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Category Archives: humboldt county
OTHER THEMES AND PROJECTS
I initiated a self-directed project to document the business districts of both Arcata and Eureka. I often photographed in the early morning pre dawn light. I started this in 2010, and have worked on it through to the present time. … Continue reading
HOW ABOUT A CHANGE IN STYLE AND IN TIME
I made this image a few hours ago. I decided to give “intentional-camera-movement (ICM)” a try. A couple of friends recently had some success with the process, and they convinced me to give it a go. This is an eleven … Continue reading
WHAT’S SHOWING AT THE RAA
Forgotten and lost dreams, Arcata Bottom 2020.
New Work
Red and Green wall near Burnt Ranch. I spent yesterday with some friends on a photographic outing east of home on highway 299.
TWO WINDOWS AND A DOOR
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
MOUTH OF THE MAD RIVER
Overlooking the mouth of the Mad River at Clam Beach January 10, 2019.
ARTS ALIVE THIS SATURDAY
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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AWARD WINNER AT RAA
This image came in third place in the Redwood Art Association’s Fall Exhibit.
Downtown Arcata on a Quiet Morning
I took this with the 17mm tilt-shift lens on a July morning in 2016. I reprocessed this using a graduated filter instead of dropping the blue luminance to darken the sky. By doing so, I eliminated the fringing that was … Continue reading
KEEPING WITH THE LEGACY TRANSPORTATION THEME
This privately owned P51 Mustang was parked near the abandoned tower at ACV. It was a common visitor for many months. c.1995