Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images

Photo: Wild Turkey in grass field near Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County, California

The kids are off school, the wife is off work, and I’m still trying to get work done. Shame on me.
I found out yesterday that my best friend’s dad past away this week from a long fight with cancer. I hadn’t [...]

Photography plays an extremely important role in how we remember history. Lots of people here in the U.S. are less than thrilled with the performance of our current President, G.W. Bush. The truth is, as economic conditions spiral downwards across the globe, History may not be so kind to Mr. Bush. But you remember the [...]

This has been a terrible year for fires in California. I remember having to put off several shoots for my latest book project for almost a month as smoke lingered so thick across the state. Here in the middle of November, at a time when the “official” end of the fire season has already passed, [...]

Picture: Sun peeking below clouds near sunset over Angel Island and the San Francisco Bay, from the Berkeley Hills, California

It’s November, right? Only a week or so before Thanksgiving, or so the calendar leads me to believe. But outside is a different story here in the Bay Area. We’re having a post-Indian Summer summer. The [...]

It’s a world away from the typical landscape, nature, and travel-type photography, but many consider it the ‘important’ photography. So for that, you might consider that it is at least worth a quick look. More on the ‘quick’ look in a second. But first, The American Photography Book 24 has just been released. On the [...]

Like something out of National Geographic Channel’s, “Seconds from Disaster” – I feel like the aftermath survivor of the Digital Railroad Train Wreck; you know the scene – walking wounded, smoke, confusion, chaos. In the wake of the Train wreck, I’ve found new shelter by building myself a new image archive at PhotoShelter. Feel [...]

Photo: Footsteps leading forward in sand dune at sunrise – at the dawn of a new day, Algodones Dunes Wilderness, Imperial County, California. I know I’ve posted this photo before, but it seems fitting today.
You know from reading this blog that I don’t involve myself in political discussions. And today, that’s no different. [...]

A good number of companies came racing to the aid of photographers in the wale of the Digital Railroad trainwreck. Like purveyors of private ambulance services, many touted the line “let us help save you”. One company that has surfaced is LicenseStream. The company seems to be in a beta roll out, and offers a [...]

Picture: Truncated image file of Zion National Park, Utah, after having been downloaded from the Digital Railroad servers.
I’ve been watching and waiting since last week for that last poof of virtual smoke that would signal the final demise of Digital Railroad. That would be the moment when the server plugs got pulled from [...]

Picture: Dark gray rain storm clouds at sunset over free open range lands, Wyoming.

Here in California’s San Francisco Bay Area, I often explain to our out of state visitors that we really only have two seasons; Wet & Dry. When the rain stops in late spring or early summer, it is highly unusual to see [...]