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Things that are making me happy

Sierra — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:57:13 +0000

It’s been a rough few weeks. I’m working on writing about it, but for now here are some things that are bringing me joy.

1) Warm + windswept NorCal beaches

2) Delicious local produce, prepared simply

3) Watching the sun set over the bay from the top of Indian Rock with good friends, whiskey, and a dog/mountain goat named Kali.

4) Hula-hooping

5) Covered wagons

6) My fur-babies

Buddha

Sierra — Tue, 25 May 2010 13:40:19 +0000

Maker Faire

Sierra — Mon, 24 May 2010 02:28:17 +0000

So I love making things, I love people who make things, and I love nerds. And all of my loves aligned at Maker Faire yesterday. There were robots! A life size Mouse Trap! Rockets! Handmade instruments! Tesla Coils set to music! It. was. awesome.

I also got a new phone (a grown up one! with internet!) so despite my hatred of dragging my camera places, I can still show you (which is so much better than telling, yes?)

Russian River, Embodied

Sierra — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:22:40 +0000

This shot, from a relatively new, very small winery that’s making some killer red zins, pretty much embodies the Russian River area of Sonoma County. A decaying old truck, parked permanently under a tree in the yard, made into art with the addition of faded old wine barrels. I love it!

These are my kind of people. Do you see why we just have to go up all the time?

Spectators

Sierra — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:17:41 +0000

Vineyard

Sierra — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:00:50 +0000

A classic vineyard shot. The rainbows were a very happy accident….ask me again why I love shooting with my ridiculous cameras.

Ode to the Fog

Sierra — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:03:30 +0000

One of the things I love most about shooting in the Bay Area is the fog. I love the fog the way only a true outsider ever could. It lends softness and mystery to even the most ordinary things.

I shot the above photo while we were at Maverick’s, long after the fog had rolled out into the ocean (note to people who don’t live here: yes, you actually can watch it roll out into the ocean)(I KNOW). And I like it.

But to me, it doesn’t compare to this one, which I shoot hours earlier (and I do mean HOURS, we arrived at about 6am. In February. On a Saturday.) when the sun was still rising and the fog was thick.

You can almost-but-not-quite see the shape of the cloud here. I love the general softness from the fog, how the foreground is so much darker than the background, that though the people on the beach have clear outlines, the ones on the hill look like they could be ghosts. Of course this is also a focus choice, but mostly it’s the delicious, delicious fog.

California

Sierra — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:45:17 +0000

This is California to me.

When we moved here, we definitely thought of it as a stop – perhaps a long stop – but a stop. But we figured out quickly that it was home.

I wish that feeling upon everyone.

A Brief History

Sierra — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:50:54 +0000

By Gale Wagner. Paradise Ridge Winery

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Sierra — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:11:26 +0000

Self-portrait in the side mirror, Highway 116.