A visit to the historic Pacific Southwest Railway Museum in Campo, CA.
Rick's Ranch, near Campo and Freddy's Truck Farm, was the venue for my latest "abstractomentary" -- a series of documentary images of the environment, and the abstracts that come from it.
I went there in mid December 2015. The wind was blowing hard, and there was a distinct chill in the air. On the way, I drove slowly down old Highway 80, looking for old cars and buildings to photograph. . .
Some images showing the beauty of Del Mar Beach after a rare morning rain storm.
. . . selecting my favorite 10 for the year a somewhat daunting proposition. I don't publish an image unless I really like it. I took thousands of images during the year, but the ones I added to my site were the only ones that made the cut. There's something about these 10 images that struck a nerve, though, and I'll try to explain my choice of each one of them.
One day, while driving to one of my favorite haunts, I happened upon Freddy's Truck Farm. This is private property, so I can't disclose where it is, but the owner, Freddy, was very nice and invited me to take all the photos I wanted.
I get asked this question quite a bit. My answer is always "YES!".
What I mean is this: the colors you see on my final image are real. Theyare the colors I saw in my mind's eye when I composed the original image.
Log onto any photography forum, and you'll regularly see people complaining about their images being stolen and asking what they can do about it. Hardly any of them have registered their work with the U.S. Copyright Office. Here's a step by step guide to remedy that process.
A photo trip to the Techatticup Mine, the second most productive source of gold and silver in Nevada. I had seen pictures in Google of colorful old trucks, cars, and buses, and decided to go there as soon as possible, heat be damned.