Category: Oceans

Bridge Over Troubled Waters

Taken at Three Mile Beach in Wilder Ranch State Park on May 15th, 2011 This bridge is possibly my favorite feature along the Santa Cruz coast. At high tide the crashing waves flow right under the bridge. And in rough seas the pounding of the ocean can actually be felt through the bridge, providing a […]

Fury

Taken at Panther Beach near Santa Cruz on March 25th, 2011 Nature photographers can tread a fine line between dangerous and dramatic. On the day I took this shot I originally had planned to teach a photography workshop. But the other instructor and I decided to reschedule because of the risk of rain, hail, and […]

Buried Treasure

Taken at San Gregorio State Beach near Half Moon Bay, California on February 16th, 2011 San Gregorio State Beach has the glassiest sand I’ve ever seen. The beach is so smooth and flat that the reflections that set up in the sand are nothing short of astounding. This section of the beach in particular was […]

Fire and Foam

Taken at Davenport main beach in Davenport, California on February 4th, 2011 Davenport main beach holds two very interesting attractions for me as a photographer. One is the prominent seastack. The second (and more alluring, in my opinion) is a series of rocky fingers that rise up out of the sand. The fingers are only […]

Fireworks

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

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

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 […]

Bowshock

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

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

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

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 […]

Turkish Bathrobe

Taken at Davenport Beach, Davenport, California, on May 22nd, 2010 I’m often amazed by how much you can change your impressions simply by changing your perspective. On this night, the waves were huge and I started out shooting close to the water line in order to capture the intensity of the surf. I had a […]