Category Archives: humboldt county history

Phillip’s House

Posted on March 17, 2020 by

I happened to see just the lighting that I had hoped for: the rising sun illuminating the front side with a foggy background.

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New Work

Posted on October 14, 2019 by

Red and Green wall near Burnt Ranch. I spent yesterday with some friends on a photographic outing east of home on highway 299.  

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TWO WINDOWS AND A DOOR

Posted on April 2, 2019 by

I am having a challenging time sorting out in my head which version of this image works the best. It is interesting how much a small cropping can affect the mood of an image. Is the bottom rendering the strongest … Continue reading →

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MORE ALLEY WORK

Posted on March 4, 2019 by

I thought that I completed my work in the business district of Eureka. Instead, I see that my study is taking me deeper into the workings of the city.

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HISTORIC HUMBOLDT PHOTOGRAPHS FROM 1980 THROUGH 2018

Posted on October 7, 2018 by

Over the coming days and perhaps weeks I will be posting images from my archives. I spent time photographing the areas around Humboldt Bay and the nearby cities of Eureka and Arcata. The imagary from 1980 through 2004 were either … Continue reading →

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ARTS ALIVE THIS SATURDAY

Posted on October 5, 2018 by

Here is a sample of my images that are part of the exhibit at the F Street Foto Gallery (upstairs at Swanlund’s Photography in Eureka). Most of my images are scanned negatives and color slides from the nineteen eighties and … Continue reading →

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MY WEB SITE IS DOWN TEMPORARILY

Posted on December 26, 2017 by

Yesterday at the marsh. I should have my web site back up in the next day or so.

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A CLEARER RENDERING OF WHAT I WANT TO SHARE

Posted on June 8, 2017 by

As I stated before, I often need to “sit” with an image for awhile before it comes to maturity. I think that this one is nearly fully rendered.

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OVER THE TOP WITH THE COLOR?

Posted on June 7, 2017 by

I drove past this gem for over thirty years without stopping to photograph. I finally decided to hop onto my bicycle with my travel camera the other day, and stopped there while there were no cars parked out front. I … Continue reading →

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FIRST BLACK AND WHITE WITH THE SONY RX100

Posted on March 11, 2016 by

Near the site of the former Table Bluff Lighthouse, which later became the Table Bluff Lighthouse Ranch.

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