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Another photo from my recent trip to California. For the first part of the trip we stayed at The Inn at the Cove in Pismo Beach. On the day I took this photo we’d gone down to the Pismo Beach Pier to take photos during the morning twilight – that time when the sun reaches 18 degrees below the horizon and night starts to give way to day. As daybreak neared more surfers appeared near the pier riding such waves […]
This is an image of the moon reflected in the sand at Moro Bay. I’d joined my friend James Brandon on a photo trip on the California coast last November. Unfortunately there were no clouds for pretty much the whole of the five days we were there. The upside of this was that we had to work harder to find images. There’s always something to photograph if you keep your mind open. The moon itself was and thin crescent, not […]
“There’s a bad moon on the rise” “There’s a bad moon on the rise” rolls the lyric of the old Creedence Clearwater Revival song. No, I’m not that old but I’m not that far off either. As I write this post I’m listening to the track “Outside” by the Foo Fighters. If you saw the ‘Outside’ episode of the Sonic Highways series you’ll know the song was inspired by and recorded at Rancho de la Luna in the desert near […]
It’s May Madness! While people across the US are familiar with March Madness, as a parent in Texas we also get to enjoy May Madness! It’s that month when everything around the school year comes to a head. There are tests, tests, and more tests. There are performances, there are ceremonies. For me, outside of school there are dance recitals for my daughter and rock’n’roll recitals for my son. For others there are sports leagues drawing to a close with […]
What is Memorial Day? Memorial Day is a day set aside to honor all members of the US military that have died in service. Not hailing from the US, I have to say I was initially confused about the meaning of Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day. In England, where I grew up, we recognized (celebrated is the wrong word) Armistice/Remembrance Day, long since relegated from November 11th to the closest Sunday. In the US, Memorial Day has been recognized since […]
Dawn at Badwater A few wisps of cloud hung in the air to the North but to the South there was zip, nada, nothing; just a clear, blue, cloudless sky. Sunrise on the valley floor was approaching, heralded by the golden glow slowly creeping down the side of Telescope Peak and the Panamint Range off to my right. This pre-sunrise hour was silent but for the crunch of the salt underfoot and the clicking of DSLR mirrors and shutters – […]
