landscapes | today is pretty

good god

Posted on May 16, 2011 by sheri

took the most beautiful drive. with a chocolate bunny. of course, i made the drive home alone.

a few weeks ago, i took the train from home to the bay area (i went to see tina fey with m in sf!). because i needed to squeeze in some work, i opted not to drive and to work on the train. but then (gasp!) there was no wifi on the train. and for the first time in a long time (because they had no wifi on the train!), i got completely lost in the landscapes outside the window as well as in the landscapes in my own mind.

it was such a lovely ride that i pretty much never want to drive that drive again. the snapshots from the trip make me so happy, not only for their sheer springtime captures but because, in most of them, you can see the reflections from the train windows across the aisle. it makes you wonder if you’re seeing forward or seeing backward. and how many views can a woman take in one afternoon? a lot, i tell you, a lot.

white sky

Posted on March 9, 2011 by sheri

there is nothing to say tonight. enjoying the quiet after a full day of tantrums and work (no, they weren’t related). thanks for stopping by. say hello, okay?

waterscapes

Posted on February 23, 2011 by sheri

apparently got a little obsessed with waterscapes this past weekend. found a definite theme going through my shots.

waterscapes from the top:

(1) bodega bay
(2) tomales bay + point, from dillon beach
(3-5) dillon beach
(6) pacific ocean, from dillon beach overlook
(7-8) san pablo bay

what are you obsessed with photographing lately?

roadside

Posted on February 22, 2011 by sheri

we always take lakeville road on our way to the coast, and it is probably one of my favorite roads to photograph. always lovely. always boastful with the seasons. clouds of birds, scatterings of sheep and cows, waves of green hills, rusty-roofed farms, sometimes blinding yellow fields of wild flowers, always meticulous rows of grape vineyards.

on our drive to the coast on thursday night to meet my family for our annual beach trip, i was pouting. ed couldn’t leave until after work, and i knew by the time we got to lakeville road, it would be pitch black. nothing much to see, and i knew what i was missing amid that dark night.

but the moon was fuller than i expected, which lit up the road and the landscapes for quite a ways out. this might have even been more frustrating from a photographic point of view. i wanted those views now, too. i wanted to capture them as i saw them. shades of black under the full moon. but that wasn’t going to happen either in a moving vehicle, two sleepy boys in the back seat, places to go, and no talent for night shooting.

and yet, i tried anyway. heater up and window down. it definitely kept my whining at bay, and i sort of love the outcome. for whatever it’s worth, with a flash, i still captured something about that road even if you can’t see the bright colors or dark silhouettes of the hills and the cows. even if the true vision went beyond what i could actually capture. it still ended up meaning something for me. god, i love that.