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Aviation California Clouds and Sky Photos Space and Science Weather

Houston, we have a problem… disappointment.

Picture: X-15 NASA Experimental Rocket Plane and storm clouds, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, near Mojave, California. How do you deal with photographic disappointment? What happens when you go after a shot with a certain set of expectations, and then you are totally foiled in your attempts to…

Gary CrabbeJune 1, 2009

Animals California Coast Newsworthy Photos Sports & Recreation

A little self promotion – 20 questions

Photo: Taking a photo; Three young women riding horses on the sand at Oceano State Beach, Oceano, California Like the girl in the photo seems to be doing, every once in awhile, you need to put yourself front and center. So allow me to do a little self promotion, and…

Gary CrabbeJanuary 27, 2009

California Coast Photos Sunset

Photo: Sunset over Pewetole Island, Trinidad State Beach

Photo: Lupine wildflowers in bloom and sunset light over Pewetole Island, Trinidad State Beach, Humboldt County, California I never knew this place had a name in all the years I lived in Humboldt while attending college. I only found out about the Yurok Indian name while researching captions for my…

Gary CrabbeDecember 13, 2008

California Newsworthy Photos

California Burns Again

This has been a terrible year for fires in California. I remember having to put off several shoots for my latest book project for almost a month as smoke lingered so thick across the state. Here in the middle of November, at a time when the "official" end of the…

Gary CrabbeNovember 18, 2008

California Clouds and Sky Photos Sunset Weather

Photo: Sunset over Angel Island

Picture: Sun peeking below clouds near sunset over Angel Island and the San Francisco Bay, from the Berkeley Hills, California It's November, right? Only a week or so before Thanksgiving, or so the calendar leads me to believe. But outside is a different story here in the Bay Area. We're…

Gary CrabbeNovember 14, 2008

California Deserts Newsworthy Photos Sunrise

Dawn of a New Day

Photo: Footsteps leading forward in sand dune at sunrise - at the dawn of a new day, Algodones Dunes Wilderness, Imperial County, California. I know I've posted this photo before, but it seems fitting today. You know from reading this blog that I don't involve myself in political discussions. And…

Gary CrabbeNovember 5, 2008

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

California Clouds and Sky Photos Sunset Travel Water

OMG – Look at that light!

Picture: Red clouds at sunset over Lake Tahoe, California "Oh my God; Look at that light!" That's usually what I am welping like a wounded dog when I see something that looks photographically fantastic, yet I have no camera. I was in Lake Tahoe for the weekend, with my wife,…

Gary CrabbeOctober 13, 2008

Barns Farms and Rural Scenes California Coast

Photo: Coast for Sale

Picture: For Sale sign on the California Coast, Shelter Cove, Humboldt County, California On my first visit to Shelter Cove about seven years ago, I took this image of a For Sale sign stuck right in the middle of this prime waterfront lot. This was a great example of the…

Gary CrabbeOctober 8, 2008

Barns Farms and Rural Scenes Buildings and Architecture California Photos Travel

Photo: Touched by light

Picture: Sunlit church steeple at sunrise, Ferndale, Humboldt County, California One of the things that makes for a good dramatic photo is contrast. Lights against darks, and warm colors against cool colors. Here, the church was lit by sunrise light that came through a hole in a thick blanket of…

Gary CrabbeSeptember 26, 2008

California Mountains Photos Spring

Photo: Rugged hills near Santa Barbara

Picture: Overlooking the rugged hills of the Santa Ynez Mountains, near Santa Barbara, California Now that I've uploaded images for my book project, I'm getting the chance to go back through some of the new material I created over this last year. One location that impressed me more than many…

Gary CrabbeSeptember 24, 2008

California plants

Happy Accidents

Picture: If I put a caption here, you'd know what this is. In the mode of continuing to show images from my recent trips; I don't consider myself an 'artist'. A number of years ago, I played around with running a few pictures through Photoshop Filter upon Photoshop Filter. I…

Gary CrabbeSeptember 5, 2008

California Coast Moon Photos Sunset Travel

Photo: Cape Mendocino Lighthouse

Picture: Owl perched on top of Cape Mendocino Lighthouse, and crescent moon in evening light, Shelter Cove, on the Lost Coast, Humboldt County, California This is my "light at the end of the tunnel" photo, in regards to my current book project. This weekend I uploaded my collection of images…

Gary CrabbeSeptember 2, 2008

California Coast Photos Sunset Water

Photo: Sunset at Natural Bridges

Picture: Seagulls at sunset on rocks at Natural Bridges State Park, California I'm closing in on the end of my current book project. This image was taken last week while in Santa Cruz for a day. Back when I first visited this beach in the 1980's, I seem to remember…

Gary CrabbeAugust 25, 2008

Aviation California Photos Travel

Huh? Whaddya Say? Speak Up!

Picture: FAA Saftey Crews working on runway approach lights below a jet airplane landing at LAX, Los Angeles, California I had mentioned previously regarding my recent Southern California Coast trip, that some of my favorite images taken over the nine days were some of the very last one's I took.…

Gary CrabbeAugust 16, 2008

California Travel

Is that a Paparazzi?

Picture: Homes above the Upper Newport Bay Preserve, Newport Beach, Orange County, California And speaking of the Southern California mindset; I was tangibly aware of how different people looked at me with my camera. You can tell that their thoughts focused on my being a Paparazzi. People would turn to…

Gary CrabbeAugust 10, 2008

California

Houston, we have a problem… disappointment.

A little self promotion – 20 questions

Photo: Sunset over Pewetole Island, Trinidad State Beach

California Burns Again

Photo: Sunset over Angel Island

Dawn of a New Day

Photo: Walk this way

OMG – Look at that light!

Photo: Coast for Sale

Photo: Touched by light

Photo: Rugged hills near Santa Barbara

Happy Accidents

Photo: Cape Mendocino Lighthouse

Photo: Sunset at Natural Bridges

Huh? Whaddya Say? Speak Up!

Is that a Paparazzi?

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