Tag: california
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Five Year Anniversary
Bear with me as I try to figure out why my photos are showing up a lot smaller when I embed them from another site instead of uploading them directly to this blog. I have a question out in the ether but it’s going to take a bit to get a response. In the meantime,…
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Foggy Day Schedule
I grew up in a small town in the rural Central Valley of California called Kingsburg. It was founded by Swedes over a couple of centuries ago and is called “little Sweden.” It is surrounded by farmland, so after some good rainy days, the area is coated with thick fog. I had wanted to capture…
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Downtown Fresno in the Morning
The cold finally hit Fresno which means the ability to go take photos without dying in the sun. I drove to downtown Fresno to see if there was anything interesting to capture on this sleepy early morning Sunday. I saw this cool view from the top of a overpass, so I swung around to park…
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Don’t Feed the Cats
At the end of a long main road, is an old silo that kind of looms in the distance until you are at the T junction of the road, where it then towers over your in a formidable fashion. It’s dirty, rusted, littered with trash, and still a beautiful construct to me. Every time I…
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Columbia, CA – Gold Rush Town
Headed to Sonora and then Columbia, CA in search of large stained glass and a last vacation before my partner in crime started teaching again this Fall. We got to mine for gold, take professional “old timey” photos, hang with a friend who was in town at the same time, and do our first “Escape…
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The Jules Winnfield – Basement Rehearsal
I had the pleasure of getting to photograph a rehearsal for the album release show of The Jules Winnfield. It was in the basement of an art studio and sounded so amazing! I went with black and white photos, because the basement was so dark that the photos ended up turning pretty grainy due to…
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Jury Duty – Downtown Fresno, CA
Got called (and thankfully released) from Jury Duty a few weeks ago. Got a chance to take some photos of Downtown Fresno while having free parking on one of the big parking towers. The view was amazing and I love old brick buildings, which is showcased heavily downtown. I’m so glad I brought my camera…
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Photo-a-Day Challenge – Days 1-10
Quick backstory – I’ve been doing a photo-a-day challenge for 365 days on Instagram (@grayandivory) since my birthday in February. While taking photos every day, it’s often that I have plenty of extra photos that aren’t chosen as “the one” for the day. Previously, I’ve been posting those extra photos (or what I like to…
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Shaver Lake, California
I needed some downtime and R&R, so I booked a cabin that my husband and I stay at for our anniversary in Shaver Lake for four days. It was peaceful, quiet, and exactly a time of rest I was looking for. But as much as it was a nice getaway, it was touched with sadness…
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10 Day Round Up – Part Four!
Recap! I’m doing a 365 photo a day challenge over on Instagram @classicnutmeg (personal account) / @grayandivory (photo account), but every 10 days I’ll drop all of them into one post on this website. I started the challenge on my non-birthday (leap year baby here!) on February 28th, 2021. I’m using a Canon Rebel T2i…