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Animals Barns Farms and Rural Scenes Bay Area California Spring

New Camera: First Snaps of Cows and the Green East Bay Hills

Sunset over rolling green hills and cattle in the Briones Valley, Briones Regional Park, Contra Costa County, California Purchase Prints or License Usage: ID# 220117ra_BA3-0310h. I Got a New Camera! Here are some of my First Snaps of Cows and Green East Bay Hills. There seems to be a popular…

Gary CrabbeMay 13, 2022

Barns Farms and Rural Scenes Uncategorized

What Now? What’s Next? Life through a Socially Distant Lens.

What Now? What's Next? Life Through a Socially Distant Lens. Photo: (Above) An empty picnic table on a dock on a quiet lake in the morning, Lafayette Reservoir, Lafayette, California Is it just me? Alone... but not alone. The COVID-19 pandemic is a chilling reminder that we are a social…

Gary CrabbeApril 15, 2020

Barns Farms and Rural Scenes California Photos

Would you or wouldn’t you; Cloning out unwanted objects in landscape or nature photos?

Would you clone out a few unwanted objects in your landscape photos? Is it OK, and are there times when you shouldn't alter your photos? Photo: (Above) Morning mist in the Alhambra Valley, Contra Costa County, California Purchase Prints or License Usage. Photography is an art form, and in ART,…

Gary CrabbeApril 16, 2018

Barns Farms and Rural Scenes Bay Area Moon Photography

A Photo Lesson: Synchronicity, Luck, and the Super Blue Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse Photo

Photo: Super Blood Blue Moon Lunar Eclipse sets next to an oak tree while coming out of totality in a rare 150-year convergence, Contra Costa County, California -- Purchase Prints or License Usage. - ID# 180131na_BA3-0182 Photography: the Art of Chaos, Convergence, Synchronicity, and Luck; The rare Super Blue Blood Moon…

Gary CrabbeMarch 5, 2018

Barns Farms and Rural Scenes California Photo Business Photos Stock Photography

Are my images shot on slide film now dead?

Picture: Crescent Moon in evening light over oak tree on Palassou Ridge, Santa Clara County, California I have to wonder, from a business perspective, if many of my older images which I shot on professional-grade transparency slide film aren't, for lack of a better term, 'dead'? Earlier this spring I…

Gary CrabbeMay 27, 2014

Barns Farms and Rural Scenes California Photo Workshops and Tours Photos

New Photo Tour: California’s Gold Country in Spring

Picture: Sunset in the Sierra Foothills near Chinese Camp, California I'm delighted to announce that I'll be co-leading a photo tour this spring, "Experience California's Gold Country Photo Tour, which will take place from April 10th - 13th, 2014. Based in the heart of the Mother Lode in Sonora, we'll…

Gary CrabbeFebruary 19, 2014

Barns Farms and Rural Scenes California Digital Photos

Drawing the Line, Crossing the Line, & Erasing the Line

Picture: High Tension Power Transmission Lines and Towers in the local hills, near Martinez, California After taking time this year to move my office and catch up on a number of back-burner home & office projects, and the hell that was last year, I'm slowly starting to de-lurk and poke…

Gary CrabbeDecember 17, 2010

Animals Barns Farms and Rural Scenes California Photos Seasons Spring Uncategorized

The perfect time to take a photo

Picture: Oak trees, cows and green grass on hills over valley in spring at sunset, Briones Regional Park, Contra Costa County, California When someone is looking at one of our photos, many photographers have heard the saying "Wow! You caught that at just the perfect moment." Sometimes though, the perfect…

Gary CrabbeSeptember 15, 2010

Barns Farms and Rural Scenes Photos Sunset Uncategorized Vermont Water Weather

One Last Post – and a new start.

Picture: Wooden deck chair and storm clouds at sunset over Lake Bomoseen, near Rutland, Berkshire region, Vermont This is it. One last post... I don't get a vacation this holiday weekend. My wife & kids do. They're enjoying a weekend in the Sierra at my Sister-in-Law's cabin near Arnold. I…

Gary CrabbeJuly 3, 2010

Barns Farms and Rural Scenes California Sunrise Trees

What you like, Part 2; the bigger picture

Picture: Sunrise light on the western Sierra foothills, Fresno County, California Click on the photo to see the image larger. This image follows on the heels of my last post. As I mentioned, I'm usually attracted to the larger landscape type photos, but will use my eyes like a virtual…

Gary CrabbeJune 14, 2010

Barns Farms and Rural Scenes Photos Trees

It’s about what you like

Photo: Morning light on tree-covered hillside in the Sierra Foothills, Fresno County, California See the image larger. Whenever I work with other photographers in a workshop setting, giving a lecture or presentation about improving their photography, I have a few general themes that I like to try and hammer into…

Gary CrabbeJune 8, 2010

Animals Barns Farms and Rural Scenes California Mountains Photos

Round Valley Panorama

Picture: Sunrise light on Mount Tom and the Eastern Sierra over cattle grazing in pasture in the Round Valley, near Bishop, California Click the image to see the photo larger in a new window. This is another image that marks one of my first few attempts at a panoramic composition…

Gary CrabbeJune 3, 2010

Barns Farms and Rural Scenes California Photos

East Bay Hills – New Image Galley

Photo: Sunrise over Mt. Diablo and green East Bay hills near Orinda, Contra Costa County, California File under: Long overdue; I've added a few new photo galleries to my web site. One of them is a collection from my home stomping grounds, namely the East Bay Hills. The area covers…

Gary CrabbeDecember 7, 2009

Barns Farms and Rural Scenes California Photos Roads Travel Weather

The Joys of Coming Home

Picture: Rainbow over the "Meat & Potatoes Palace", near Hat Creek, California (A play off Galen Rowell's famous photo, Rainbow over the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet.) I love coming home after being on the road for more than a few days. Returning home to my wife and kids is…

Gary CrabbeNovember 11, 2009

Barns Farms and Rural Scenes Buildings and Architecture California Photos Statues & Monuments Travel

New Santa Barbara California Photo Galleries

Picture: Historic San Ramon Chapel (est. 1875) along Foxen Canyon Road, Santa Barbara County, California I announced in my recent Summer 2009 Newsletter that I have posted several new image galleries on my web site featuring Santa Barbara, California. I split the coverage into two galleries; One for the Santa…

Gary CrabbeJuly 15, 2009

Barns Farms and Rural Scenes California People Photos

Photo: Walk this way

Picture: Kids walking in an outdoor labyrinth, Briones Regional Park, Contra Costa County, California This is the first time in more than 15 years I ever shot anything based on a standard want list photo request. Earlier this summer, a regional magazine had posted a request for various outdoor labyrinths.…

Gary CrabbeOctober 24, 2008

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