Fireworks

Hole in the Wall Beach sunset, Santa Cruz, California

Read The Story Buy A Print The Story Behind This Photograph: Taken at Hole in the Wall Beach near Santa Cruz, California on December 22nd, 2010 On this particular night at Hole in the Wall Beach, a remarkably low tide exposed entrancing patterns in the sand that radiated out like an explosion.  With the fiery […]

Adraga Allusions

Hole in the Wall Beach sunset, Santa Cruz, California

Taken at Hole in the Wall beach near Santa Cruz, California on December 7th, 2010 On a night with an extremely low tide I visited my favorite beach in Santa Cruz to see what had been exposed. And much to my happiness, a cluster of interesting rocks I had never shot was accessible. I was […]

Symmetry, Blob-Style

Wilder Ranch State Park beach sunset, Santa Cruz, California

Taken in Wilder Ranch State Park on November 30th, 2010 In Fall 2010 I was enamored of an out-of-the-way beach in Wilder Ranch, so whenever a good sunset potential presented itself, that’s where I headed. On this particular evening I really liked how these rocky blobs had captured pools of water which were glassy smooth […]

Split Rock at Sunrise

Tioga Lake and Mt. Dana at sunrise, Tioga Pass, Yosemite National Park

Taken at Tioga Lake, Yosemite National Park, on October 29th, 2010 I generally try to take a zen-like approach to my photography where I calmly survey the scene before me, take my time to find a composition, and then wait for the good light to hit. That was absolutely not the case on this cold […]

Oaks and Cedars, Yosemite Fall Color

Oaks and Cedars, Yosemite Fall Color

On a “Boot Camp” style photography trip with some friends in the Fall of 2010, we hit location after location after location in Yosemite National Park. One of the stops we made was the iconic Valley View. After spending a few minutes getting the classic shot, I turned my attention to the gorgeous hues of […]

Bowshock

Wilder Ranch State Park beach sunset, Santa Cruz, California

Taken at Two Mile Beach near Santa Cruz, California, on October 21st, 2010 In the Fall of 2010, I was making a great effort to simplify my photographic compositions. On this evening, while searching for something simple to compose on, I came across this single rock and decided to shoot a photo which emphasized the […]

Lightning Bolt

Wilder Ranch State Park beach sunset, Santa Cruz, California

Taken in Wilder Ranch State Park on October 16th, 2010 On a weekend in May the fog was sitting in the Monterey Bay like pea soup: thick, and heavy, and full of bits of ham. But then suddenly the fog rolled back out into the ocean, leaving behind a sky full of incredibly interesting clouds, […]

The Rush

Oceans

Read The Story Buy A Print The Story Behind This Photograph: Taken at Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, California on October 1st, 2010 Anyone who lives along the central California coast will tell you that summer brings a marine layer a mile thick and five months long. Which is a shame, because the […]

Archangel

Natural Bridges State Beach sunset, Santa Cruz, California

Taken at Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, California on October 1st, 2010 Anyone who lives along the central California coast will tell you that summer brings a marine layer a mile thick and five months long. Which is a shame, because the fog and haze effectively stop all coastal photography for the entire […]

Notes From the Field: Foggy Fun

Shooting seascapes in the summer in Santa Cruz (say that 5-times fast) is a tricky thing: the marine layer inhibits sunsets and makes capturing a worthwhile image all the more difficult.  I rarely go out to shoot in the summer here, but since some excellent photographer friends of mine were in town, I made a […]

Mossbrae Falls

Mossbrae Falls, Sacramento River, Dunsmuir, California

[av_heading heading=’Behind the scenes of this photo’ tag=’h3′ color=’custom-color-heading’ custom_font=’#949494′ style=’blockquote classic-quote’ size=” subheading_active=” subheading_size=’15’ padding=’0′ av_uid=’av-aw1sv’][/av_heading] Taken at Mossbrae Falls near Dunsmuir, California on June 27, 2010 Talk about a slice of paradise on a hot day: Mossbrae is a long, seeping waterfall trickling out of the hillside down into the Sacramento River near […]

Roaring Seep

Burney Falls, California

Taken at Burney Falls, California on June 27th, 2010 Burney Falls sits in a magnificent grotto where water seeps out of a thousand holes in the porous rock along a 129 foot high face while two massive cascades shoot like cannons off the top of the cliff. Having a hard time with an all-encompassing composition, […]

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