American River, California

American River, San Fernando Valley section, California

[35mm slide scan]

Manzanita Tree, California

Manzanita Tree, Sierra Foothills, California

[35mm slide scan]

Pacifica Sunset, California

Pacifica Sunset, coast of California

[35mm slide scan]

This was about five miles downhill from where I lived in San Bruno, up

on the ridge near Golden Gate National Recreation Area

A Rose

Pink Rose, California

 [35mm slide scan]

Grizzly Island Sunset Boat Ride

Sunset Boat, Grizzly Is. National Wildlife Refuge, Suisun Bay

Fishing boat returning at sunset

Grizzly Island is the nation's largest estuarine marsh, located

where the Sacramento River empties into Suisun Bay, 

which then joins San Francisco Bay

San Francisco From Marin Headlands

San Francisco from the Marin Headlands (500mm telephoto)

[35mm slide scan]

San Francisco Bay Bridge Sunset

San Francisco Bay Bridge at Sunset

This bridge connects San Francisco and Oakland

Taken from the bay on a boat at sunset, looking west

This bridge is my favorite, prettier than the Golden Gate Bridge to me

Sunset Moonrise, Santa Clara Valley

Sunset Moonrise, Santa Clara Valley, from the Santa Cruz Mountains

[35mm slide scan]

Laurie, Monterey Bay

Laurie, Monterey Bay [35mm slide scan]

she was a singer in a band there, called Osprey

her shirt says "I'm long, tall, slim, and I love it"

Nevada Beach, Lake Tahoe

Nevada Beach, state park at Lake Tahoe [35mm slide scan]

Steve, Pinnacles National Monument

Steve Maher, pond at Pinnacles National Monument, near Hollister, California

[35mm slide scan]

Big Sur Coast

Big Sur coast, south of Carmel, California

This is along Highway 1, you can see a bridge just before that knoll

The mountains here rise as high as 7800 feet, Pico Blanco is the

highest - we tried hiking it and got stuck just under the summit - 

toughest hike I've ever attempted, the trail is all roots and rocks

Bus Window Reflection

Sunset in my bus window, Monterey Bay

On weekends, I often took a bus from Monterey to San Jose to see my fiance, 

the ride through Steinbeck country was beautiful and relaxing

Desert Palms, California

These palm trees were in the middle of nowhere, in the 

California desert, obviously an irrigated farm, likely

using water from the Colorado River

Reflections in a Roach Coach, San Francisco

Lunch Wagon located at Golden Gate Bridge parking, Marin County side

35mm slide scan, original photo circa 1995

Grizzly Island, Suisun Bay, California

Sunset Fisherman, Grizzly Island National Wildlife Refuge, Suisun Bay, California

This is where the Sacramento River empties into San Francisco Bay, 

first forming Suisun Bay - a Chevron refinery at the mouth of the river

threatens the entire refuge and all the wildlife here

The grizzlies were all hunted to extinction here by Grizzly Adams

and his trigger happy hunters

Copper Ceiling, San Francisco

Ceiling Reflections, Union Square, San Francisco

This is the famous copper ceiling in the Nieman-Marcus at Union Square, 

San Francisco, at Christmas. I had to climb out on a wooden beam

to take this - luckily no store employees were watching

My friend Paul is in the aisle in the foreground looking to the right

Of course, this is the photo flipped upside-down

Just after taking this, I crawled out onto a window ledge to 

take the Union Square lights reflected in the window

Sailing Day, San Francisco Bay

Sailing Day, San Francisco Day

The traditional opening day of the sailing season in spring, 

on San Francisco Bay, an estimated 10,000 sailboats set sail

[This is a digital photo of an enlargement of the original slide, which is below]

Clothesline, San Francisco

Clothesline, San Francisco

[My first published photo]

This was near the cable car museum in San Francisco

We were walking to the museum and I saw this photo, which

was my first published photo, Best of Photographer's Forum annual

[above is a digital photo of an enlargement, below is a scan of the original slide]

Sausalito Marina Boats

Sausalito Marina, north San Francisco Bay

This is on the Marin headlands side of the bay, with a view of the city and the Golden Gate

This was my second published photograph, Best of Photographer's Forum annual