Philip Hyde Photography Exhibit

I went to check out the Philip Hyde photography exhibit at Santa Monica College the other day and highly recommend seeing it for yourself if you are in the L.A. area from now til December 11th. Philip Hyde was a pioneering environmental photographer who worked with the Sierra Club to create their influential large format [...]

California State Parks Access Pass

The Director of Communications from the California State Parks Foundation asked me to help pass on this plan to help save our California State Parks from budget cuts. http://www.calparks.org/takeaction/
Here is some info from the California State Parks Foundation website:
“Today, CSPF took the first of a series of formal steps toward a long-term, sustainable funding mechanism [...]

Allan Memorial Grove, Point Lobos SR

On my recent trip to Monterey, I came to the realization that Point Lobos State Reserve has the most spectacular scenery along the entire California coast. In particular, I think the Allan Memorial Grove trail is really something special. Point Lobos can be a difficult place to photograph but when you walk around this place, [...]

Cleveland Dam

Cleveland Dam has some very beautiful scenery. Unfortunately it was also where we had the worst experience on the entire trip. Many of the people there after dinner were a bunch of misfits running around doing whatever the heck they want. Like this “dynamic duo” who kept throwing large objects over the dam down to [...]

Bark Beetle Disease

Bark Beetle Disease has wreaked havoc across the Western region of North America for the past several years. I had read about this wiping out vast stretches of forests in the Colorado Rocky Mountains but hadn’t really noticed it much personally going up to the San Bernardino Mountains several days ago. When driving up to [...]

Doomed in the Sea

After my first visit to Bombay Beach, I did some research online and realized that I had missed the area that had been submerged in mud due to the Salton Sea flooding. Though it is rather far from my house, I felt compelled to revisit Bombay Beach because as a photographer it’s impossible to feel [...]

American White Pelicans

30% of the world’s remaining population of American White Pelican live off of the Salton Sea. It is not just fish that are impacted by the increasing salinity of the lake but an entire ecosystem is at risk.

The Salty Salton Sea

The Salton Sea is basically a big agricultural sewage dump that provides habitat for a lot of wildlife including migrating birds of the Pacific Flyway. Unfortunately for the wildlife, what caused the lake to exist is ultimately going to be its downfall. You have to understand the history of the Salton Sea to understand why [...]

Imperial Valley Birds, Lots of Them

Around the Salton Sea you could pretty much look in any direction and see birds in mass quantity whether in the water, flying in air or in the agricultural fields of the Imperial Valley.
I had to photograph these birds from in the car leaning across the passenger side with my tripod wedged between the door [...]

Bombay Beach

The Former Tradewinds Bar Burned by Fire, Bombay Beach, California
At one time, Bombay Beach was a resort town for the affluent. However since the town lies below sea level on the east shore of the Salton Sea it is prone to flooding. Most of what remains appears to consist of decaying structures.
I didn’t expect [...]

Sierra Club

Sierra Club Nature Photography Presentation by Richard Wong
With great honor, I’m proud to announce that I was invited by the Sierra Club to give a lecture on nature photography. This event will be taking place at 7 p.m. on March 11th at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Culver City, California. If you live in [...]

Environmental Degradation

Google Earth Satellite Image of Glendora South Hills
Google Earth is a fascinating tool that can serve a multitude of purposes. For a photographer this can mean location scouting opportunities. For an environmentalist it can help give perspective to threatened landscapes such as the Glendora South Hills. Click on the image to see a higher [...]

Kristin Parisi – Glendora City Council Candidate / Environmental Activist

I recently wrote about land development use issues in the Glendora South Hills, and it generated some off-line discussion locally so I’d like to introduce to you a local environmental activist and current Glendora City Council Candidate Kristin Parisi.
South Hills Alosta Canyon Trail, Glendora, California
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your professional [...]

The South Hills Hikers, Glendora Christmas Parade

The South Hills Hikers, Glendora Christmas Parade, California
If you recall a couple blog posts ago, I wrote about South Hills development issues. Well I met up with the local environmental activists this morning at the Glendora Christmas Parade. The lady on the right is Kristin Parisi, who is running for one of two vacant [...]

The Aftermath

Brea Canyon Fire, Diamond Bar, Southern California
The destruction left in the wake of the firestorm last week is very clear as you drive along the 57 freeway through the Brea Pass and on the hills of the Carbon Canyon area of Brea, which is still closed to residents only. The stench of the fire [...]

Brea Canyon Fires, Diamond Bar

Photos from this morning along the 57 Freeway in Brea Canyon. I got in there before the roads were closed to in-coming traffic. The TV crews, police and fire trucks were here too but I got out before the water was dropped in the canyon.
Photo: Brea Canyon Wildfire, Southern California
Picture:Brea Canyon / Diamond [...]

Southern California Fires

Brea Canyon Fire, Southern California
The past two days have proven to be very challenging for many in Southern California due to several large wildfires near urban areas. Today, the 57, 91, 71, 405, 5, and 210 freeways were all shut down at certain times due to smoke and fire. On the 57 freeway (foreground), [...]

Solar Panels

Solar Panels, Mojave Desert, California
This large field of solar panels caught my eye on the drive up to Bishop but I was on the wrong side of the road to access them. I’m sure that most photographers would pass by this without a second thought on the way to the incredible scenery of the [...]

Glendora South Hills Home Development

San Gabriel Valley Sunset, Glendora, California
I heard today that “developers” are planning on developing over my favorite exercise hiking trail in the Glendora South Hills with homes and a road.
This really makes me angry because there are already a few extremely large mansions near the end of these hills along with no trespassing signs. [...]

Dead Pine Trees, Ansel Adams Wilderness

Dead Pine Trees Killed by Carbon Dioxide Emissions near Horseshoe Lake, Ansel Adams Wilderness, California
The weather was pretty crappy but I drove around the Mammoth Lakes anyway. It was too windy to shoot pictures of fall foliage and very cold outside. The one interesting thing that did catch my eye was all the dead [...]

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