LIGHT POLLUTION

Light From the Bay Area Affecting the Night Sky at Pinnacles National Park, 2014

It is sort of beautiful is its own sick way, but I do pine for a night sky that excludes the intrusion by others into my view-shed. The sky at Joshua Tree National Park was somewhat better, but I think that was so because there is less moisture in the air there. The last time I really experienced a "natural" night sky was when I was in a remote corner of the Himalaya at the village of Karzok. 

MORE SEEING IN BLACK AND WHITE

In a Remote Part of California, 2014

I just love this composition.

JOSHUA REACHING FOR THE SKY

Joshua Reaching for the Sky, 2014

I do not know if this image even makes sense to the viewer. I think it is more easily understood as a color image, but I like the mystery.

BACK FROM MY ROAD TRIP

Highway Convergence, 2014

I will be posting some imagery of my recent trip to Pinnacles and Joshua Tree National Parks. As exciting as those parks were to me, the trip itself was equally fulfilling.

MORE FROM THE STREETS

Bright Light and Bold Shadows, February 2014

WORKING THE STREETS

In the Evening Light

I took this a  couple of hours ago.  I spent about an hour in town, and loved every moment of it. I suppose I  can say that I love working the streets. More to come.

LONELY NIGHT AT THE PEARL

A Pink Night at the Pearl

The quality of this jpg is considerably off from what it actually looks like. That said, I think it is a pretty  cool night time photograph.

WEB OF INTRIGUE

Web of Intrigue

Some creative spider weaving at the marsh.

ONE OF MY FAVORITES

The DeLuxe Express at Lamy, New Mexico, 2007

This is one of my favorite images. I only made one print, it sold, and like the train, is long gone. I think I  will print one for myself.

SOME NEW WORK ON TWO YEAR OLD IMAGES

Sunset at the Beach, 2012

I am always amazed whenever I come across some of these nearly forgotten images. This photograph was unimpressive at first glance, but once I started processing in Light Room I soon found its potential. The image on this blog is only a representation of what the actual print will look like.

MY NEW EXHIBIT AT THE REDWOOD ART ASSOCIATION

I realized earlier this week that a small gallery at the RAA was not being utilized by anyone. I thought it that was a shame to have an empty room in an otherwise full gallery, so I secured the space. I hung a show today in gallery number two.

There are three primary themes within the room. One of them is about the interplay of the ocean and sand. These images represent an ongoing theme for me. I consider what I see in this give-and-take of two of our primary elements - earth and water whenever I photograph at the beach.

The second theme is more on the essence of what I sense from some of the trees of our coastal and redwood forests. It is common to salute and honor the giant trees in our area, and I do almost daily, but there are other elements of the forest that I feel that are unique unto themselves. Perhaps I can succeed in sharing some of that with these images.

I represent the third theme with one image. It stands alone because it represents our prairies and the vastness of our sky. Here on the north coast, we are not always surrounded with the forest, and there are places where one does not hear the sounds of the ocean.

Manifestation at Low Tide

There are other aspects to this marvelous area that many of us call home, and I realize that it will take more than my lifetime to explore all of it.

THE MUMMY BERT

The Mummy Bert at the South Spit

I am hanging a last minute exhibition today at the RAA Gallery in Eureka. I printed this photograph yesterday as I wanted to include something new and related to the other images. I am taking down the marsh exhibit today, and using some of those in the new show. I think this show will have a water theme.