November 15th, 2009 05:39pm
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It’ll be a frosty Monday morning. With clear skies and some very dry, cold air in place, look for the North Bay to get below 32. This morning at the Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport the low dipped to 33. Therefore, a frost advisory has been issued for the north bay between 3am and 8am Monday morning. This may be the last hurrah for late …
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November 9th, 2009 05:56pm
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Every once in awhile I add to my list of things.
By the way, these are all true experiences.
1. Metal tripods and lightning do not mix
2. It’s the photographer, not the camera.
3. Never press the shutter on a famous golfer’s back swing. Make sure you point to the other photographers when you do.
4. Make sure the 20mm lens you are using is mounted tightly to the camera. You’ll …
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October 30th, 2009 03:57pm
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Beside wind this past week, the weather has been pretty darn idyllic. Why else do we live in Sonoma County? However, writing about nice weather is very difficult. ”It’s gonna be nice.” That’s what all the forecasters are saying.
With the lack of inclement goings on, I pulled some photos together that I’ve shot in the last few weeks that are ‘grab shots’.
The pictures are humorous, but missing important elements …
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October 26th, 2009 07:08pm
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High Winds which have been forecast, have made their arrival. Above 1,000 feet anyway. Remote Automated Weather Stations (RAWS) such as Hawkeye in the Geysers area, Hopland north of the grade, High Glade in the Mendocino National Forest in Lake County and Mt Konocti in Lake County all report wind gusts from the west northwest over 20mph. In Lyons Valley located on Cow Mountain east of Ukiah, wind gusts …
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October 23rd, 2009 06:11pm
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It’s a few day’s away, but a good chance of an offshore wind event is being forecast for Tuesday-Wednesday of next week (Oct. 27, 28). What does this mean? Go fly a kite. Go to the beach. Enjoy the weather.
In their area forecast discussions, The National Weather Service is watching the progress of models depicting a low pressure system barreling in to the Great Basin, which will push in …
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October 16th, 2009 02:58am
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I am drawn to weather mayhem like a moth is attracted to a 60 watt light bulb. Give me a storm with bad roads and impossible odds and I will try my best to get an image that illustrates the story of the day.
I have to admit though, I despise wet weather. I am a hot weather guy. A 100 degree day is what I live for; my wife thinks …
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October 10th, 2009 08:44pm
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When I talk with students about photography, they always want to know what equipment we PD photogs use. We use Canon cameras I say. Invariably, I mention it’s not the equipment that makes an interesting picture, it’s the person behind the box that makes it work. When I interned in Midland, Texas a hundred years ago, I would drive my Nikon F3T toting fiveframespersecond boss crazy by using a Nikon …
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October 9th, 2009 06:58pm
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Hear that? That will be our meandering summer coming to an abrupt close late Monday night October 12 as remnants from typhoon Melor will get sucked up by the westerlies and shuttled to the Pacific coast which will be combined with a low pressure system out of Alaska. Anything associated with ‘typhoon’ or ‘tropical storm’ takes on added immediacy. An unusual storm for October, the National Weather …
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October 1st, 2009 12:37pm
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I’ve sorta become the unofficial bike race shooter here at the PD. Everyone on the photo staff is equally adept at covering bike races, it seems though that these big bicycling events land on my shift.
In February I endured four hours of pounding rain from Davis to SR on the back of a motorcycle covering the Tour ‘O California, trying morbidly, to get decent pictures. It was so …
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September 26th, 2009 03:09pm
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Shooting a wildland fire at night can lead to great pictures. But it’s only one part of an otherwise mostly technical shoot, balancing light and exposures to marry the surroundings.
The sound a fire creates, natural and manmade, adds a unique twist while covering the event.
During a fire late Friday night September 25 north of Cloverdale, I resisted a challenge to climb the mountain alongside firefighters and instead backed off …
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