These are some very nice pictures, great composition, very motivational, keep it up. Having traveled to and worked this region before, it is interesting to see your take the different compositions available. I will be traveling from Chicago meeting a friend to spend a week chasing the colors through the Eastern Sierra region, We will be basing out of South Tahoe during the second week of October. We take on some crazy mileage driving to be a location through sunrise and sets through the area. Figure on a loop through Yosemite, a run at Mono, thinking about a look at Pyramid if there's snow...Would you have or recommend any other areas or places. We're staying at a place on the water in South Tahoe (first time in this area) which I'm sure will offer up some great composition also. Photographing this area is like being a kid in a candy store there's just so much there!

Do you have a studio and or is it anywhere in this area, would be neat to see your photos in the flesh per say?

Oh. Funny coincidence, I just finished a posting on Mono Lake on another website:
How to photograph Mono Lake
It even includes a list of other places in the area and links to postings I wrote about those as well.
I love Bodie and Chemung Mine as well as the hot springs and some of the canyons near Concict lake and McGee Canyon. This is one of my favorite areas in California. You will have a lot of fun. Check out my map too. Follow the first two steps of this tutorial to add it to your google account and get all the updates I provide on a weekly basis:
California Photo Locations map
I am always here for more questions.