Celebrating the 4th Annual Worldwide Photowalk, Garber Parl – Oakland

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At this years photowalk I decided to take on the role of “walk leader”.  I’m 100% happy with that decision and had a wonderful crew of photographers make my first lead an enjoyable and productive day.  Lots of people came with all sorts of different skills and interests and it was great to talk with almost everyone personally.  Thanks crew!

Swordfern reaching out

We had 27 people sign up for the walk, while only about 20 actually showed to the event.  That’s not too bad of a ratio considering its a free event.  We had attendees all the way from Yuba City to Pinole, to Walnut Creek, Pleasanton, and North Bay.  I was truly flattered!  We did a loop hike in what I call a “backyard wilderness” – Garber Park – Oakland, CA.   Continue reading →

Conservation Lands Network Report Released

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Grassland of the Hamilton range

We’re celebrating the release of the Bay Area Open Space Council’s Conservation Lands Network Report, which helps identify the next million acres that would be more suitable for habitat protection in the Bay Area.  As a professional ecologist I sat on the Steering Committee and Vegetation workgroup of this project. It was an amazing experience to be surrounded by so many luminaries and brilliant thinkers.   Continue reading →

A Study in Mitts

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Last weekend included some nice times with friends at Tahoe Memorial State Park.  Our most notable event was the pre-burn celebration wherein we burned a stack of kindling that was inspired by the famous Goldsworthy’s “Egg”.  We took that egg and gave it a couple of extra curves and turned it into an hourglass.  So, really, it’s um, time burned.

Hourglass, burned

We also spent some time shaking a bit of bouldering rust off.  It wasn’t pretty.  There are some good color full body shots, but really, its amazing how overworked our hands must have been – out of shape and knowing it.

So here’s a shot of three peeps (well two and a wifey) at work –  Jereme, Dan and Drea.  I love how the black and white bring these “tools” into focus.   How they sing of strain and struggle.  Just hands.  Body, balance, difficulty are irrelevant.  It’s nothing but mitts here.   Click on a pic to enlarge.

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Spiders

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Mainiacs and Other Right Coast Kids

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Oh, I'm gonna do it... It's on my bucket list

I had a ridiculous time hanging with the Right Coast F1 generation.  It was super awesome to see you all – I only wish it could have been for longer… I’ll just let the photos speak for themselves. Click on any photo to make it a touch bigger.

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Carly and Jason – August 13th, 2011

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I think I kinda like kissing photos!

Only one day after my birthday I had a rip roaring time celebrating with Carly and Jason for their wedding party at the Crow’s Nest in Santa Cruz, CA.  The day started off with a typical marine layer that burned off just in time for a bright and sunny celebration right on the beach. Everyone was at the Lighthouse on time for formals… well almost.  But the lucky couple finished strong.  FYI: Click on any photo to get larger, higher quality image. Continue reading →

Nezinscot Farm: Turner, Maine – Where Medium is Perfect

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The Goats of Nezinscot

I recently returned from a summer trip to Maine.  One of my favorite stops along our journey was a small farm in Turner, Maine.  Turner is a quintessential rural town with no stop lights, one school, and a rich dose of americana flowing through its veins.  People here tend to work with their hands, awake with the sun and roosters.  Nezinscot Farm is a 250 acre farm that produces organic vegetables, decadent cheeses, and healthy meat.

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Toro Nagashi, the Lantern Festival

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Thousands of lanterns on the lake

While in Boston visiting family (Yana and Talia) last night, we were lucky to stumble upon Toro Nagashi, or the Lantern festival, held annually at the Forest Hill Cemetery of Jamaica Plain.  It immediately sounded like a great photography venue, but it was so much more.

When we arrived at sundown, the crowds were already heading for the exit, and we thought we had missed the main event. Rather, we were arriving at the perfect time since the park was completely packed and we could actually catch a few square feet of prime lakeside real estate. The sky was just fading into a dark blue and the lanterns, drifting around all parts of the lake were a brilliant little boxes of gold.  Truly, this was amazing and a not-to-miss event in Boston.  Um, it’s really a not-to-miss event for anywhere.

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I Still Believe in the Tooth Fairy

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Following up the longest blog post I’ve ever done – I’ll go short.  Real short.  This is my office at night.  Coyote Ridge.  I love long exposure and this one is my longest. Let’s call it 5 hours long.  But it’s not one exposure.  I used a software program called Startrails written by Achim Schaller from Freiburg, Germany.  It combines multiple exposures into a single image and it’s a powerful, powerful program.  Lots to play with in terms of both user controls as well as which images to input into the analysis.  I learned that one or two lighter images will really brighten up the finished product quickly. Thanks Achim – this program is a gem.  Click on photo to enlarge.

Can you guess what the brightness in the right part of the frame represents?

I Still Believe in the Tooth Fairy

Celebrating Independence… from Cars – Transit and Trail Triple Threat Photojournal

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Sky Islands in Mt. Hamilton country

I’ll start this one off by thanking the Bay Area Open Space Council & Transit and Trails for helping create a movement in which people are excited to enjoy the outdoors without contributing to our carbon-pregnant atmosphere.  This celebrates American independence in so many ways.  It celebrates ingenuity.  It celebrates access for all.   It celebrates the kinetic power of human flesh.  Our bodies are amazing tools for enjoying life.  We must take care of them.  Yeah, human flesh, that’s pretty cool huh?

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Triple Threat Photos coming…

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Folks, I shot some 200 billion million photos on June 18th, and they required my computer to request a vacation.

No really, I have a few shots I’ll share as a teaser – many more to come either via me/TnT/other mechanism… Here are a couple of teasers – for those who like to be teased.

Also, I’m trying out the logo thing on these.  Branding, oh branding, how it hurts. 🙂

Oh yeah, and in case you were wondering – this event was AWESOME – all 128 miles and nearly 11,000 vertical feet of Bay Area road biking.

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