Cali Coastline

Wandering along the Cali coastline, from San Diego to San Francisco, with a few slipped in from a venture in Oregon.  

Scripps Pier in La Jolla

Solitary stairway, Socal

Perfect morning to catch some waves, Ecola State Park, Oregon

Cormorants roosting for the evening, La Jolla

In for the night, La Jolla Cove

Couldn’t decide which version of this image I liked better, the orange glow of sodium streetlamps or the more neutral feel of my speed light.  La Jolla Cove

Patterns in the sand, San Diego

Ocean fog rolling in, Southern Oregon

Misty morning at Ecola State Park, Oregon

Dolphins playing in the wake on the way to Santa Cruz

Sea Lions soaking in the sun

Scripps Pier, La Jolla

A few from the La Jolla potholes

A good night’s rest

Advertisement

Coyote Butte & the Vermillion Cliffs

The infamous Horseshoe Bend near Page, Az.  Thanks to whoever the adventurous kayaker was giving me the nice campfire light to illuminate the canyon from within.  

This is by far one of the most surreal and serene landscapes I’ve ever encountered.  Called the Wave for obvious reasons, its hidden in the Coyote Butte wilderness area, a decent 7 mile hike through a hot desert.  The best part about it, the BLM is super tight on permits, so only 10 groups are allowed a day, so you get this fantastic alien landscape almost entirely to yourself, I started hiking at sunrise and returned just after sundown, and only encountered 3 people all day.  If you’re ever in northern Az, put this place on your short list!

10,000′ Up to 200′ Below – White Mountains to Death Valley

 At 10,000 feet up in the White mountains, high above the tree line, these ancient bristlecone pines have been documented to live up 5,000+ years, making them the world’s oldest living organism.   

 After running around through the Inyo forest for awhile, I headed down into the Eureka Valley, 

to visit the tallest sand dunes in the US, looming 700 ft over the dry lake they inhabit.

 The Racetrack Playa in Death Valley, unfortunately, the strange phenomena that occurs here with the sailing stones is nearly at an end due to assholes stealing souvenirs.

 

A long road home….

The Bay Area

Some recent work from a quick trip I made to the Bay…

Gone but Not Forgotten Part 1

I just launched a brand new website (www.garretsuhrie.com), and have streamlined the portfolios and added an archive section to catalog my travels over the years.  But in the editing process, I’ve had to cut a ton of images, so instead of them just sitting dormant on my hard drive never to be heard from again, thought I’d put up a couple posts so that they might find a home

A quaint trail high above Innsbruck, Austria 

 Flowery meadows outside Latsche, Switzerland

 Grassy fields in the Hoh Rainforest, Washington

 Latourell Falls, Or

 Mont Sant-Michel, France

 Hilltop church, Greece

 Mono Lake, eastern Sierras, Ca

 Red Rocks, Ca

 Meteora, Greece

 Meteora, Greece

 Wanderer waiting for the sun to rise, Greece

 Fellow wanderer, Meteora, Greece

 Foggy Night, Downtown, LA

 Rhinefall, Switzerland

 Coachella, Ca

 Ocean Spires, Or

 I have no clue where I was for this one!

 Devil’s Chasm, Or

 LaChapelle diving in Hawaii

 Palm Springs, Ca

 Susquehanna Ice Flow, Pa

 Sugar cane production, Maui

 Pyramid of the Sun and Moon, Mexico

 Downtown LA

 Random lake in Switzerland

 Mont Sant-Michel

 Lovely road in Netherlands

 Above Genoa, Italy and the White House, Canyon de Chelley

 Mossy Falls, Germany

 Regrowth, Germany

 View from God, Switzerland

 Lazy Seine, France

 Puddle jumper along Maui coastline

 High up in Austria

Raindrops are falling on window

Roadtrippin’ USA – Part 3

Roadtrippin’ USA – Part 2

 Sunrise at the Gypsum plant

 Crazy ice climbing in southwest Colorado

 Aspens near Aspen, Co

My lovely partner in crime, Miss Shayla Beesley

A frozen sunrise 

Moonrise at sunrise, Gypsum, Co

 A refinery outside New Orleans

 Hot spring sunrise, southwest Colorado

 On thin ice.  Took the picture then ran for my life!

 Near Vail, Co

 Abandoned Six Flags, New Orleans

Glamorous gas station, somewhere in Texas 

 Stuck in the mud, San Antonio, Texas

Impressive engineering, Fort Worth, Texas

Roadtrippin’ USA – Part 1 of ??

I recently headed home for the holidays, and as I’ve always loved a good road trip, packed up the car with my buddy Wes and headed east for Pennsylvania.  I’ve since travelled 11,000 miles and taken 2 months on the road and already made the journey home, but I’ve been bad about blogging.  The first few images I’ve posted below, but will have much more soon to follow as soon as I develop my film.  Stay tuned!

 Hamilton Pool near Austin, Texas

 Wes looking pensive in Great Dunes Nat’l Park, Colorado

 A long journey ahead, Great Dunes..

 A fantastic park with crazy amounts of diverse landscapes, Capitol Reef Park, Utah

Fall frozen under early ice 

A hydroelectric power plant, Colorado maybe? 

 Near Gypsum, Colorado

Year another long journey ahead, Wes at Great Dunes..

Its a Small World

“There is no abstract art.  You must always start with something.  Afterward you can remove all trace of reality” – Picasso.  New worlds will appear in the smallest of places.  Some recent macros I forgot about, shot on my lil’ Leica while roaming the Northwest.  

Washington State (as of 12.06.11)

I’ve been wandering Washington State for the last two weeks, from the Olympic Pennisula to the Palouse on its eastern edge, this is a pretty fantastic place.  

 Kessner Homestead, Quinault Forest

 Ranch at the Palouse

 Hoh Rainforest

Have never seen nights this clear before. 

 Lake Quinault, Olympic Rainforest

 Northern Spotted Owl

 Great Blue Heron

 Second Beach, La Push

 Mt. Rainier

Palouse 

Palouse 

“” 

First Beach, La Push 

 Cape Kiwanda

 Palouse

 Hoh Rainforest

 Quinault Rainforest

 Rialto Beach

 Palouse Falls

 Kessner Homestead

 “”

Thou mayest. 

 First Beach

 Near Forks

 Near Cottonwood

 Lagoon at Hoh

Eastern State 

“” 

Second Beach 

Rialto Beach 

The plants are all underwater, lagoon at Quinault

Palouse 

 Hoh Trail towards Mt. Olympia

 Ranch at the Palouse

 First Beach

So the moon is fading, think I’ll spend some time in Seattle and get in a bit of civilization awhile, then start working my way back down south…