Two of my photographs have been selected for the upcoming Yolo Arts Art Farm fundraiser, October 25th. Juror Susan Sarback has selected the Featured Photograph into the juried show. The piece will be available for purchase as part of the Silent Auction.
“Firelight over Rolling Hills” (below) ” was part of last year’s juried show. It will be up for grabs in the Art Harvest event this year. During this event, a holder of a “Shovel” ticket can select whatever art work they wish.
My work, together with other artists’, will be on exhibit in the Barn Gallery at the Gibson House in Woodland starting September 18th.
For more information see https://yoloarts.org/
I live not far from the Suisun Marsh in Fairfield, and I must confess that, lately, I have gone there more often than I used to. The Rush Ranch, one of my photography destinations with access to the Marsh, is only 40 min from my home. Nobody else goes there for photography, so I have all the wide-open spaces and rolling hills to myself. And as a bonus, I am guaranteed some unique photos of places nobody else cares about.
Backstory of Featured Photograph
It was a cold, windy Sunday afternoon in February. The air was crisp, cold and clean, due to recent rains. I wanted to be out in nature to recharge for the coming week and headed out to the Rush Ranch in Fairfield. And since I know that days of good light are few and far in-between, I took my camera with me.
The forecast predicted a partly cloudy day with 20% chance of rain. Despite that, it rained on and off. At the ranch, I walked a few miles on cow trails, in the pasture, among cattle, looking for compositions. As I had written before, it is difficult to add a tri-dimensional feel to the open spaces of the West. Many were the gates, barbwire fences, ground squirrels and crows. Few were the hills. The light was variable and spotty, and I tried to juggle all those elements in and out of my frame.
The FEATURED PHOTOGRAPH (f/16, 1/250s, ISO 320) first appeared in this blog in the post “Wide-open spaces of the West in black and white, chapter two.” is another open invitation through the pasture, winding along the nearly dry marsh, into the mountains and towards the light. I took it with a Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 at 52 mm. It was converted to black and white using Photoshop.
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Wall Art landscapes and miscellaneous
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It is all about the light 
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