Carizzo Plain - Take 2

Here are some more of my favorites from the Carizzo Plain trip. It's an interesting place for the landscape, but also because of the desolation. People do live there, we drove by a school, but it also could have been a ghost town. I guess it would be a good photographic series on the place as a whole, the landscape and the people. Maybe one day...























Here a quickie shot of the Rattlesnake that I almost had some words with:




- Randall

My site was Hacked

If you visited my site, www.randallgarnick.com, in the last few days you would have seen a warning under the google search or a big warning before the homepage loaded. 'This site may be an attack site' or something to that effect. I didn't know I was so important that someone, or something would somehow want to insert ridiculous and malicious code into my pages. I feel so important now, like I've actually made it. Just kidding - and it's all fixed.

I hope to find a minute to put up some more of the Carizzo Plain images this week.

- Randall

Quote for Whenever...

I get these quotes, from Runnersworld.com, and sometimes they just say a lot of nothing but every now and again I get one that really hits home. Feeling pretty sore this morning after a nearly 10 mile run yesterday and thought this quote makes sense in running but also in life:

"The idea that the harder you work, the better you're going to be is just garbage. The greatest improvement is made by the man or woman who works most intelligently."
Bill Bowerman, running coach

Think about that...

- Randall

Carrizo Plain National Monument

So for my b'day a few weeks back, T & I took off for the Carrizo Plain National Monument. Here's a link to the BLM page:

Carizzo

It's one of those places you would never just stumble upon, but very cool. Here are a few shots (and in color for a change!!)

Capitola Trip

T & I drove up to Capitola last weekend to scope the place out. Neither of us were sure exactly how to say it - I say it 'Cap-E-tola' and T says 'Cap-eh-tola'. I'm pretty sure I'm right, but who really knows. Check out a few from the day:

























- Randall

Calla Lilies

So after I can say too many months of walking by this great stretch of calla lilies right in my neighborhood I finally found the time (and motivation) to start photographing them. I played with quite a few of them and kept going back and forth to find just the right ones. Some rain ruined a butt load of them and the idea of letting another season go before I made some nice images of them really lit a fire under me. After 2 afternoons in my studio I have half a dozen that I really like. Some I photographed in natural light, and some in using strobe. Can you tell the difference? I guess you'll have to wait until I post some more to guess.
Enjoy...




- Randall

Good Times - Boston Trip

Well - finally I made it back to the homeland - that's right the greatest place on earth, no, not Disney World, but close - Boston. It doesn't seem like it's been 2.5 years living out here in California, but man I don't miss the Boston winters (except for snow football with the Captain America outfit - shhh. don't tell anyone). Click on the link above, or below to see a few funny shots of the trip. I'll try to get some winter-style landscapes I made posted sometime as well.

Good Times



Peace -
Randall