24 Favorites from 2024 | Northern California Photographer
The year isn’t quite over yet, but it’s that time of year when I like to look back over the previous year at my photography work searching for improvements, changes in my shooting and/or editing, and any other little subtleties in my work. This year, I noticed much fewer landscape photos, fewer macro, fewer ‘creative’ images. There are a lot more wildlife images, particularly birds. Overall, I took far fewer photos than in past years which is hard to believe because I took some amazing trips!
A Glimpse at 2024
I started the year with a trip to Klamath Falls with my friend, Beth. We went for the eagles, but we were a little early. Many had not arrived to the area yet. That did not stop us from getting some wonderful photos.
Shortly thereafter, I traveled the opposite direction and headed for Death Valley and the Alabama Hills to meet up with a group of people participating in the B-List Conference. I loved meeting so many talented, new-to-me photographers and came away with some wonderful photos and friends. During the spring months I kept close to home and participated in several photography meetups with some local groups as well as venturing out on my own.
By late spring, I was feeling ready to get back out a little farther from home. I took a road trip to Oregon and Washington, again hoping to photograph eagles. Success! In June I traveled to British Columbia to photograph loons and other wildlife. This was a most successful trip with lots of opportunities to photograph loons and other birds. July kept me closer to home shooting at the various wildlife refuges nearby and participating with the Northern California Women Photographers’ group in several outings.
In fall, I made it over to the coast several times. Fall is gorgeous on the coast… well, actually, I think fall is beautiful pretty much everywhere. My garden also provided plenty of subject matter to photograph. Also, Bryce National Park has been on my bucket list for some time, and I managed to make a quick trip there this fall. Like so many other places, I’m ready to go back! During late fall, we traveled along the Northern California coast. It’s a favorite location for sure with so many photo opportunities.
What’s after 2024?
Here it is almost 2025 and I haven’t locked in any photography trips as of yet. I’m still in the percolating stages trying to decide where to go, what to shoot. For the time being, I’m going to embrace shooting close to home.
I’m excited to be putting the finishing touches on a new Monthly Mentoring class. This will be small group mentoring in person held in various Northern California locations.
My Waterfalls & More workshop is being moved to spring. Although the waterfalls and fall color are incredible, spring should provide some amazing opportunities with more water flow and new spring growth. I’ve added two new locations to this workshop which I’m very excited about!
I’m grateful for all that photography has brought into my life - beautiful places, wonderful people, something new to learn (There’s always something to learn!), and an elevated awareness of the importance of nature conservation. Thank you for following along on my photography journey.
24 Favorites from 2024
Here’s a grid of the 24 (in no certain order) that made the list for various reasons. Are they truly my favorites? For today, yes. It was hard to exclude so many others! I included the grid, but also each photograph individually.
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As a published, featured northern California fine art photographer living in the greater Sacramento area, I specialize in fine art landscape, nature, and still life photography. My style is authentic, fresh and personality-driven. I offer several educational opportunities including workshops and photography mentoring. You can learn about them by going to SERVICES and WORKSHOPS. While currently living in rural northern California with my husband and a couple thousand walnut trees, I post regularly to Instagram.
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