped in Iceland on the way, photographed some ice-caves, beat the largest snowstorm in Reykjavik's history and caught our flight with 5 minutes to spare. Everything was easy after that
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This is probably the most photographed scene in all of the Lofoton Islands. This inspired me to travel halfway across the world and see and do something different. So here's my own take, taken on a cold morning, when the wind died down long enough for the unnamed mountain peak to reflect in the water. Reine (pronounced Ray-nuh), is a gorgeous fishing village, now turned into tourist attraction. We stayed in some of those red huts on the right. I find it interesting that the tallest peak here is, as far as I can tell, unnamed. All the other peaks are named except for the main peak.

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10/23/2022

Threes of Trees: Got fall in my mind - from a trip to the bayou a few years ago with the famous and now retried . I’ve learned a lot while shooting with David. When photographing trees, for example, I now look for scenes in which the trees have a few things: for example to look for separation between each trunk and the next, and secondly, separation from the foreground elements from the background elements (in this case: tree's in front of other trees)
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Carolyn, Willie and I had visited this lake on our first night but we rushed as we tried to catch the last glimpse of the sun hitting the trees. We had not expected the sun to dip down so early (it was still an hour before sunset). We came home with a number of great photos.
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I saw this group of trees on my first visit but didn't quite capture it how my eye was seeing it. Fortunately by the time we went back a second time, I had gotten a better feel for how to setup the photo, what to look for, and was able to stay stress-free and find the composition I wanted to capture
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05/23/2022

I went back to Lofoten this March after 2 years of (Covid) delays, for 5 days of skiing. Unfortunately I injured my knee on day 1 and my ski trip is most likely over 😢. Today and I took a sightseeing drive and we passed by the exact spot I took this photo back in 2017. It seemed fitting to get home and post this as a reminder that I can still have a great time on my visit to Norway even if I can’t ski
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Part of the reason for visiting the Lofoten Islands in Norway was to see the northern lights again. So when we saw the lights finally start to come out at the end of our 2017 trip, while eating dinner, we finished quickly and hopped in the car. Throughout the night we ended up nearly an hour and a half away, back near the town of Leknes. We were supposed to have our first day of backcountry skiing the next morning so we wanted to get *some* sleep and made our way back to the lodge
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The aurora came out and went away throughout our hunting attempts. For a while it completely disappeared and we were content to go home and get some sleep. But at one point on the drive it came back out and I saw this mountain peak and screamed for Andy to find a spot to pull over. Once in a safe spot, he and Rebecca took a nap while I walked out to the shoreline and took some pictures
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I was rather fortunate in that this was an unplanned, unspotted spot that turned out a nice surprise: frozen ice. There was a little rocky beach that gave me a place for unobstructed views and when I got out there, I saw the water had frozen into tons of cracked patterns. The tall peak here is called "Svarttinden" and a beautiful long bridge connects it to the next set of islandsI

05/23/2022

Throwback to the beginning of COVID where we got away for the first time in months to the national parks that had just re-opened days earlier. Here’s to getting back to normal!
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Willie Huang Photography, David Thompson, Miles Morgan and I spent a long weekend exploring the Redwood National and State Parks while trying to avoid getting COVID. We weren't sure if the trip would happen but it turned out things were looking better and we were able to escape our homes and safely play in nature (we took as many precautions as we could. Thankfully none of us contracted COVID during the trip).
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There's one particular grove that photographers flock to due to the rhododendron blooms that happen in the forest. Willie and I scouted it in the afternoon and we returned a few times. On one particular morning I saw Willie searching for his typical abstract photo of ferns overlapping each other. So of course I had to copy him and look for something similar.
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I spotted this patch of sorrel (not 4-leaf clover) and liked how the ferns were popping out of them. It wasn't until I got home that I realized there was a teeny flower that was making its way out of the sorrel. I just loved how it adds a splash of color to the scene

05/23/2022

Forests are a great place to photograph because there's so many different ways to interpret the same scene. Before the sun creeps in you can photograph the peaceful forest at rest, with all the trees and leaves in their slumbering glory. In the spring, flowers bloom adding new elements to the scene. By summer they're gone and you have just the leaves and the trees. In winter, the leaves are gone and snow can add a different element. Wait for the sun to creep in and light rays can transform the scene. Along the coast, fog can hide parts of the forest and focus on particular elements
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We knew this area of the forest might get light rays so we kept close. Or maybe I'm making this up and we just happened to be in the area when the sun set low enough to start creating beams. We photographed several different views of the beams while the fog and the setting sun kept them in the forest
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Although we started out much wider, trying to capture "gods rays" as we call them, beaming out in all directions around a tree, I was also transfixed by the way some of the side beams were lighting up the redwood trees and warming them up. I could imagine being one of these trees, loving the warmth of the sun shining in. As a peaceful observer it was hard not to *feel* warmer just looking at these

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