It's getting to be that time of the year when the light gets great. That's a good thing for photographers who live and die by the Magic Hour. Yesterday at the Laguna de Santa Rosa, Bud Pozzini of the Double Tree Ranch and Saddle Shop was giving lessons to calf ropers on [...]
Fourth of July. Not a creature was stirring. Well except the fish jumping and he bullfrogs croaking. And an owl. I saw an owl. Other than, yep, just another quiet night at the Laguna de Santa Rosa. A moonlit night at the Laguna de Santa Rosa, Friday July 4, 2014. (Kent [...]
Much has been written (er...photographed) this year on California's now extreme drought-see below-It was just a matter of time before fire season caught up with the dry conditions. It's not hype. Conditions are about as critical as it can get for this time of year, save for lightning and offshore [...]
Got Laguna? Why yes, right here. Flippancy aside, you are correct to assume that I've not trained my camera on the Laguna de Santa Rosa for awhile. That doesn't mean I haven't thought about it. I figured there would be good photos to make as the last cold front bobbled over Sonoma County, dropping [...]
A march through the Laguna de Santa Rosa Thursday yielded a ton of bird sightings. Im not sure what kind of bird it is, there are so many species at the Laguna, but the bird below seemed to be giddy, having snatched a dragonfly in mid air. The bird kept [...]
Yes, I'm still around and have been out to the Laguna de Santa Rosa. However, the pictures just haven't seemed worthy to put them here. When I undertook the project, I thought it would be pretty easy. I guess I lost that game show. For whatever it's worth, here you [...]
There's a lot of green now at the Laguna de Santa Rosa. A late season cold front overran the skies and made for very even, saturated light Monday afternoon. A white crane lands on a snag at the Laguna de Santa Rosa, Monday April 21, 2014. )Kent Porter / [...]
At certain times of the year, the landscape can change and resemble a different part of the country. Yesterday at the Laguna de Santa Rosa, towering thunderstorms made it seem a little like New Mexico. Originally photographed in color, I converted the frame over to black and white. Juan [...]
No fooling, it was critter day at the Laguna de Santa Rosa. A raccoon waddles down a path in search of food at the Laguna de Santa Rosa, Tuesday April 14, 2014. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2014 In full plumage, wild turkey's chase off competing males [...]
Difficult to get to the Laguna de Santa Rosa on a timely basis, even though it's only a few miles to any location along it's marshy banks. However, I have made a point to get out there at least a few times as the latest in a series of spring [...]
How many frames in a photojournalists life? Millions. Literally.
I’ve lost count since I started shooting photos at eight years-old with a Polaroid Land Camera (which I still own). It’s a way of life this photojournalism thing which is endlessly fascinating. The trip along the way, now in my 31st year professionally and the last 25 with the Press Democrat, has been an adventure in life. What it has to offer, ranging from implausible beauty to the utterly cruel things life randomly pitches out have shaped and molded who I am. That means I get to witness history. Pretty cool, eh? This journey has included photographing lots of inanimate objects which can be terribly boring. I’ve also borne the brunt of people unhappy to see a photographer show up to document less than pleasant circumstances. Then there’s the weather, which wreaks havoc on the human race daily. So I document the clouds. My advice for anyone having a bad day is to go outside and take a picture of those clouds once in awhile. It will do wonders for the interior beast. Unless you are using a metal tripod in an electrical storm.
-Kent Porter