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California Deserts National Parks People Photos

What about Bob, or When Life Hands You Lemons

Picture: Photographer next to tracks left by mysterious moving rocks on the dried flat mud at the Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California Last fall I had my first chance to visit the Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park. While walking out on the Playa, I met a…

Gary CrabbeMay 12, 2010

Buildings and Architecture California People Photos Rants and Raves

Proof that History puts people to sleep

Picture: Interior of the Iron Door Saloon, est. 1852; the oldest continuously operating saloon in the state, Groveland, California I admit my frustration level has been met and exceeded. For nearly a decade working with Galen Rowell, running his stock department, I dealt with clients of every level, including editors…

Gary CrabbeJanuary 27, 2010

Animals People Photographers Photos Rants and Raves

Life Lesson: The sea lion & the dumb tourists

Picture: Injured sea lion behind cage fence, Marine Mammal Rescue Center, California. The other day, I took my kids out to the site of the old Sutro Baths, near the Cliff House. After climbing down the stairway toward the beach, we saw a bunch of people gathered in a spot,…

Gary CrabbeJuly 22, 2009

Arizona Newsworthy Outdoors People Photos Statues & Monuments Travel Utah

Mega-Whoops! Target off by more than two miles

Picture: Tourist family photos being taken by mom while kids stand at the center of the Four Corners Monument, on the Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado borders. I just heard this on the news... It could only have happened in the days before GPS. Yes, I've been there. Yes,…

Gary CrabbeApril 20, 2009

Newsworthy People Photos

1400+ megapixel inauguration photo

Thanks to my friend Ross for sending me this. Photographer David Bergman as at President Obama's Inauguration. And he's got a stitched image from a Gigapan Imager to prove it. His image is made up of 220 Canon G10 photos, and measures approx. 60,000 x 25,000 pixels. Yep, it's got…

Gary CrabbeJanuary 23, 2009

Newsworthy People Photos

Her Name was Florence

Almost everyone knows the enduring photographic portrait that gave a feeling and a face to the Great American Depression. It's simply titled, "Migrant Mother", and was an image taken by Dorothea Lange while she was working for the US Government, documenting migrant farm workers. That face now has a name;…

Gary CrabbeJanuary 5, 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

California People Photos Sports & Recreation Sunset Travel

Photo: Biking in the Open Space

Picture: Mountain bikers on trail through Los Penasquitos Open Space Preserve, San Diego, California I've been enjoying my time in San Diego for a very odd reason. The weather continues to be stuck in an early summer "June Gloom" rut. This means that there is a thick blanket of coastal…

Gary CrabbeJuly 19, 2008

canyons National Parks People Photos Travel Water Wyoming

Photo: Tourist looking towards Lower Yellowstone Falls

Picture: Female Japanese tourists looks out over the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River toward Lower Upper Yellowstone Fall, Yeloowestone National Park, Wyoming In my last post I mentioned that I'd been deeply engrossed in working my way throughÂ a number of projects this Winter & Spring. One of those was…

Gary CrabbeApril 9, 2008

California National Parks People Travel Trees

Happy Centennial Birthday Muir Woods

Photo: Tourists taking photos of coastal redwood trees (Sequoia Sempervirens) from path in Muir Woods National Monument, Marin County, California 100 years ago, President Theodore Roosevelt signed a bill creating what is now Muir Woods National Monument. This is truly one of the great must see places in the Bay…

Gary CrabbeJanuary 9, 2008

Copyright Morality betwixt the generations

Photo: Patron reading books at City Lights Bookstore, North Beach, San Francisco, California Right or Wrong? Stealing, borrowing, retribution, ease, or simply, "everybody does it." Where would you fall on the morality scale?? Examlpe, you check out a book or a CD from a public library. You make 5 copies…

Gary CrabbeJanuary 8, 2008

California People Photos Travel Water

Photo: Kids swimming below Mossbrae Falls

Picture: Kids swimming in the Sacramento River at Mossbrae Falls, near Dunsmuir, Siskiyou County, California Imagine sitting by yourself, or hanging out with a couple friends at such a peaceful and special little location. Then imagine a class of 30 high school students show up while on a class field…

Gary CrabbeSeptember 27, 2007

California Coast People Photos Sports & Recreation

New Photo of the Month – September 2007

Picture: Surfer riding the breaking waves below coastal rock in fog at Pfeiffer Beach, Big Sur Coast, Monterey County, California This image was chosen as photo of the month as it reminded me of our local extremes. Last month we had a pretty good heat wave, so my family and…

Gary CrabbeSeptember 8, 2007

People Photos Sports & Recreation Utah

Photo & Keywords: Yoga in the great outdoors

Picture: Yoga Teacher (in red) and student practice yoga outdoors at Red Mountain Spa in Ivins, near St. George, Utah The other day, a friend of mine sent me a really nice photo of his girlfriend practicing yoga on a mountainside in the Eastern Sierra. The only chance I ever…

Gary CrabbeAugust 31, 2007

Barns Farms and Rural Scenes California People Photos Roads Sports & Recreation Summer

Photo: (non-)Polarizer problem solving

Picture: Bicyclist on narrow twisting road through grass hills near Mount Tamalpais, Marin County, California Last week I was giving a private workshop along the back slopes of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County. I was discussing the use of polarizers, anda common problem that happens when using them with wide…

Gary CrabbeAugust 21, 2007

People Photos

Photo: No Photos!!

Picture: Those Damn Papparazzi are Everywhere; Desolation Wilderness, El Dorado County, Tahoe Sierra region, California I really like this picture. The guy in the photo (let's call him Waldo) really didn't want any photos taken of him. He's just very sensitive about keeping his identity private. But since he was…

Gary CrabbeAugust 2, 2007

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