year 5 in iceland
340 photos, 3 videos
marking the start from my icelandiversary (july 20) instead of my houseiversary (july 30) for a change... it's really about this whole island
12.12 Project 2025
2 photos
year 4 in iceland
741 photos, 20 videos
and third year at this amazing house on the fjord
year 3 in iceland
952 photos, 19 videos
and my second year at Sævangur
weekend of sheep, 9/17-18/22
20 photos, 1 video
two days of round-up at Sæból
wiley's return to the westfjords, aug 22-30
55 photos
year two in Iceland
1600 photos, 42 videos
starting on July 30 with a new home in one of the best places on earth, on the northern shore of Dýrafjörður in the Westfjords
mini-road trip July 5+6, 2022
36 photos, 1 video
wandering the southern Westfjords with the other Jean and Laurie
mom's first visit to Iceland!
301 photos, 1 video
27 April - 24 May, 2022
big snow, all of feb 2022
121 photos, 8 videos
blizzard after blizzard after blizzard...
late Jan blizzard - 1/30+31/22
12 photos, 2 videos
lots of snow, lots of wind -- and a few polaroids
christmas in Djúpavík, again! Dec 2021
36 photos, 1 video
a little longer than planned, but always so good!
early nov, 2021
33 photos, 1 video
trying to get my cameras out more often -- some film, some polaroids, and of course some snaps -- november 8-13
weekend in Djúpavík, sept 30-oct 2, 2021
41 photos
a quick visit between storms, to say hi to Bill and his group while they're here!
early winter storm, sept 27-30, 2021
28 photos, 2 videos
so. crazy.
and so beautiful afterwards.
autumn equinox 9/22/21
15 photos
Jean & Barbara visit!! Aug 8-21
105 photos, 2 videos
hooray!
polas polas
66 photos
a small collection from the Westfjords
med formats
42 photos
my golden state
40 photos
another grouping...
68 photos
trying to edit down... 29 june 2024
another 10-min edit
27 photos
11 Dec 2023
10-min portfolio
20 photos
lines and lines (summer 2022)
sheep stories
15 photos, 1 video
internal weather, bigger set
189 photos
a selection of iPhone pictures from my first year in Iceland, hopefully reflecting something of my internal transitions rather than just the scenery...
second sifting
250 photos
narrowing down the selections (although still too many!) from my first year in Iceland -- arranged in chronological order for now, rather than any other sense of sequencing...
a first sifting...
398 photos, 1 video
just thinking about which digital snaps best reflect this inner journey, rather than the travelogue...? sifted on 5/26/2021 -- then resifted on 9/6/21, and added to a bit more through november
(not...
a new life for a year
1831 photos, 41 videos
i've been honored with a Fulbright-NSF Arctic Scholars grant to work on research in Iceland for a year -- and although the Covid-19 pandemic has delayed the start of the actual grant terms, i decided...
in the strandir for nearly three weeks, may 2021
124 photos, 4 videos
a beautiful spring day, 4/25/21
9 photos, 1 video
day trip to Dynjandi 3/7/21
42 photos, 1 video
cold and clear, 1/9-12/21
71 photos, 2 videos
trying to stop obsessing about national headlines from the US this week by taking cameras out into very cold but wonderfully clear weather...
christmas in Djúpavík, Dec 2020
70 photos, 1 video
plus driving there and back
images to try printing
96 photos
just collecting some to work with...
gallery of sorts
104 photos
starting a new set, that will rotate recent work I'm happy with (and occasionally an old favorite I want to re-highlight) in and out -- for a larger collection (or to buy prints), please visit...
SLR 680
1423 photos
one of my most favorite cameras ever...
land cameras
698 photos
polaroid land cameras are just amazing -- most of these are taken with my automatic 250, also a few taken with a borrowed automatic 100 and/or cate's supershooter... and a new late arrival of an...
the hasselblad beast (120 film)
1128 photos
first photos taken with nick's hasselblad 203fe, which i fell wildly in love with -- nick, THANK YOU -- what an incredible treat!
and it left such a hankering I had to go out & get one of my...
sx-70
766 photos
yet another lovely polaroid camera...
sony a7
727 photos
dipping my toe back into digital (non-iphone) photography...
diana F+
520 photos
a sweet little plastic cam, in a classic blue and white pattern...
alt process prints
112 photos
non-photos
117 photos
spastic attempts at drawing or painting... i really need to take a class
learning large format
41 photos
shamelessly taking advantage of friends' generosity with their camera collections to start to learn to use a 4x5" large-format beast... and now, in early 2012, i have my very own Crown Graphic...
horizon 202
330 photos
this russian panorama camera gives a different perspective on things...
pinholes
61 photos
light seeping in through a tiny pinprick... how does it make such lovely images?
pentax
218 photos
way back in 1984, my dad bought me a used Pentax ME Super as a high school graduation present -- I've not shot with it in something like 15 years now, but I dug it out of its bag this spring...
hasselblad + packfilm
116 photos
ah, the joy of letting it cook for a minute or two & then peeling the print off the neg...
spectra
269 photos
sometimes the world just needs to break out of square format...
brownie
24 photos
in september 2010 my dad gave me this camera, having found it in a bunch of stuff belonging to my great-grandparents that had been in storage for 35+ years... it's a No. 2 Folding Brownie, which was...
holga
228 photos
an on-going flirtation with a toy camera...
rolleiflex TLR
69 photos
inherited my grandfather's old camera...
seagull TLR
55 photos
despite the joys of digital cameras, it's still fun to mess around with film... in this case, medium-format, taken with my adorable Seagull camera
olympus xa + xa2
64 photos
my mom gave me a little olympus XA2 way back in 1982, it was my only camera for years -- recently dug it back out & hurrah, it's still working! so far i've just been keeping b&w film in it...
one600ultra
38 photos
my first polaroid camera -- wonderful to start experimenting with...
misc. 35mm film
12 photos
I've been known to shoot with 35mm slide or print film in the pre-digital past... i'm not always sure which camera these were taken with, so just lumping their scans all together
redscale film
114 photos
messing around with the film wound backwards...
scanned while developing
31 photos
some fade-to-black film, plus various other Impossible films, scanned while still developing (in the case of fade-to-black, the film had no ability to stop developing and eventually went all the way...
digital doubles
73 photos
sometimes the world is more interesting when it overlaps
multiple exposures (film)
55 photos
more than one is more the fun...
diptychs
63 photos
sometimes photos just like to hold hands...
silver
819 photos, 1 video
while my favorite color is green, the silver crayon was always the first chosen out of the box...
I admin a wonderful silver group here on Flickr, these are my offerings
ice is nice
244 photos
i have something of a fascination with the frozen stuff...
tenacity
45 photos
I've recently fallen in love with Iceland -- I mean fallen *hard*, completely obsessed, I've traveled there three times in three years and am now preparing to spend a year doing historical landscape...
self & family
1244 photos, 5 videos
here we are...
miscellaneous Hungarian relatives
39 photos
from a big pile of photos loaned to me by Great Uncle Kal, all related in some way to the Doma/Grecsner family (my maternal grandmother's family, from Hungary)
very old photos - Godfrey, Oakes, and Abbott/Smart
21 photos
all taken in the 1860s-80s, although most are undated -- scanned Nov 2015
scans of mom's slides
206 photos
and a few prints too -- together they make up most of my childhood
all photos taken by my mom, Alice Cummings, except for a few taken by Dad
bits of me
217 photos
over time...
india belfield june
332 photos
pictures of Dad
60 photos
and i have a few more to add, still...
friends
788 photos, 6 videos
I don't seem to take as many pictures of people as I'd like (too shy?), but here are a few attempts at portraying some of my wonderful friends, plus a few random people shots...
now arranged...
entanglements
17 photos
matters of the heart, over the years they've taken a lot of different forms...
(this set will probably fill in gradually, as time and scanning allows... arranged in more or less chronological...
cats
1349 photos, 28 videos
they're furry, they're cute...
(now arranged in reverse chronological order!)
when in rome...
159 photos, 1 video
when living in Iceland, land of many many sheep and fabulous wool, one really ought to learn to knit... so i did, and kind of fell in love with it.
places i once lived
15 photos
at one time or another in my life, these places were all called home...
979 Moreno Ave
Ruby cabin
South Gothic cabin
765 Frenchman's Road
Hanover St.
2010 Liberty Park Ave
(Francisco St.)
(UCB...
a personal history of looking
915 photos
one of the things that really sold me on flickr originally was the ability to mark other people's photos as favorites -- and since I sadly can't have them all beautifully printed out into a...
behind my house in Bolungarvik
50 photos
fifty snaps from the same place, but always changing...
soph the invisi-cat
203 photos
chicklets!!
395 photos
in the summer of 2012, my friend Henry generously offered to help build me a chicken coop, and so i've ventured into the world of backyard chickens -- which has turned into quite a...
exploring sonoma county
705 photos
the landscapes in which i live...
point reyes & west marin
593 photos
one of my favorite places on earth -- and where i did my dissertation research, which i am in process of turning into a book. stay tuned!!
in and around RMBL
628 photos, 3 videos
pictures taken by both me and my mom, over the years, all around Gunnison County, Colorado...
gothic, colorado, long ago
95 photos
my parents met in 1962 at the rocky mountain biological laboratory, a field station located at gothic, colorado, high on the western slope of the rocky mountains in colorado.
i spent almost every...
on campus
192 photos
I started teaching at Sonoma State in fall 2006, & so of course occasionally tote my camera(s) around...
at kaz
64 photos
due to losing 10% of my income this year to state-mandated furloughs, i started working fridays at my favorite winery, Kaz, the smallest winery open to the public in Sonoma County -- small is good! ...
DBOC
50 photos
up on the ridge
279 photos, 1 video
when the property my old cottage was on unexpectedly went into foreclosure, i found myself needing to move very quickly -- and thankfully found the most glorious spot, half a little house on a...
new boat!
24 photos, 1 video
yay!
miss mouette
112 photos
my beloved boat, a 1960 Tripp 30 (Seafarer) -- "mouette" means seagull in french -- we've been cruising around the bay together since i bought her in june 2004.
my very own room with a view
167 photos
6 months of a little cottage in sebastopol, plus a big field & ancient trailer... june 2009 - jan 2010
cachette
131 photos
a lovely boat, and my home from march 2007 - june 2009
1979 Chung Hwa (CHB) trawler named Cachette, which is french for hiding place or hideaway.
mariposa ave
105 photos
my home for nearly 7 years...
window seat, please
232 photos, 1 video
i love looking out the window when flying, it's the only good thing about air travel...
king range nat'l conservation area
31 photos
from 2002-2004 I worked with the BLM helping to write their 20-year Resource Management Plan for the King Range National Conservation Area, otherwise known as the Lost Coast in northern california --...
loch lomond marina
129 photos
my new home, where my trawler Cachette is docked...
berkeley marina
96 photos
my home away from home: in and around the berkeley marina, where my sailboat Mouette lives... (plus a few other miscellaneous marinas)
racing
213 photos, 3 videos
I've been doing a lot of crewing on other people's racing boats lately...
sail abstracts
85 photos
nothing but sail and sky, and perhaps a bit of mast...
the mast stands alone
40 photos
so tall...
water
758 photos, 3 videos
several people have pointed out that I take a lot of pictures of water. I think they might be right. so here's a set of some of the better (I hope) ones...
seascapes
98 photos
just the essentials: sea, horizon, sky
(trying to avoid land or anything else in the image, although I made a few small exceptions...)
flowers
637 photos
they're a varied lot...
oaks
451 photos, 4 videos
such irresistible shapes...
at the computer
124 photos, 1 video
every now and then, i turn on Photobooth & snap a self-portrait -- they make a strange collection...
my own self-favorites, part 3
1018 photos, 1 video
just a way to keep track of the images i've taken that i like best -- picking up from the last set, starting in Feb 2019, although some of the photos were taken earlier than that...
...and somehow i...
my favorites from my second decade on Flickr
1497 photos, 1 video
my original set of favorites (of my own images, not other people's) got too large, so i ended it at my 10th Flickr-versary (end of Sept 2014), and here's a new one! all my best or most-loved stuff...
my favorites of my first 10 years on Flickr
1534 photos
slowly expanding random assemblage of images that make me the happiest... over time has become an archive of the images that mean the most to me, for varieties of reasons -- a visual journal of...
friends' art
53 photos
one of my absolute favorite things about Flickr is being able to bring a piece of my friends' amazing views of the world into my house, even if they can't be here themselves -- so here are some of...
getty-licensed images
96 photos
photos available for licensing through getty images
icelandic catboys 2025
12 photos
calendar images for 2025, in order of the 12 months... -- they are MOSTLY taken in/around the same month as the calendar page, and MOSTLY from last year.
October 2024 trip to US
25 photos
polaroid weeks 2024
16 photos
one in spring, one in fall
12:12 Project 2023/24
13 photos
another year with this fabulous group, starting Sept 2023
small monuments - summer 2024
27 photos
These images were made at or near my relatively new home, having relocated from California to the Westfjords of Iceland in 2020. This area is flooded in summer with tourists seeking magnificent...
graduation trip to NY, may 2024
22 photos, 1 video
Wiley is graduating from NYU, hooray!
christmas in NY, dec 2023
24 photos
here we are, together again
pola cal for 2024
12 photos
an annual tradition...
catboy 2024 calendar images
14 photos
cover, 12 months, back cover
columbia
8 photos
polaroid weeks 2023
24 photos
both spring and fall
12:12 Project postings for 2022-23
14 photos
find the project on instagram as @the12.12project or on FB here:
www.facebook.com/The1212Project
a week in London - 10-18 May
24 photos, 2 videos
pola calendar for 2023
12 photos
catboys calendar for 2023
14 photos
12 months plus the front and back cover -- which can be ordered here: www.lulu.com/shop/laura-alice-watt/westfjords-catboys-202...
polaroid weeks 2022
24 photos
april 24-30 and sometime in fall... Oct 23-29
Magic of Light submission, jan 2022
5 photos
due Jan 17, 2022
the 12.12 Project 2021
12 photos
honored to be a member!
pola-calendar for 2022
12 photos
it's a tradition...
cat-calendar for 2022
14 photos
first image is the front, last is the back, and twelve months in between...
polaroid weeks april & oct 2021
24 photos
spring and fall
roundup at Sæból, 9/18/21
23 photos
and some polaroids on the way home a well...
roll film week, aug 2021
10 photos
hike in Sauradalur with MK, 6/20/21
18 photos
some favorite instant images - april 2021
16 photos
pulled together for an on-line chat with SmugMug in celebration of Polaroid Week: youtu.be/jqn0dFQ8mGU
long walk through snow, 3/23/21
34 photos
i went out for a walk this day, thinking the main path out of Bolungarvík would have been cleared of snow, or at least have lots of other people out walking, but i was the only one -- slow-going...
short trip to/from the city march 2021
31 photos, 1 video
loop walk on a dark day 12/12/20
20 photos
getting very close to the solstice...
almost winter, 12/5/20
15 photos
long walk on a snowy day 11/29/20
24 photos
i got some sad news about a colleague/friend this morning, so needed a good long walk to clear my head/heart...
2021 pola+palladium calendar
12 photos
a day of lovely light 11/22/20
34 photos
including an amazing aurora show in the evening
sun-hunting 11/18/20
58 photos, 1 video
taking advantage of (rare) clear skies to go find the sun...
exploring town on a snowy day, 11/14/20
13 photos
it's good to get out for a bit... cold but no wind (for a change)
polaroid weeks 2020
24 photos
first in April... then again in October
exploring Dýrafjörður, 10/15/20
48 photos
weekend in Árneshreppur, Oct 3-7
72 photos
walking with Jean 10/2/20
56 photos
plus a polaroid stop at Holt...
first snow & big waves, 9/30+10/1/20
20 photos, 1 video
first road trip south, Sept 8-10
51 photos
Barbara's last day 8/21/20
15 photos
sunday with Barbara 8/16/20
18 photos
august 15
72 photos, 2 videos
photos at home, a brief stop at Holt, then first visits to Skrúðor and Betty's farm at Sæból -- what an epic day!
roll film weeks in 2020
16 photos
January 20-24 and July 20-24
the silver house, year ten
33 photos
this will be a "short" year, from my house-iversary on June 13 until I hopefully leave for Iceland for an extended research stay in late July -- but making the most of this wonderful place...
views of the house
30 photos
giving a sense of what it's like here...
2bd, 2ba, partly furnished, ~1500 sq ft, parcel is 1.6 acres (oaks and meadow)
the silver house, year nine
383 photos, 5 videos
for those of you who don't know the story, back in 2011 i was finally, with help from my parents, able to afford to by my very first house, at the age of 45, and only because it was the very bottom...
1-20-20 on the way to Pescadero
18 photos
i went a little crazy with all the i-snaps, but it was SUCH a gorgeous afternoon...
three days of driving around - jan 6-8, 2020
24 photos
paul's visit to northern CA -- photos from only two of the days
2020 in cyanotype
12 photos
2020 in polaroid
12 photos
12 months
polaroid weeks 2019
24 photos
spring and fall!
hopefully-pre-research trip to Iceland, Oct 4-16,...
594 photos, 3 videos
visit to Ísafjörður, Djúpavík, and the larger Westfjords region, in hope of getting a research grant to work here next year...
day 12 - wed 10/16
12 photos
day 11 - tues 10/15
103 photos, 1 video
day 10 - mon
111 photos
day 9 - sun
55 photos
lots of rain...
day 8 - sat isa to patró
113 photos
what an amazing day...
day 7 - fri djupa to isa
41 photos, 1 video
day 6 - thurs more rain
29 photos, 1 video
day 5 - wed rain in djupa
14 photos
day 4 - tuesday isa to djup
25 photos
day 3 - monday in Ísafjörður
16 photos
meetings at the University Center of the Westfjords in the morning, fish soup for lunch, and hiking in the afternoon...
day 2 - sun driving north
48 photos
flight north + day 1 10/4-5
28 photos
back to Iceland, hurrah!
night shooting at Bodega Head, 9/20/19
8 photos
practicing night photography with Courtney and Steve, before my trip to Iceland in two weeks
roll film weeks 2019
20 photos
a celebration of roll film! first Jan 21-25, then in late July -- i tried to post two each from different rolls of film/places/cameras each day...
weekend in the PNW july 2019
44 photos
first the annual Resilience Studies Consortium meeting in Tacoma, then an extra 24 hours or so in Seattle
Steve's redwood bar-top installation, 7/7/19
21 photos, 1 video
large-format workshop, june 22-30, 2019
30 photos
two weekends working on better learning to use 4x5 cameras... many thanks to Rory Earnshaw for his excellent instruction and amazing patience!
the silver house, year eight
199 photos, 2 videos
such a good place...
field trip to Fort Ross, 4/20/19
21 photos
so windy, and so fun!
two-conference visit back east. April 3-14, 2019
60 photos
DC --> South Carolina --> Columbus, OH
visit to Portland, Feb 2-5, 2019
19 photos
a brief sojourn north...
weekend in SF with Cis & Becky, Jan 26-27, 2019
14 photos
and then home again sunday afternoon
a second visit at the end of the year
25 photos
Dec 27-31, 2018
holiday week in NY, dec 19-26, 2018
44 photos, 2 videos
paul's visit, dec 7-10, 2018
17 photos
18 years since we last saw each other in person...
2019 calendar idea A
13 photos
all alt-prints from this year (me fumbling along, trying to learn this stuff better!)
2019 calendar idea B
13 photos
Polaroid Weeks 2018
24 photos
April and October
MF film in iceland 2018
116 photos
return to Iceland, Oct 2018
765 photos, 6 videos
i'm obsessed...
Iceland 2018: sun Oct 14 last day & flight home
38 photos
Iceland 2018: sat Oct 13 departure
15 photos, 1 video
Iceland 2018: fri Oct 12
112 photos, 1 video
Iceland 2018: thurs Oct 11
19 photos
Iceland 2018: wed Oct 10
108 photos
what a fantastic day
Iceland 2018: tues Oct 9
79 photos, 1 video
our day trip to Holmavík and back -- to buy gas for the vans -- with lots of stops along the way, of course...
Iceland 2018: mon Oct 8
24 photos
Iceland 2018: sun Oct 7
69 photos
Iceland 2018: sat Oct 6
88 photos, 1 video
gorgeously sunny, but then turning overcast and c-c-c-cold... and then SNOW back at the hotel!
Iceland 2018: fri Oct 5
94 photos, 1 video
our first full day back in Árneshreppur
Iceland 2018: thurs Oct 4
12 photos
Iceland 2018: wed Oct 3
51 photos, 1 video
Iceland 2018: mon-tues Oct 1+2 arrival
60 photos
conference trip to France, 9/1-10/18
252 photos
first in Clermont-Ferrand, then Mende, and then the Banyuls region -- hooray!
summer trip to and from Colorado! 2018
490 photos, 4 videos
two months of research at RMBL, plus driving to and from...
RSC retreat at Kansas Wesleyan
29 photos
a weekend-long meeting in Salina, Kansas -- talking about ecological and community resilience, prairies, and lightning bugs.
roll film weeks 2017-18
24 photos
nothing quite like film... starting in summer 2017
hike up Avery Peak, 7/18/18
38 photos, 2 videos
what an amazing day!
banding hummingbirds, 6/3/18
10 photos
David Inouye and his research assistants banding hummingbirds -- such a treat to see them in action!
the silver house, year seven
266 photos, 1 video
i still feel SO crazily lucky to have bought this place in June, 2011 -- these are the pictures from my seventh year of living here!
Carolyn Merchant symposium at UCB, May 3-4, 2018
8 photos
such an honor to be a part of it! celebrating Carolyn's 40 years of teaching at UC Berkeley, and strange for me to be back on campus, about 15 years after i last graduated...
SoCal odyssey, march 11-24
210 photos
plus some Yosemite at the end...
stay-cation to half moon bay with Cis, dec 27-28,...
20 photos
Cissie had a hotel voucher that was about to expire, so she got a reservation in Half Moon Bay & invited me down -- dinner at Duartes (at the bar, of course!), then the next morning visiting San...
yosemite with mom at christmas! dec 24 & 25, 2017
118 photos
and trying to learn to use my new Sony A7 camera better! plus a few iPhone snaps, of course, and once i get them scanned, a few polaroids...
2018 calendar...
12 photos
after the death of nature ideas
37 photos
Polaroid Weeks, 2017
23 photos
here's my offerings -- from both April and October
MF film from iceland 2017
203 photos
polaroids from iceland 2017
114 photos
Iceland!!! Oct 2017
889 photos, 1 video
traveling to Djúpavík for a week of photography!
iceland - departure Oct 8 & 9
41 photos
a morning drive south, afternoon in Reykjavik, and flying out early monday morning -- and already i can't wait to return!!!
iceland - Oct 7
122 photos, 1 video
our last full day at Djupavik -- lots of work around the hotel & factory, trying to use up my last bits of different films... and a lovely solo walk with Freya down the road in the afternoon. ...
iceland - Oct 6
50 photos
chilly, windy morning up the coast
iceland - Oct 5
179 photos
my favorite day of our trip -- a single-van drive in the morning up the north coast, quieter and more contemplative than with the whole group -- then an afternoon hike in rare sunshine with Eben and...
iceland - Oct 4
162 photos
we packed lunches from the hotel and hit the road, on an excursion to Holmavik and back. the big city! and saw our first substantial northern lights that night!
iceland - Oct 3
33 photos
no driving excursion today, just working around Djupavik -- attempted some pinholes for the first time in a long time...
iceland - Oct 2
101 photos
a rainy morning excursion over to a different abandoned herring factory, and afternoon in the factory at Djupavik
iceland - Oct 1
161 photos
first full day photographing in the Arneshreppur region of the Westfjords
iceland - arrival Sept 29 & 30
41 photos
Sept 29 & 30 -- arrival in Iceland, our drive north, and first impressions of Djupavik
back to Colo for a week in August 2017!
106 photos
Denver first, then RMBL...
another research trip to Colorado! june-july 2017
437 photos
a longer stay this time, an entire month at Gothic -- plus wandering a bit across Nevada and Utah on the way to and from!
RSC retreat, July 7+8
40 photos
Resilience Studies Consortium meeting, hosted by Western State -- my university is a prospective member to perhaps join in!
the silver house, year six
293 photos
it's such a good place to be.
pictures from book events, winter/spring 2017
9 photos
snaps from various book events, winter - spring 2017, after my book Paradox of Preservation was finally released!
ASEH conference in Chicago, 3/28-4/2/17
37 photos
three bridge fiasco, 1/28/17
24 photos, 1 video
a day of sailing and protest, 1/21/17
14 photos
Hawkeye and I took the boat out for some sailing practice, and then headed to SF to join the Women's March in the rain, protesting the new US administration and calling for renewed commitment to...
a winter's day at Point Reyes 12/28/16
29 photos
shooting with Heather Polley
calendar for 2017
13 photos
12 images plus one for the cover...
a november visit east, 2016
121 photos
NY + SC + NY again
mom's 75th birthday!!
9 photos
an afternoon stroll at the Laguna de Santa Rosa trail near Sebastopol, then off to dinner at the Underwood in Graton.
trip to NY, Oct 2016
60 photos
a short visit to my sister's & road trip to Ithaca to celebrate my undergraduate advisor's retirement...
polaroid weeks 2016
26 photos
one of the most wonderful events on Flickr...
Spring: April 18-24
Fall: October 16-21
colorado research trip, aug-sept 2016
335 photos, 3 videos
and some adventures on the way there through Nevada and Utah!
images for book chapters
14 photos
one for the front page of each chapter...
mission polawalk, 7/23/16
23 photos
many thanks to Heather for organizing this gathering! such a lovely afternoon wandering around the Mission District, looking for alleys with murals...
the silver house, year five
463 photos
my fifth year of living in this strange and delightful house!
spinnaker cup, 5/27-28/16
10 photos
SF to Monterey, but wind too light to finish by the 8am deadline -- long motor back up the coast. gorgeous weather!! and wonderful to be back out on the Pacific again!
a quick trip to Burlington
22 photos
plus a tiny bit of SF at the end
ASEH conference in Seattle, 3/28 - 4/3/16
41 photos
annual environmental history conference is in Seattle this year!
field trip to Sears Point, 2/15/16
9 photos
took my Restoration class to see the Sears Point Wetlands Restoration Project again this year -- but this time it's been completed & is full of tidal flow! thanks Steve for showing us around...
Three Bridge Fiasco, 1/30/16
7 photos
annual trek to NY for the holidays!
105 photos, 3 videos
hooray, back in NY!
prints for Post-Virtual exhibit, Prince Gallery,...
6 photos
five images as part of a group exhibit
2016 calendar
18 photos
images for 2016 calendar -- in a few cases, more than one image per page. and using iPhone pictures for the first time, as well as polaroids and MF film.
'roid week 2015 - fall
10 photos
prints for An Evolving Landscape, at...
23 photos
"The Evolving Landscape of Point Reyes," Oct 7 - Nov 8 at the Prince Gallery in Petaluma -- please come to the reception on Oct 10, 6-9pm!
cover?
26 photos
working/not working
79 photos
mostly in PRNS, but also some working landscapes outside the park in west marin/sonoma.
early morning at the Home Ranch, 9/7/15
43 photos
mini-road trip to Sacramento, 8/7-8/15
15 photos
there to give a talk about our team-taught class with Margie, Michelle, and Melinda, at the AHA-PCB conference -- so fun to travel, even just for a day, with this gang of academics!
24 hours in SF
27 photos
Julia (my college roommate's daughter) got out of her summer art program on saturday, but her flight home wasn't until sunday, so we hung out for 24 hours together in SF -- so fabulous!
visit to PR 7-22-15
34 photos
visit to PR 7-2-15
17 photos
a stroll out on Pierce Point with Judd Howell, a wildlife biologist, talking about the tule elk -- then a drive on my own through bits of the park.
an oak, edited
14 photos
matted images for Prince Gallery, june 2015
24 photos
what i've got on hand! from "states of being" and "my sister's house" series.
the silver house, year four
375 photos, 1 video
my fourth year of living in this amazing place!! still wildly in love with it...
late spring trip to NY - may/june 2015
78 photos, 2 videos
visiting to attend India's graduation from high school -- such a momentous occasion! also my first stay in Jean's new house... so getting to know the place.
'roid week 2015 - spring
10 photos
hooray, two polaroid weeks, one in the spring and one in the fall! here's what i submitted...
field trip to Sears Point, 4/20/15
24 photos
my restoration class had an adventure!
six for pola book, april 2015
6 photos
for use in Polaroid: How to Take Instant Photos by Mitchell Beazley (to be published in the UK later to this)
a drive north and back, 4/7-8/15
18 photos
two-day trip to Arcata to do a program review at HSU...
ASEH in DC, march 2015
11 photos
didn't take many photos, except during our brief rainy-day visit to the National Botanic Garden, but such a fabulous conference!
trailer
29 photos
lush francisco
5 photos
sent to Photoworks for their zine, march 2015
nine for Prince Gallery, march 2015
12 photos
exhibit in Petaluma!
brief visit to South Carolina
8 photos
Three Bridge Fiasco, 1/30/15
30 photos, 1 video
many said it couldn't be done, but Henry and I managed to double-hand Jeannette in the fabulous Three Bridge Fiasco race! we managed to round all three marks, but ran out of time to make it back to...
a snowy day in Colo
31 photos
christmas 2014 in NY
122 photos
western canada trip, 1976
36 photos
In 1976, our family went on a research expedition (my father studies high-altitude butterflies) north to western Canada -- we took a ferry up the Inside Passage from Seattle to Haines, Alaska, then...
plastic cam submission jan 2015
3 photos
the third one was accepted for Rayko's Feb/March 2015 exhibit
images for 2015 calendar
13 photos
the last one is just the cover...
an oak
121 photos
this oak (and its close neighbors, who sometimes join it in the photos) is just outside my kitchen door, off the edge of the deck -- i admire it every day -- and interested in seeing whether (some...
wild(er)ness exhibit - nov 2014
15 photos
12 images, printed 12" x 12". for group exhibit on campus, nov 2014
This portfolio explores the concept of wildness, looking for it in perhaps-unexpected places with a nearly-extinct type...
'roid week october 2014
10 photos
five more days for polaroidal delight!
sustainability day slideshow - oct 21 2014
68 photos
titled "water water everywhere," of course...
"fauna" - oct/nov 2014
5 photos
juried by William Wegman -- and he accepted one of the images! so excited!!!
"aura" exhibit in Astoria, oct 2014
5 photos
yay, one was accepted!! wish i could see the show in person...
trip to Colorado, sept 2014
174 photos
platinum-palladium workshop with Kerik Kouklis,...
13 photos
absolutely fantastic four-day workshop...
visit to DBOC, 7/13/14
12 photos
summer trip to NY, july 2014
130 photos
CM 2014 - invasives
10 photos
In land management circles, one of the most hated categories of organisms are invasives: plants or animals, often non-native, that proliferate wildly, out-competing and crowding out more desirable...
travel - for rayko june 2014
3 photos
the silver house, year three
357 photos
C&R barbeque party, 5/25/14
7 photos
our annual gathering at my house...
'roid week may 2014
10 photos
this will be the first time we've had a 'Roid Week when i *haven't* stockpiled some favorite polaroids ahead of time that I'm really eager with to post -- so, will see what i manage to come up with!
mini-vacation with Susannah to Santa Barbara, may...
22 photos
my old college roommate Susannah came to visit, and we drove down to Santa Barbara for a couple of days (me giving a talk at UCSB) -- marvelous break away from my usual routine!
ASEH in SF, march 2014
16 photos
such a fabulous conference, as always!
christmas trip to NY, Dec 2013
138 photos
mostly instagrams while at my sister's house...
chicklet update, 11/11/13
9 photos
just snapping a few pictures to chronicle their growth...
baby chicks, 9/2/13
11 photos
the mutt (crossbreed) chicks are 2 weeks old now -- just cataloging what they look like at this point... (there are six of them, all different) -- and the silver campines (all 3 are boys) are 6 weeks.
2014 calendar
12 photos
my annual creation...
lens test, 8/4/13
11 photos
my dad recently gave me his beautiful old Pentax lenses -- an 100mm f4 macro, 85mm f1.9, 50mm f1.4, and 35mm f1.2 -- they are all screw-mount lenses, but i got an adaptor for my Pentax K-mount camera...
last visit to dad's house, 7/28/13
13 photos
this was our house on Stanford campus, bought in 1975 after my dad got tenure -- i lived there until 1984 (every other two weeks after 1977, when my parents divorced) when i left for college.
now...
back to west marin, 7/23/13
14 photos
visited the former sites of Tocaloma and Jewell, where the long-time residents were evicted by the NPS from their homes back in 2000, only to have the houses sit empty and rotting ever since -- then...
'roid week july 2013
10 photos
one of the most joyful weeks of the year! july 15-19, 2013
choco PR for CM july 2013
10 photos
submitted to Critical Mass, July 16, 2013 -- with this statement:
Point Reyes National Seashore has a long history as a working agricultural and maricultural landscape, producing dairy and meat...
another PR visit, 7/10/13
26 photos
taking more photos, this time on the northern end of the point...
another day in west marin, 7/6/13
15 photos
first looking for elk out on the Point, then a pig roast at Barinaga Ranch... fabulous day
point reyes, 6/26/13
27 photos
plus a brief stop at crane creek before heading west...
PR in 669
12 photos
the silver house, year two
545 photos
if i keep adding all my photos of my beloved home to a single set, it'll get unwieldy fast -- so these are the images from my second year, starting June 13, 2012. year one can be seen here: ...
walk at Crane Creek, 6/10/13
37 photos
on an unusually cloudy day... made for lovely light, enough to drag out the hasselblad again. and for my iphone snaps, i seem to be in a very pictorialist mood lately...
images for CFSC, june 2013
6 photos
for annual report cover
chicklet update, 6/1/13
15 photos
dusted off my DSLR to try to get some better pictures of (mostly) the growing chicks...
hatch dates:
max jr -- 4/22
araucanas -- 5/6
daisy's gang -- 5/13
birchen marans -- 5/24
water, again
3 photos
for CFAP, may 2013 - only 3 images
Tolay Creek field trip, 4/19/13
16 photos
took my restoration class to Tolay Creek Preserve, owned and managed by the Sonoma Land Trust, to see some restoration management in action...
LA visit, 4/9-13/13
24 photos
flew down for the AAG conference...
at the MOMA with troy and shelley, 4/4/13
12 photos
rayko pinhole biennial
5 photos
due march 7
more portraits i like
58 photos
julia's visit, jan 27-feb 2, 2013
61 photos
julia is the daughter of my college roommate, susannah -- and her high school requires her to do a "project week," where she takes a week off from classes & works with a mentor on some...
rayko plastic cam
5 photos
submitted jan 2013
choco 100
19 photos
some examples of one of my favorite films...
enchantment
5 photos
submitted for Plates to Pixel's annual juried exhibit -- first image was accepted:
platestopixels.com/blog/exhibitions/enchantment/
calendar 2013 images
13 photos
12 months, plus the first image is the cover
'roid week august 2012
10 photos
hurrah, a whole five days of the best of the bestest polaroids!! august 13-17
www.flickr.com/groups/polaroidweek2012/
brrr...
5 photos
alt realities
5 photos
images with mystery? we'll see... submitted june 2012 to PhotoPlace in VT
CM12
10 photos
submitted june 2012
family visit june 2012
18 photos
didn't take a whole lot of photos, but here they are...
the silver house, year one
437 photos, 1 video
as of June 13, 2011, i'm settling in to my own little silver house up high on Sonoma Mountain -- so delighted!
the house was originally built in 1968, and designed by a local sebastopol architect,...
8 exposures, 6/8/12
9 photos
posted on the Impossible Project's blog, June 8, 2012:
blog.the-impossible-project.com/8-exposureswith-laura-ali...
vallejo race, 5/5-6/12
9 photos
racing aboard Jeannnette... took 2nd on saturday and 1st on sunday, hurrah!!! and an incredibly fun time in between...
memorial flotilla, 4/21/12
8 photos, 1 video
in memory of Low Speed Chase and the five crew who were lost the previous weekend in the Fully Crewed Farallones Race
lambstravaganza, 4/7/12
13 photos
it just wouldn't be the day before easter without michael moradzadeh's lamb cook-off/picnic for sailors on Angel Island known as Lambstravaganza (alternate name Lambapalooza) -- we sailed there...
ASEH conference in Madison 3/28-4/1/12
47 photos
almost every year i attend the American Society for Environmental History's annual conference -- this year it was in Madison, WI, with unusually warm weather!
these meetings bring my favorite...
rayko plastic camera show, jan - march 2012
6 photos
so honored to have had one accepted for the 5th Annual International Juried Plastic Camera Show! exhibit jan 18 - march 6 2012.
rancho baulines, 1/10/12
27 photos
back in 2000, the NPS evicted the long-time tenant of this ranch (since before the 1970s, when it was first purchased by the NPS), insisting that the property was needed to develop an environmental...
NY for christmas, dec 2011
108 photos, 2 videos
a week at my sister's! what could be better?
in flight, dec 20 & 27 2011
32 photos
snaps out the plane window, dec 20 (heading east) and 27 (back west)
exhibit at rayko, dec '11-jan '12
9 photos
i'm so fortunate to have eight of my "Sister's House" prints up on the wall in the side gallery at Rayko Photo Center, as part of an exhibit of local artists that will stay up through early...
px100 test film, early dec
16 photos
trying out the new formulation... almost impossible to hand-hold & get a sharp image, but it does have lovely silvery tones...
calendar for 2012
12 photos
twelve months
thanksgiving weekend at home, 11/25-27/11
28 photos
i guess i was in a photographic mood...
mom's birthday visit, 11/5-6/11
9 photos
mom and powell came to stay at my house in sonoma county over her 70th birthday weekend
driving around with nick, 10/8/11
29 photos
a saturday afternoon driving around west marin with nick and cameras... couldn't be better
coastal drive with bobby, 10/2/11
20 photos
bobby stopped by one weekend for a visit, & we spent sunday driving out to bodega headlands & then down through marin... and i brought my panorama camera, of course!
reflections
5 photos
need 5...
envt'l history field trip, 9/10/11
15 photos
our visit to Glen Oaks Ranch, looking for traces of history in the landscape...
plus added photos from our "scouting" trip earlier, on Aug 2
thinking of selling out...
106 photos
tree possibilities
10 photos
2 sets of five
barinaga sheep ranch, 7/30/11
26 photos
'roid week july 2011
10 photos
my offerings, two per day (and different film each day) for five wonderful polaroid-filled days...
point reyes visit, 7/9/11
15 photos
a drive out to Kehoe Beach & surrounds with Cate and Nick, looking for polaroids...
portraits i like
15 photos
jean's visit west, june/july 2011
36 photos
my sister jean and her kids india & wiley came west for a visit -- spent a weekend at my new house, then the rest of the week at our mom's place in menlo park...
visit to point reyes, 6/3/11
16 photos
i spent a friday afternoon out in Point Reyes -- first a tour of Drake's Bay Oyster Company, helping to show former Congressman Pete McCloskey around -- then a visit to the Lunnys' G Ranch, visiting...
jasper ridge with mom, 5/7/11
5 photos
an afternoon hike in May with my mom, who has done the docent training at Jasper Ridge & now has access...
mostly interiors, 4/29/11
35 photos
photos taken while inspections were being done, 4/29/11
a year of impossible films
70 photos
from my first tests with what became px100, in feb/march 2010, to the beta version of px680 in april 2011 -- wow, it's been quite a journey of a year with The Impossible Project's new films! thank...
re-looking at...
95 photos
...sister's house images, with no filters re: type of camera or etc., just what's evocative... 4/11/11
any color, as long as it's blue
10 photos
my maternal grandmother, lois belfield watt (aka grammie) had a favorite saying: when we'd ask her favorite color, she'd say, "I love any color, as long as it's blue."
as you might...
photoalliance feb 2011
20 photos
submission for PhotoAlliance's "Our World" portfolio review...
christmas in new york!
183 photos
back east again for the christmas holiday...
new orleans, dec 2010
10 photos
a brief weekend to attend PhotoNola, only managed a few snaps...
'roid week november 2010
9 photos
my offerings... two per day for five wonderful days
hike at FOP, 10/8/10
10 photos
write me well
62 photos
a new idea
kaz calendar 2011
12 photos
twelve months of Kaz & wine country, made into a calendar to sell at the winery
calendar 2011
12 photos
finally got it narrowed down...
along the roadside
18 photos
ideas for a new project...
my sister's house - for submissions 2010/11
22 photos
My sister's house in New York feels more like home than the place I actually live; it is where my sense of family and connection resides. I am a single woman without children of my own, so I...
sailors
28 photos
sailboat racing is a strange community, with truly enormous class distinctions -- from wharf rats to billionaire yacht owners -- that mostly disappear when we put on our foul weather gear and head...
fotox1000 - sept 2010
10 photos
"can photography predict the future? is there a future for photography?" 10 images...
polaroids using ATZ, fade-to-black, or new px/pz films...
stalks and branches
26 photos
structural elements of plants, holding up all the showier parts...
iconology selections, 7/21/10
14 photos
iconology.therndm.com/archive/pastoral-laura-alice-watt/1342
pac cup start, 7/8/10
7 photos
Eliza, baby Sadie, and I (and a few others) helped to see off the California Condor, a brand new boat designed by Jim Antrim, to its start in the Pacific Cup race from SF to Hawaii -- i wish i'd...
CM 10
10 photos
'roid week may 2010
10 photos
one of the best weeks of the year...
images i choose are a mix of landscapes from my oregon trip last month, and experiments with the new px films (both 100 and 600) at home and school... plus one...
annenberg event, 4/22/10
12 photos
my friend cissie and i drove to LA to attend this one-evening slide show event at the Annenberg Space for Photography, i had thirty of my water photos included in the show -- and i hardly took any...
lambstravaganza!! 4/3/10
11 photos
or as i always seem to call it, Lambapalooza!! big big party on angel island, every year just before easter -- potluck picnic with contests for best lamb, best dessert, and etc.
Sailed over this...
road trip to (and from) portland, march 2010
121 photos
on march 9 & 10 i drove north up the california and oregon coasts to portland, to attend an environmental history conference -- then on march 14 & 15 i drove home on a more inland route --...
fresh water - annenberg submission march 2010
30 photos
in march 2010 i was invited to submit a set of 30 photos of fresh water for a special slide show event at the Annenberg Space for Photography, done in conjunction with their big exhibit on global...
testing new film, late feb 2010
23 photos
i was truly lucky and honored to be one of 40 testers of the new monochrome polaroid film created by The Impossible Project -- it was a real treat and joy to mess around with this film & see what...
CYC race in the rain, 2/21/10
19 photos
our last race of the Corinthian midwinters series on Arcadia, and we were determined to make it a good one! despite persistent rain and shifty winds, we pulled out a win, hurrah!
unintentional double-exposure, 2/17/10
3 photos
a couple of years ago my mom gave me a stash of 35mm film she'd had in her freezer (she'd just made the conversion to digital, i was already wandering back toward film) -- and recently i put a roll...
"beyond words" exhibition, feb 2010
3 photos
photographs inspired by books and literature, featured on the We Sink Ships website -- my book choice was Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon
christmas in new york, dec 09-jan 10
121 photos
two weeks spent at my sister's house in Nyack -- not nearly long enough!!
my neighborhood one morning, 12/15/09
10 photos
i went out exploring my neighborhood one pale winter morning -- this is what i found...
early morning on the coast, 11/28/09
28 photos
one morning i woke up too early for a saturday, & feeling restless, decided to jump in the car & drive to the sonoma coast to see the biggish waves hitting the coast -- wonderfully quiet...
'roid week november 2009
15 photos
three per day for five amazing days...
great pumpkin regatta, 10/25/09
6 photos
once again crewing on the lovely Arcadia, a "modernized" (i.e. completely redesigned and rebuilt) Santana 27, with owners Gordie and Ruthie, on an utterly gorgeous indian summer afternoon...
afternoon drive in dry creek, 10/19/09
11 photos
i headed north after school one afternoon, as a rainstorm was clearing... and puttered around the wine country of dry creek valley for a few hours.
calendar for 2010
12 photos
trying to pare it down to 12 images...
Getty Artist Picks September 2009
60 photos
invited to submit an unlimited number in september...
new york, august 2009
108 photos
i spent a lovely, lazy week at my sister's house in nyack, with occasional visits into NYC, august 10-16, 2009 -- such a wonderful week!!!
note -- this set combines my photos (scanned polas and...
wiley's photos - aug 2009
35 photos
these are a selection of pictures that my nephew Wiley (age 7) took during my august visit to new york -- Wiley has an excellent hand at drawing, and, as shown here, really has a photographer's eye...
second half opener, 7/25/09
27 photos
sailing on Arcadia, Gordie Nash's amazing ultra-modified santana 27 -- and an absolutely gorgeous day, except for an absolutely wild 4-5 knot flood tide at the Golden Gate Bridge -- sadly one of the...
express 27 nationals, july 10-12, 2009
54 photos
racing Express 27s on the ocean in santa cruz!! and crewing aboard the lovely New Wave... i forgot to bring my camera's battery charger, so ran out of photos on sunday, but this gives you a sense...
Getty Artist Picks July 09
10 photos
invited to submit 10 images...
sebastopol farm party, 7/3/09
9 photos
my friends caroline & hall brought me with them to a huge annual 3rd of july party at their friends' farm in sebastopol -- a great introduction for a new resident of sonoma county (me)!
ilovethatphoto interview, june 2009
4 photos
four photos and short interview on the ilovethatphoto.net photography magazine:
www.ilovethatphoto.net/2009/06/22/interview-laura-a-watt/
mini-tour of point reyes, 5/15/09
7 photos
some old friends of cate's rented a house in Inverness for a week, & on friday they asked me to be their historical tour guide as they explored point reyes... and of course i snapped a few...
on the marin/sonoma border, 5/6/09
6 photos
stopped on my way home from school... (and one taken on the way TO school the next morning)
i just love this landscape
'roid week may 2009
14 photos
three per day (except i missed one) for five wonderful days...
ggp with nick, 4/28/09
9 photos
out for a golden gate park photostroll in the late afternoon with nick...
weekend in DC, march 27-28, 2009
25 photos
my dad & stepmother, my sister & her family, and i all met up in DC to bury my grandmother's ashes at arlington national cemetery, she passed away last summer -- after the funeral, we spent...
magnolias? 3/17/09
11 photos
on st patricks day this year i spent part of the afternoon in golden gate park with nick, trying to make something of the last of the season's magnolias (and ferns, too)
and then drove down the...
big daddy regatta on arcadia, 3/15/09
11 photos
I crewed aboard gordie nash's boat Arcadia this weekend in the Big Daddy regatta out of RYC -- didn't take any photos saturday in our buoy races, but we took 3rd -- the photos are from sunday's...
tallahassee, FL 2/25-3/1/09
33 photos
in late Feb 2009 i attended the annual conference of the American Society for Environmental History in Tallahassee, FL -- I'd only been to florida once before, and only very briefly on land, so this...
corinthian midwinters, feb 2009
30 photos
a stormy weekend aboard Elan, but we won our division for the series, hurrah! taking 1st place in saturday's race and 2nd on sunday, plus our second place finish from january.
such a fun weekend,...
e27 midwinters, dec 08 - feb 09
26 photos
I'm including a few photos from the december and january midwinter races, too, since i didn't upload them earlier... but the bulk of these are from the last two races, held on valentines day, just...
three bridge fiasco 1/31/09
28 photos
the craziest race of the year, and one i do double-handed aboard my own sailboat, Mouette...
the race is to all three bridges (Bay, GGB, and Richmond) but in any order & any direction -- so...
corinthian midwinters, jan 17-18, 2009
32 photos
i have the feeling that everyone on the east coast and other places with sub-zero temperatures are going to want to kill me, but this really was our weather for a fantastic weekend of sailing, in the...
kqed shoot, 1/7/09
12 photos
i had a lovely visit with the folks from KQED's science and nature program Quest, as part of their Your Photos on Quest series, profiling local photographers from Flickr -- I'm fortunate to the...
christmas in new york, dec 2008
217 photos
hurrah, i love spending christmas at my sister's house!!!
yosemite at thanksgiving, nov 28-30, 2008
38 photos
my goal on this trip was to NOT photograph any of the classic iconic scenery, while still trying to convey a sense of the place...
water: the essential element (take 2)
40 photos
for Your Pictures On Quest, organized by KQED (local public tv station):
those of us in the bay area are constantly surrounded by water, but for the first 35 years of my life, I'm not sure I noticed...
another coastal drive, 11/14/08
11 photos
another crabby mood, and one of the best therapies is an afternoon driving in western sonoma/marin counties with polaroids in tow...
this trip went out to Bodega Bay, then down to Tomales before...
e27 mids, 11/8/08
15 photos
I spent saturday racing in the first day of the Express 27 midwinters series (one day per month for four months, nov - feb), crewing aboard my friend Buzz's boat, New Wave -- SO much fun, despite the...
western sonoma drive, 10/28/08
8 photos
driving around with my polaroid cameras one afternoon, trying to shake a grouchy mood...
arboretum stroll, 10/11/08
12 photos
nick and i did a wander through the SF Arboretum one october afternoon (cate was recovering from a week of economic meltdown at the office)...
2009 calendar
12 photos
trying to put it together...
exhibit at north light, oct. 2008
12 photos
putting some already-framed stuff up on the walls of North Light Books in Cotati, right near school... (can't afford to frame newer stuff yet!)
small gathering to check out the show on friday Oct...
sail gallery oct 2008
30 photos
my friend Louis has put together a new site for sailing (and related) photos, and asked me to submit a few...
'roid week october 2008
14 photos
three per day (except i missed one) for five wonderful days...
christian werner, 10/9/08
18 photos
german design studio Christian Werner has purchased the one-time use of these 18 images for one of their displays -- lucky me!
Big Boat Series, sept 11-14, 2008
108 photos
sailing on the Express 37 Spindrift this year, since Bullet's owner cancelled out -- it was a pick-up crew, but we had a great time sailing together, and despite our lifeline breaking the first day...
weekend in geyserville, 8/30-9/1/08
19 photos
spent a wonderfully lazy weekend over the Labor Day holiday in geyserville, with friends Lief and Tommy and Eliza, staying at Tommy's parents' house, nestled in among the vineyards... a perfect...
possible exhibit
29 photos
picking images to put on the walls at north light books...
skyline blvd with nick, 8/23/08
37 photos
nick and i did a driving tour down skyline blvd saturday -- stopping here and there to take photos, and just enjoying the drive through forests and grassy hills with the windows rolled down and music...
remembering my grandparents
38 photos
my Grammie passed away on August 17, 2008, and I'm putting some photos together as a memorial to her and my grandfather, who died back in 1987 -- they were married for nearly 53 years.
in 1975...
a day of meetings, 7/29/08
19 photos
i had two meetings this tuesday afternoon, one in point reyes, one in petaluma -- and before/between/after i roamed around a bit with my cameras... not bad places to be having meetings, i must say!!
second half opener, 7/26-27/08
24 photos
Bullet was out of town, winning their division in the Pacific Cup (SF to Hawaii), so i crewed with Elan for the annual Second Half Opener -- such a wonderfully fun weekend!
visit to point reyes, 7/17/08
8 photos
touring around with a few of the ranchers...
exhibit at morty's, july-aug 2008
12 photos
i have eleven photos up on the wall at Morty's Deli (which belongs to my friend Doug), in the Tenderloin in SF -- if you happen (!) to be in the neighborhood, please stop by -- order some AMAZING...
pescadero with C&N, 7/6/08
10 photos
another photo-expedition with cate and nick last sunday, we drove south to pescadero -- scrambled around on the rocks with our cameras for a bit, then had a perfect lunch at Duarte's, of course...
fourth of july, 2008
9 photos
spent lazing around in san martin...
smoky estuary race, 6/25/08
6 photos
my friend david parker and i did an estuary race tonight, aboard Lioness, a very cool old Hinckley Bermuda 40, which is a yawl designed by the same guy who designed my beloved Mouette -- and we won,...
SFYC invitational, june 21-22, 2008
22 photos
five races in two days, and unexpectedly strong wind (in the middle of an otherwise crazily hot heat wave!), and we on Bullet won the regatta (our race finishes were 1-3-1-2-2) -- i didn't take many...
sunday photos, 6/15/08
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breakfast with cate & nick, a windswept visit to lands end with the big 4x5 camera, home again for snacks and developing film, then a fathers day barbeque at the BYC -- quite a fine day!
trip to the desert, mid-june 2008
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drove south on june 9th to joshua tree national park, to assist with a site review of the park's history program -- and then drive home the long way on the 12-13th, up the east side of the sierras......
sunday photos 6/8/08
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a stroll through golden gate park, a view from the roof, and some tasty treats...
practice day on Compromise, 6/7/08
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my friend Eliza is one of the crew sailing this boat, an Elite 37 called Compromise, in the Pacific Cup race from SF to Hawaii next month, and I've joined the crew for a couple of practice days when...
odca race, berkeley circle 5/31/08
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only a few pictures taken, but it was a good day for Bullet, we won both races! good to be looking backwards at the rest of the fleet all day...
limantour beach, 5/18/08
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a lovely beach stroll with Kayla and Jim at Limantour Beach in Point Reyes, before heading back to SF for a scrumptious dinner with Cate and Nick...
city front race, 5/17/08
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two races on the city front for the Express 37 fleet, and we got much wilder weather than expected... 25-30 knots of wind and thick low fog, not exactly ideal conditions!
northern star ocean race & kaboom, 5/10/08
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what a day! a 35-mile race out on the pacific, to the northern entrance buoy, then the lightship buoy, then back to finish in front of the GGYC -- over to BYC to pick up some passengers, motored...
race to vallejo, may 3-4, 2008
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the annual race north on a downwind run to Vallejo, staying overnight in their harbor, then beating to windward all the way back down on sunday in up to 35 knots of breeze!!
Bullet won saturday and...
afternoon in berkeley, 5/2/08
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lunch with a friend, some wandering amongst the industrial buildings near Gilman Street, then race committee at BYC...
'roid week april 2008
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three per day (except i missed one) for five days...
J/Fest on Chance, 4/12-13/08
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sailing in the annual J/Fest Regatta aboard Chance, the fabulous J/120...
palette art cafe exhibit, march 24 - may 11, 2008
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so, the first six of these images are exhibited on one wall of Palette Art Cafe in Healdsburg, CA -- the rest are available as unframed prints (matted & in sleeves) to paw through at the gallery
return to the arboretum, 3/16/08
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what better way to come home from a conference in chilly Idaho than to stroll around the SF arboretum again with Nick and Cate? we were later joined by Jim, and had a simply gorgeous day of amazing...
SF arboretum, 2/22/08
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wandering through the arboretum in golden gate park with nick and cate, on a brief sunny afternoon between rainstorms
water: the essential element (feb 08)
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for Your Pictures On Quest, organized by KQED (local public tv station):
those of us in the bay area are constantly surrounded by water, but for the first 35 years of my life, I'm not sure I noticed...
three bridge fiasco, 1/26/08
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my favorite race all year...
the race is to all three bridges (Bay, GGB, and Richmond) but in any order & any direction -- so there are boats at the start crossing the line in both directions --...
corinthian midwinters, jan & feb 08
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january: sailing on Bullet in the Corinthian Midwinters, with no breeze on saturday and then fluky wind on sunday, & big ebb tides both days -- but gorgeously sunny and great fun!
incidentally,...
prints for soap & paper, jan 08
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to be exhibited/sold in the Soap and Paper Factory shop in Nyack, NY... thanks lisa!!
article about the shop
conservatory of flowers, 1/6/08
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a brief tropical vacation in the middle of winter storms, snapping with two of my favorite photographers -- almost exactly one year (minus one day) after our previous visit! a wonderfully perfect...
wind storm, 1/4/08
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we started off the new year with a monster storm -- my next-door neighbor's wind guage clocked a high speed of 71 mph -- making for an absolutely crazy day in the marina
new york for christmas, dec 2007
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the best best best place to be...
best day shooting ever, 12/15/07
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spent an amazing saturday roaming West Marin with tony, cate, and nicolai (visiting from NY) -- my three favoritest photographers, all out snapping together! absolute photography heaven...
midwinters race on Chance, dec 07/feb 08
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three races, variable winds, gorgeous sunshine, and fabulously fun sailing on Chance, a J/120, in their December midwinters races (12/8/07)...
and then we did it all over again in february! (2/9/08)
richmond docks, 12/7/07
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wandering among derelict warehouses and boats in Richmond with tony one friday afternoon...
2008 calendar
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working on making some choices...
water set for palette, nov 07
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a set of photos to exhibit on-line at Palette Art Gallery...
thanks to tony, cate, deb, bruce, jon, and david p. for helping me choose!
drive to the coast, 11/16/07
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sometimes you've just got to get yourself onto the road for a few hours...
rainy day at point reyes, 11/10/07
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spent a rainy saturday driving through the park, then walking the length of Limantour Beach, looking to see if oil from the big spill in SF Bay had gotten this far north yet...
great pumpkin regatta, oct 27-28 2007
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three one-design races on saturday, which turned out to essentially be match-races between us and Golden Moon -- and we won, two firsts and a second, which is Bullet's first regatta win since we...
BYC calendar 2008
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weekend at home, oct 13-14 2007
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spent a lovely weekend at home aboard Cachette -- friends over for dinner saturday, otherwise the cats and I were lazy and quiet...
'roid week october 2007
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three per day for five days!!
point richmond, 9/28/07
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prowling around point richmond with tony, both trying to take some shots for 'roid week 2007
big boat series, sept 2007
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it's the biggest hardest regatta of the year!
jazz cup, 9/1/07
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sailed in the Jazz Cup on Gordie Nash's Arcadia, a heavily modified Santana 27 -- he literally cut it in half to start his project, and has done some incredible work to it -- am happy to report that...
limantour afternoon, 8/28/07
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drove out to limantour beach one afternoon... took two cameras with me
summer keel, 8/18-19/07
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SFYC's annual Summer Keel race, competing on Bullet in the Express 37 fleet... lots of breeze and five races over two days, kept us busy all weekend long!
junes visit to CA, 8/17/07
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my sister, her husband, and two wonderful kids all visited us here in CA this august -- the kids got to stay overnight on the boat thursday, and then we all spent friday down in palo alto/menlo park...
carrizo mgmt meeting, august 2007
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I spent four days in august on the Carrizo Plain, facilitatiing a meeting between staff from the Bureau of Land Management, the Nature Conservancy, and Cal Fish & Game to discuss initial...
second half opener, july 2007
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one of the best races on the bay, heralding the beginning of the most intense months of sailboat racing -- leading up to Big Boat Series
i crewed with my regular ride, Bullet -- we had a...
point reyes, 7/8/07
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an afternoon drive out to the lighthouse at point reyes, and then wandering our way back through the ranchlands... multiple cameras, lots of talking, fog rolling in, and the best of company = a...
friday night race, 7/6/07
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it's july, the fog is blowing in, and it's good and windy and cold for a fantastic friday night race on jeannette -- and despite some spinnaker issues, we won, hooray!
sailstice race on new wave 6/24/07
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a fantastic day of perfect weather and winning racing on New Wave, Buzz's Express 27 -- our fabulous crew managed two firsts and a second, & had a simply delightful day of sailing...
sailing across the pacific, june 2007
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sailing from hawaii to san francisco aboard s/v siderno, a beneteau 473 -- my first ocean crossing, so exciting!!!
please note that there is an accompanying blog/travelogue to these photos -- far...
10 things - may 07
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I've undertaken the challenge to create a set of ten favorite things this month -- each image has a brief description in the comments about why I included it in this set...
inspired by the 10 Things...
friday night race at BYC 5/25/07
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it must be summer! because it's foggy and cold and windy as hell in berkeley for friday night races... just the way we like it!!
film day with cate 5/20/07
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spent a lovely afternoon wandering around pacific heights with cate, each of us armed with 1) a holga, 2) a spectra, and 3) each of us with one other film camera, neither of which was used i...
ODCA south bay race 5/19/07
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six Express 37s dealing with the shifty winds and dodging anchored tankers south of the bay bridge...
kaboom!! 5/12/07
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it was a treat to watch the Kaboom fireworks last night from the decks of Zamazam, a 52-foot sailboat that my friend Jerry used to crew on, and he invited Lief and I along for the festivities...
vallejo race may 2007
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sailing on Bullet in the annual Vallejo race, a two-day event that's one of the largest inland races in the country
we had very strange conditions this year: north winds both days, making it an...
duxship on city lights 4-21-07
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crewing aboard City Lights, a Santa Cruz 52, in the the Duxship, which is a long race -- out the Golden Gate & north to Duxbury Point, offshore from Bolinas, then back down and offshore about 12...
my friend the paper crane
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I received a delightful paper crane from Liz/eshu, as part of her wonderful 1000 paper cranes project -- and it's been having all kinds of adventures ever since it arrived...
J/Fest on Chance, 4-14-07
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three races as a bow assist aboard Chance, the fabulous J/120 in the big J/Fest regatta at StFYC -- pouring rain in the morning, 30 knot winds in the afternoon, but enormous fun nonetheless.
thanks...