Fishing Hole

"You Have to Be In It to Win It!"

Last Thrs I was offered a trip to Matts favorite "fishing hole" up in the Redwood Forrest. The clue that I should have paid attention to should had been "fishing hole" After scaling down a 500ft steep embankment (which included ropes that went from tree to tree) and a 1/2 mile treacherous hike along the river bank from rocks to rocks like Billy Goats and wading the shallow parts we arrived at this beautiful place.

I returned home and slept for the next 14+ hrs - yet glad for the experience and would have never got this image w/o the hike or the hard work

Lost and Back

Another day, Another location. The region of Crescent City...... Beautiful! - 

I Love the loooong isolated beaches and forest area here, its that kind of place where you can get lost and back to towne in 10 minutes. 

This area really suits the mood I prefer for my images

Gold Beach

2013 Game Plan - Pebble Beach @Crescent City2013

My photography game plan going into 2013 was to minimize the equipment I too into the field, the reason was to specialize in my chosen lens (20mm) and to minimizes distractions, focus and to get the weight of unused equipment off my shoulders. Sooo far I am failing miserably... yesterday I forgot my tripod, today I forgot my step-up ring and ohhhh I saw the perfect opportunity to use my Brownie Reflex :( Opportunity lost yet there is always tomorrow :)

This time around I have my laptop loaded w/ Lightroom and Photoshop so that I can have that option of editing and re-shooting if necessary.

I really like the mood direction and color edit of this image - I was cold and wet (oooh this day I forgot my hat and gloves)

 — at Pebble Beach, Crescent City, California.

Crescent City

This is A taste of Crescent City and surrounding areas

I am Finally Home <again> Many thanks to Michael Lowder, 

the Elder Lowders and the Bruders for their amazing hospitality, providing 

me with great food an extremely comfortable bed and great conversations 

equally an amazing trip. Crescent City is my new most favorite city 

in California for family and photography.

Crescent City (Chetco-Tolowa: Taa-’at-dvn,^[2] Yurok: Kohpey,^[3] Wiyot: Daluwagh ^[4]) is the county seat and only incorporated city in Del Norte County, California. Named for the crescent-shaped stretch of sandy beach south of the city, Crescent City had a total population of 7,643 in the 2010 census, up from 4,006 in the 2000 census.The population includes inmates atPelican Bay State Prison, also within the city limits, and the former census-designated place Crescent City North annexed to the city. The city is also the site of the Redwood National Park headquarters, as well as the historic Battery Point Light. Due to the richness of the local Pacific Ocean waters and the related catch, and ease of access, Crescent City Harbor serves as home port for numerous commercial fishing vessels.

The city is located on the Pacific coast in the upper northwestern part of California, about 20 miles (32 km) from the Oregon border. Crescent City's offshore geography makes it unusually susceptible to tsunamis.^[5]

I shot this city many different ways yet loooong and slow and either B&W or muted colours

was my love for this trip. The over cast grey skies and a 100 Neutral Density filter allowed

me to slooooow things down on the bright and sunny days I was less inclined to shoot.  

I guess the mood for shooting was dreary days. While in Crescent City I avg. 5-6 hrs a 

day out exploring this wonderful city looking for inspiration and clearing my mind of city stuff. I forgot..... the Elder Lowders gave me the full set to "Life Library of Photography"
set and Sister Risa gave me "IMPRINTS David Plowden: A Retrospective" I am very grateful for the gift.

Muted Colours

From the ocean it was just a matter of minutes to 

Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park

"A Spectator in the Beauty of these giants. We can never grow this tall, stand the test of time, endure so much nor become more relevant to the earth than these giants." Darnell Bates

Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving old-growth redwoods along the Smith River. It is located along U.S. Route 199 approximately 9 miles (14 km) east of Crescent City. The park is named after explorer Jedediah Smith and is one of three state parks cooperatively managed as Redwood National and State Parks.^[1] The 10,430-acre (4,220 ha) park was established in 1939.^[2]

The park consists of 9,500 acres (3,800 ha) of redwood trees, including several groves of old growth trees. One of the groves, totaling 5,000 acres (2,000 ha), includes the world's largest (not tallest) coast redwood, which measures 20 feet (6.1 m) in diameter and 340 feet (100 m) tall.^[3]

Day Trip to

Gold Beach, Oregon

Gold Beach (Tolowa: yan-shu’-chit ^[3], yan-shuu-chit’-dvn ^[4]) is a city in and the county seat of Curry County, Oregon, United States,^[5] on the Oregon Coast. (South Oregon) The population was 1,897 at the 2000 census. 

The community was originally named Ellensburg in the 1850s, but later took the name Gold Beach after a beach near the mouth of the Rogue River where hundreds of placer mines extracted gold.^[6] An Ellensburgh post office was established in 1863, changed to Ellensburg in 1877, and changed to Gold Beach in 1890.^[6]

The Tetrapods of Crescent City, CA

After a 25min walk along the Tetra-pod Jetty... pure beauty and tranquility. Utah was the last time I felt this alone and vulnerable, it was so quiet and the fear of rogue waves added to the suspense an

d the need to throw routine out the window.

“If an artist doesn’t take risks, then it’s not worth it.”
- Robert Frank


fyi... the Red Tetra-pod has a GPS unit in it to track its movements.

Not Random Images

I Love this place and here is where I was meant to be as a photographer. 

I will return soon b/c there was so much more to see and explore