Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Carl's Jr.

Kettelman City, California

Looked like the sort of place that wouldn't have a thing on the menu that I'd eat.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

More Golden Hillsides

Cayucos, California

With a bit of the Pacific on the horizon. Back on June 16, moving from the coast (where I couldn't get a room on a mid-June Saturday without reservations) the temperature rapidly went from a little below 70° to a little over 100° in less than an hour traveling straight east to the Central Valley.

Cayucos, California

Monday, September 10, 2012

Sunday, September 09, 2012

Cooperative Seagull

Point Mugu, California

Along the Pacific Coast Highway, a few miles north from the previous posts.

Saturday, September 08, 2012

Food Trucks

Point Mugu, California

Another time when turning around revealed multiple pictures. This post and the previous two were shot facing north, east, and west, respectively, from essentially the same spot.

Friday, September 07, 2012

Neptune's NET

Point Mugu, California

The guy in the blue shirt was directing a group of motorcyclists to park in a set of very narrow spaces in front of the diner. Makes me think it must be a regular biker hangout. The road is the Pacific Coast Highway, and the ocean is directly behind the camera position.

Thursday, September 06, 2012

Blog Notes: Firehouse Cultural Center

From October 14 to 21, I will be "artist in residence" at The Firehouse Cultural Center in Ruskin, Florida. There will be talks, demonstrations, and two digital photography workshops. More details are available here. Anyone near the Tampa Bay area might find some of the activities interesting.

During the weeks before and after the residence I'll be finding and photographing drive-in theaters on the final leg of The Giant Road Trip. I have a good handle on the surviving theaters in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida and will be working out a route for them. If anyone knows of closed but still standing theaters anywhere in this area, please let me know. They are harder to work with because, while there are lists of closed theaters readily available, only a tiny fraction of them are still standing. Finding those needs sheer luck, or tips from local informants.

Needed a new mug shot for the promo materials, so here's a snap from the session.

Woodbury, Connecticut

The Pacific

Point Mugu, California

Tuesday, September 04, 2012

NOT A THROUGH STREET

Homestead Valley, California

Back on June 6, heading from Barstow down to Imperial (though this shot is looking east from the highway). Not yet noon and the temperature was well over 100°. I think the haze in the distance is mostly evaporating irrigation water. Probably some wind-blown dust as well. A little farther south there's the largest wind-farm I've seen anywhere, and the channel through the mountains that the wind followed felt like a bit of transplanted Kansas.