My wife and I had just two days in Yosemite, and the 2d day was a planned full day hike up to the top of Half Dome. I hired Pat for the first day for a couple of reasons. First, I had been disappointed in the quality of my landscape photos from past trips to the wilderness, and secondly I figured it would be a great way to see a lot of the best vistas in a short period of time. The first thing that impressed me was the pre-trip communication via email and that it was clear Pat wanted to know our objectives so that he could customize the right experience.
The trip met all objectives. Pat was right on time, and he was a great guide and teacher. I brought my Canon DSLR and he worked with me on some great landscape techniques, showing me how to shoot some great photos in manual mode just by utilizing the shutter speed dial more. I was really happy with how my photos came out. We also visited many sites with great vistas. When my wife and I are by ourselves, I rarely get good photos of both of us, so it was also a real plus to have Pat take some nice portrait shots. He was very timely uploading the photos to dropbox, and I had the link by the time I regained internet service a couple days later.
I would highly recommend Pat and the Photo Safari Yosemite Tour.