David Wilson’s Photo Stories

A Bit of Whimsy

March 12, 2019

Humboldt County, California It’s not for everyone to take the world seriously all of the time, ...

Beneath the Vortex

February 3, 2019

Humboldt County, California It was a clear, still night at Moonstone Beach. The tide was out, ...

Reflections from Trinidad

February 3, 2019

Humboldt County, California David Wilson I opened the camera’s shutter and waited. It was ...

Milky Way over South Fork Eel River

January 31, 2019

Humboldt County, California The word “photography” literally means “light painting,” and there is ...

Houda Beach Cave

January 21, 2019

Humboldt County, California It was a low tide, a low moon, the cave, and the Milky Way... long ...

The Survivor

July 4, 2019 By DavidWilsonMFX 2 Comments

Ancient Pear Tree in Humboldt County The gnarled old pear tree was struggling to survive, hanging onto the edge of a dried embankment above a little dirt road when my family moved there over 40 years ago. It was small, not much taller than my ...

Vacancy at 4th & E Streets, Eureka

January 9, 2020 By DavidWilsonMFX Leave a Comment

Humboldt County, California For years, driving by, I would see her lonely figure sitting on the bench. I never stopped, but in time I grew used to her presence there, and I would look to touch base visually when I passed. Huddled inward and ...

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 ...

Musings at the Moonstone Cave

April 23, 2019 By DavidWilsonMFX Leave a Comment

Humboldt County, California We stood in the mouth of the cavern, looking out through a great broken crack in the blackness into the night as if through a window into another world. It fired our imaginations, conjuring mysteries in the night. ...

Eel River Overlook

July 12, 2019 By DavidWilsonMFX Leave a Comment

Humboldt County, California From a protected hollow high above the river my companions and I looked out over a world bathed in starlight, the galactic core of our galaxy reaching upward from the southern horizon and complementing the curve of ...

Late one Night at Cooks Valley Bridge

November 26, 2020 By DavidWilsonMFX Leave a Comment

Humboldt County Line, California I had never met Lula when she approached me about making some photos of her in my nighttime style of photography. But I was game; placing a figure in an image inspires stories in the mind’s eye of the viewer, and ...

The Arc of Night over Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

June 29, 2020 By DavidWilsonMFX Leave a Comment

Humboldt County, California It was approaching 12:30 a.m. at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park as the Core of our galaxy began to crest the redwoods beyond the meadow, anchoring the band of Milky Way that stretched across the sky from horizon to ...

Holiday Magic 2019

December 24, 2019 By DavidWilsonMFX Leave a Comment

Humboldt County, California. I’m used to odd things. I especially love when they visit me during the holidays, those special times when people want to do good things, and odd things find a welcome home. These times bring out the magical things; ...

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