Humboldt County, California. My brother Seth and I watch the world go by one summer night on the banks of the South Fork Eel River in Richardson Grove, Humboldt County, California As you read on your computer or mobile device, remember that ...
Redwood Highway Commute
Humboldt County, California Folks were going places late one night in Humboldt County, California. I watched them go by. I had no place to go especially, for I was there already. They were illuminating my foreground, painting it in with their ...
Perceptions of Time
Humboldt County coast, California The rugged northern California coast is battered by a constant barrage of waves, their motion smoothed out in this 25-second exposure. Puffy clouds blowing by overhead were changed to streaks in the camera by ...
Eel River Overlook
Humboldt County, California The Eel River glides between Redwood-covered hillsides under the night sky. I was there with a former student and her friend and we played with our cameras while we stood in awe of the night. There was even a shooting ...
The Survivor
Ancient Pear Tree in Humboldt County An old, stunted pear tree abides in its nightly vigil beneath the Milky Way. The tree lives in Southern Humboldt County, California, but the far ridge line is in Mendocino County. The gnarled old pear tree ...
Avenue of the Giants Guardians
Humboldt County, California The full moon rose over the redwood forests of the Eel River valley, bathing the hillsides in its stark light. It flashed through the redwood tree branches beside me as I drove along the Avenue of the Giants, snaking ...
Vista Point, Humboldt County
Humboldt County, California I am not a huge traveler, but I’ve seen the marked exits up and down the state for Vista Point. It’s a geographical oddity somehow accessible from anywhere, and we are fortunate be home to the world famous Vista Point ...
South Fork Bridge
Northwest Pacific Railroad Humboldt County, California Built in 1910, this old railroad bridge crosses the Main Fork of the Eel River just upstream of the confluence with the South Fork Eel River. I’m not absolutely certain what to call the ...
Close Encounters on the Avenue
Humboldt County, California The Avenue of the Giants is as beautiful a drive as you will find. The groves along its 36-mile course line the Avenue with some of the grandest examples of the tallest trees on Earth, the California coast ...
Milky Way over Kneeland Snow
Humboldt County, California. A snowy pre-dawn panorama just outside of Kneeland, Humboldt County, CA. February 21, 2018. I set my alarm and hit the sack. Images of the next morning’s mission to capture the rare image of a Humboldt County ...
