Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images

Picture: Recreational boat grounded while at anchor due to low tide in Morro Bay, California

I spent the last week in Morro Bay, camping with the wife and my kids at Morro Bay State Park. We actually got home a few days ago, but I’ve spent the last few days feeling like the boat in this [...]

Picture: Sunrise light on Morro Rock, Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo County coast, California
This is how Morro Rock looked yesterday morning at sunrise.
There is one thing I’ll remember most about this morning, and that was after this photograph of Morro Rock was taken. Twice, I was photographing a flock of seagulls (not the band) on [...]

Picture: Pigeon Point Lighthouse at dawn over the Pacific Ocean, San Mateo County coast, California
Knock on wood. I’m almost afraid to say it out loud or in writing, but I’m also almost too excited to contain myself. A new book? A hot new assignment? A big print sale? No. Nothing so grand; rather it’s [...]

Sea Anemones cling to coastal rocks during an incoming tide at dawn, Pigeon Point, San Mateo County coast, California
I’ve been a bit hesitant to post anything lately, as the stability of my weblog as been extremely variable, and tenuous at best. I detest the idea of posting anything new and seeing visitors come smack-dab, [...]

Picture: Heron at sunset, Baytowne Wharf Marina, Sandestin Resort, Destin, Florida
Review of the North American Nature Photographers Association (NANPA) 2008 Annual Conference in Destin, Florida.
Last year I wrote a review of the 2007 Nanpa Conference after my first year as a Nanpa member, and my first visit to a Nanpa Conference. I figure it [...]

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Last fall you may remember that my weblog went on a huge roller coaster ride of the server being up and down a zillion and one times. After a month of anguished conversations with tech support staff, one stellar employee named Danijel was able to discover that someone was abusing the [...]

Photo: Picture of the Big Sur coast at sunset, Monterey County, California
Get ready for it. It’s already here.
In the town of Gorda, along the beautiful Big Sur coastline, the price for gas today, as reported on the local morning news was $5.19 per gallon for regular unleaded.
And the gas companies are raping in record [...]

Photo: Evening light at Baytowne Wharf Village, Sandestin Resort, Destin, Florida

I got back home late Sunday evening from my whirlwind week in Destin, Florida where I’d been for the 2008 NANPA Annual Conference. I knew from my experience that the schedule during the conference wouldn’t allow for much photography. This was the thought that stayed [...]

“The decisive moment” is a phrase known well in photography circles, and no photographer has come to embody the meaning of that term like Henri Cartier-Bresson. If you aren’t familiar with his work, be sure to check out a great documentary called, Bresson; The Impassioned Eye. Filmed in 2003, a year before Bresson died, there [...]