3 Days In Yosemite

Our guide to a long weekend in America’s most iconic national park

Text & Photography By Jim M. Goldstein

Updated April 6, 2020

Today is the day you've decided that you're going to photograph Yosemite, arguably the crown jewel of the U.S. National Park system.

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Originally Published September 3, 2015

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