Long exposures reveal water as sculptor, mirror, and transformative force.
The current lays a silk thread—set down and taken back, moment by moment.
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By Gravity, By Tide - McWay Falls, Big Sur. Freshwater steps off the cliff into a tidal amphitheater. Stone keeps two kinds of time: the fall’s continuous drop and the sea’s returning pull. Foam writes and erases along the rim; a seam holds where river meets ocean.
UPROOTED. low tide. Dragged from its shorehold, the root keeps a record of forces. Salt lifts the grain and wind cleans the wood to bone. Between motions—tide drawing it outward, memory holding it here—light and space do the work.
Fog Bands Over the Headlands - San Francisco. Evening layers settle across the hills; a pale belt of marine haze lifts from the coast. Low cloud presses in long sheets while the bay holds a faint gleam. Ridges step back in soft gradients; town lights thread the lower slope like scattered embers.
Stone Steps Toward a Quiet Turn - Pinnacles, California. Faceted rock gathers the shore into steps. Light walks the cuts; the cove takes a quiet turn and holds it.
Weathered Edge - Great Salt Lake. Time grazes the lake and leaves a few bones standing; the rest have long dissolved.
Weather Riding the Basin - Mono Lake, California. Cloud trains drag across the mountains while the lake keeps a slow shine. Tufa hold their line and take the passing weight.
Stone Choir on Still Water - Mono Lake, California. Calm brine turns to glass; a narrow choir of tufa holds its notes. Distance softens; the lake carries the echo.
Watch Bird on Tide Stone. A single shorebird stands at the seaward edge of a low block. Wet sand holds a thin reflection; a shallow runnel pulls toward the break. The headland sits as a long bar and cloud layers press low.
Storm Over Cedar Breaks - Cedar Breaks, Utah. Dark weather across the plateau; white spruce take the charge and glitter against it.
Pool After Fire - Cedar Breaks, Utah. Char and frost tones—burned trunks kept as lines, a quiet pool keeping the sky.
Stone Keeps, Water Carries - Boquete, Panama. Stone settles into the bed and holds the slower time. Across it, the current lays a silk thread—set down and taken back, moment by moment. The banks keep the edge the water works against. Texture, motion, and rest share the same page.
Night Watch at Pigeon Point - San Francisco. Wind and swell soften to a hush; the lens turns, marking time above cold Pacific stones.
Industry at the Break Line - Kauai. Cylinders with welded seams, ledge with bitten edges. Human polish meets volcanic rough and the ocean works both.
Stone Gate, Winter Light - California. Dark walls close to a narrow opening. Swell lifts and folds inside the pocket; foam shears along the rock and returns. A slant of winter sun enters the gate, marking ledges and wet faces. Pits, seams, and crust speak to salt, impact, and long weather. Water and stone trade force in cycles.