Photography: Winter Hike at Quail Hollow Ranch Park
By Julie Horner A rain-fresh January outdoors at Quail Hollow Ranch County Park, Felton California. Inspired hiking in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Take a look.
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Category: Photography
Winter Solstice in Boulder Creek
Boulder Creek local Robert Staton captured the last full moon of 2021 as he was leaving Wild Roots Market in downtown Boulder Creek. Native Americans called this the “cold moon,” welcoming the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere on December 21, the Winter Solstice. Staton used his trusty Samsung Z Flip 3 cellphone cam to take the…
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Photography: Larry Colen
By Larry Colen I took my first photography class when I was 12, in Summer school in 1973 right after we moved to Felton. A few months later my dad and I set up a darkroom in one of the bathrooms of our house. I continued doing photography fairly seriously through college, unfortunately after I graduated, I no longer had…
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Boulder Creek Fall Town Sweep
The Boulder Creek Business Association hosts a day of action twice a year to pull weeds, sweep sidewalks, clear gutters, and wipe down garbage cans in the historic downtown district. Called “Boulder Creek Town Sweep,” the event draws community members and local groups to lend a hand keeping this small town in the Santa Cruz Mountains sparkling. Boulder Creek photographer…
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Kinder Family Halloween
Wicked fun from The Kinder homestead, corner of Jamison Creek Road and Highway 236. You can set your seasonal clock to these locally beloved creative displays in Boulder Creek. Thanks for the smile…every time! And Happy Halloween! Photo by Julie Horner #halloween #happyhalloween #sanlorenzovalley
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Christopher Bradford Photographs Boulder Creek by Drone
Christopher Bradford is an architectural and real estate photographer as well as a licensed drone pilot who believes each shoot is an opportunity to create beautiful art. Besides shooting architecture, Christopher and his wife Antonia also work as wedding photographers, capturing beautiful images on the most important day of a couple’s relationship. Christopher lives with his wife and five children…
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Photography: Miguel Zafra
Miguel Zafra is an Indigenous photographer from Oaxaca, Mexico, who moved to the San Lorenzo Valley 20 years ago. He documents people and nature with a charged mixture of fine art photography and photojournalism. More recently he has focused his lens on the natural wonders of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Zafra has worked as an independent photojournalist for local publications. His photographs…
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Sean McLean, Photographer
Sean McLean, photographer and Boulder Creek resident captures images of the San Lorenzo Valley and the Santa Cruz Mountains
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Safely to Shelter
Volunteering at the Emergency Animal Shelter during the CZU Fire By Wendy Volgelgesang I don’t recall when I’ve felt more helpless than during the CZU Lightning Complex Fire. Learning about friend’s homes burning to the ground, and the overall magnitude of displacement and loss in the community sent me into a state of anxiety, sadness, and helplessness that I couldn’t…
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Paul Babb Lightning Photo
Our October cover features an incredible photo by Bonny Doon resident Paul Babb that was taken during the lightning storm that precipitated the CZU Lightning Complex Fire. “I was standing on the cliff down by Shark Fin Cove taking pictures out to sea because of the lightning hitting the ocean. I turned around and looked up at the hill and…
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