David Wilson’s Photo Stories – MindscapeFX

Lost in Space (Big Dipper over Trinidad)

November 6, 2019

Humboldt County, California The planet hung silently in space. A tiny jewel in the blackness, it ...

The Night the Night Light Went Out

October 24, 2019

Arcata, Humboldt County, California during PG&E's Public Safety Power Shutoff Arcata Plaza on ...

Avenue of the Imagination

October 6, 2019

Avenue of the Giants, Humboldt County, California To what strange trip might this road lead? ...

Fading but not Forgotten

September 27, 2019

Sunflowers and the Golden Ratio in Humboldt County, California It was a ragtag group of setting ...

Beauty on the Redwood Highway, US 101

September 13, 2019

Humboldt County, California Late night cars paint their strokes of light onto the dark canvas ...

Eel River Stargazer

September 5, 2019

Humboldt County, California Photographing beneath the stars on the South Fork Eel River. ...

Reflections at Richardson Grove

August 19, 2019

Humboldt County, California. My brother Seth and I watch the world go by one summer night on the ...

Redwood Highway Commute

August 1, 2019

Humboldt County, California Folks were going places late one night in Humboldt County, ...

Perceptions of Time

July 24, 2019

Humboldt County coast, California The rugged northern California coast is battered by a constant ...

Eel River Overlook

July 12, 2019

Humboldt County, California The Eel River glides between Redwood-covered hillsides under the ...

A Bit of Whimsy

March 12, 2019 By DavidWilsonMFX Leave a Comment

Humboldt County, California It’s not for everyone to take the world seriously all of the time, though some people probably need to, at least a little bit. But I don’t think I’m one of them. I surmise folks like that need people like me to keep ...

Close Encounters on the Avenue

May 9, 2019 By DavidWilsonMFX Leave a Comment

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 ...

Avenue of the Giants Guardians

July 2, 2019 By DavidWilsonMFX 2 Comments

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 ...

Milky Way over South Fork Eel River

January 31, 2019 By DavidWilsonMFX Leave a Comment

Humboldt County, California The word “photography” literally means “light painting,” and there is something about taking that idea and actually adding my own strokes of light that appeals to me. Nighttime gives me the opportunity to make images ...

Avenue of the Imagination

October 6, 2019 By DavidWilsonMFX Leave a Comment

Avenue of the Giants, Humboldt County, California To what strange trip might this road lead? Ground level on the Avenue of the Giants, Humboldt County, California. No cars were out at 12:30 A.M. on this little rural road this Sunday evening, but ...

Eel River Overlook

July 12, 2019 By DavidWilsonMFX Leave a Comment

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 ...