One Year on the West Coast
Basin Peak, Tahoe: 35mm | ƒ9 | ISO 100 | 15 sec
Golden hour in the Golden State set me on the path to nature photography.
Heading west wasn’t the peril-fraught expedition it represents in the American consciousness, but it was another adventure. I failed more often than not to take the photos I imagined, but even when I didn’t capture that moment, I experienced it and discovered a subject I truly cared about.
Run aground boat on a stormy evening, Bodega Bay: 35mm | ƒ9 | ISO 100 | 60 sec
The Golden Gate Bridge in light fog, Marin Headlands: 14mm | ƒ14 | ISO 100 | 10 sec
Cataract Falls in the mist, Marin: 16mm | ƒ14 | ISO 100 | 4 sec
Nicasio Reservoir, Marin: 11mm | ƒ7.1 | ISO 100 | 1/1250 sec
Mechanics at Gravenstein Apple Fair, Sonoma County: 50mm | ƒ3.2 | ISO 100 | 1/400 sec
Stovepipe Wells fire truck interior, Death Valley National Park: 16mm | ƒ4 | ISO 100 | 1/2000 sec
Point Reyes boat, Inverness, Marin County: 35mm | ƒ1.8 | ISO 100 | 15 sec
California Poppy, Fort Ross State Historic Park: 35mm | ƒ5.6 | ISO 100 | 1/2500 sec
Sunrise at Larkspur Landing, Marin County: 13mm | ƒ14 | ISO 100 | 75 sec
Marin French Cheese Company, Petaluma, Sonoma County: 50mm | ƒ9 | ISO 100 | 1/100 sec
Surfer, Big Sur: 200mm | ƒ4 | ISO 100 | 1/400 sec
Crissy Field, Golden Gate National Recreation Area: 14mm | ƒ14 | ISO 100 | 90 sec
Coit Tower, San Francisco: 70mm | ƒ14 | ISO 100 | 1/20 sec
Sunset at Marshall’s Beach, San Francisco: 35mm | ƒ14 | ISO 100 | 5 sec
