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Top Nine, 2024
Landscape, Wildlife, Personal Derick Carss 12/31/24 Landscape, Wildlife, Personal Derick Carss 12/31/24

Top Nine, 2024

When I sat down to pick my favorite nine images from 2024, I had a few realizations…

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Critique
Landscape, Personal Derick Carss 11/30/24 Landscape, Personal Derick Carss 11/30/24

Critique

I try to think critically about my photography, but getting an outside perspective is always helpful…

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A Missed Opportunity
Landscape Derick Carss 5/14/24 Landscape Derick Carss 5/14/24

A Missed Opportunity

I didn’t expect the northern lights would ever be visible in California, but this past week, they were … and I missed it!

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Excellence in Landscapes
Landscape, Personal Derick Carss 7/4/23 Landscape, Personal Derick Carss 7/4/23

Excellence in Landscapes

This past weekend, I was honored to collect an award for second place in the Marin County Fair’s Fine Photography competition…

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Adams at the de Young
Landscape, Personal Derick Carss 6/20/23 Landscape, Personal Derick Carss 6/20/23

Adams at the de Young

Adams’ work is so ubiquitous that I honestly wasn’t sure how much I’d get from it. I shouldn’t have underestimated the experience…

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In motion…
Wildlife, Landscape, Video Derick Carss 7/26/22 Wildlife, Landscape, Video Derick Carss 7/26/22

In motion…

In the past couple of years I started tinkering with Premiere Pro and After Effects, and it’s such a fun way to tell stories…

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Maui, Hawai‘i
Wildlife, Landscape Derick Carss 7/17/22 Wildlife, Landscape Derick Carss 7/17/22

Maui, Hawai‘i

We needed to experience new things and have some adventures to truly feel refreshed, so we visited Maui for our babymoon…

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Colorado, Part 2
Landscape, Wildlife Derick Carss 5/2/22 Landscape, Wildlife Derick Carss 5/2/22

Colorado, Part 2

The scenery was stunning, and with a fresh dusting of snow it was as if the place had been spring-cleaned just for my arrival…

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Colorado, Part 1
Landscape, Wildlife Derick Carss 5/1/22 Landscape, Wildlife Derick Carss 5/1/22

Colorado, Part 1

As soon as I walked outside the airport to face a wall of stunning, snow-capped mountains I knew it was going to be a great experience…

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A Rewarding Experience
Landscape, Personal Derick Carss 12/5/21 Landscape, Personal Derick Carss 12/5/21

A Rewarding Experience

This month I’ve been honored to hang my first ever solo show…

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Redwood National Park
Landscape Derick Carss 10/17/20 Landscape Derick Carss 10/17/20

Redwood National Park

When we arrived, a thick fog still hung in the upper reaches of the old-growth redwoods and Douglas firs..

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Extreme Duality, Gallery Show
Landscape, Personal Derick Carss 6/3/20 Landscape, Personal Derick Carss 6/3/20

Extreme Duality, Gallery Show

Please contact me if you’re interested in attending the opening reception for my first gallery show…

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Desert Snow
Landscape Derick Carss 1/1/20 Landscape Derick Carss 1/1/20

Desert Snow

This week we had the rare opportunity to see Joshua Tree with deep, driven snow…

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#2019BestNine
Landscape, Wildlife, Personal Derick Carss 12/31/19 Landscape, Wildlife, Personal Derick Carss 12/31/19

#2019BestNine

The Instagram trend of looking back on your best photos of the year has become a fun tradition…

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Tuolumne River
Landscape Derick Carss 8/26/19 Landscape Derick Carss 8/26/19

Tuolumne River

Yosemite never fails to surprise and amaze me...

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Caledonia Calling
Landscape, Urban Derick Carss 5/1/19 Landscape, Urban Derick Carss 5/1/19

Caledonia Calling

If you’re waiting for perfect conditions, you’re standing in the wrong place…

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Lee Filters
Landscape, Personal Derick Carss 4/1/19 Landscape, Personal Derick Carss 4/1/19

Lee Filters

In retrospect, enduring the blizzard and bleeding hands were worth it…

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Death Valley
Landscape Derick Carss 3/30/19 Landscape Derick Carss 3/30/19

Death Valley

I visited Death Valley a few years ago,so this was an opportunity to see how far my photography has come…

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Pescadero
Landscape Derick Carss 3/25/19 Landscape Derick Carss 3/25/19

Pescadero

The weather was very uninspiring and there was no real focal point in the landscape to get me excited…

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Bad Weather
Landscape Derick Carss 3/13/19 Landscape Derick Carss 3/13/19

Bad Weather

What do you do when the weather’s too bad for photography? Take photos anyway…

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