Sometimes when I’m going out for purposes that conflict with serious photography I carry a small Canon Pro 1 camera. That’s what I was carrying when I shot this image out of the train window as I waited to depart for San Francisco on Caltrain.
Monthly Archives: January 2008
January 2008 News
I’m going to collect a few short bits a pieces together in one post this morning:
Email problem? – I just discovered that there may have been a problem with my email account during December. Please accept my apology if you sent me a message at dan@gdanmitchell.com and received no reply. I believe that the problem has been fixed, and I have set up a secondary email at gdanmitchell@gmail.com.
Current photos – December is one of my favorite times of the year in the Central California oak grassland hills. The current photographs of oak trees were made during the past month or so, and are part of a project that should eventually lead to a portfolio of black and white photographs of these oaks.
Seattle – I was able to spend a few (cold and damp) days in the Pacific Northwest during the first week of the new year. Photographs from that trip will not appear here until the end of January and first week of February. (You can preview some of them here, here, and here.)
Google ads – I’m experimenting with some small Google ads on this site. We’ll see how it goes – perhaps I’ll make enough to cover the hosting costs!
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Oak Tree, December
Oak Tree, December. Calero Hills, California. December 15, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
If you follow my photography at all, by now you may recognize that California oak trees are among my favorite subjects. Photographed in December, this tree is south of the San Francisco Bay Area and sits on a grassy hillside nearly by itself.
Oak Grove, December Morning
Oak Grove, December Morning. Calero Hills, California. December 15, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
I had hiked past this beautiful grove of hilltop oaks for several years – typically on my way to some other place – before I happened to look up one morning and notice them. Now this grove has become one of my favorite subjects, and I’m working on photographing these trees in all seasons.
This image is a stitch from multiple 12 megapixel images. A recent print from the photo is three feet wide and it holds remarkable detail, such that I am certain that it can be printed much larger.