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Eye on the Coast by Ginger Rushton (New Column)

I used to believe that taking a portrait of someone was easy. Ha! I was a pumped-up photojournalist battling with hard core news and extreme situations. Back then, taking a meager portrait of someone's face seemed so simple. Who knew that fifteen years down the line, I'd be running a portrait studio called Sandprints, in a sweet California town — Morro Bay. Read More

Genie's Pocket by Jeanie Greensfelder

Guilin, China

Slipping into a Chinese scroll,
I'm on the Li River as it ribbons
among misted mountains,
peaks hiding, then re-emerging.
Water buffalo bathe in the river
and on the banks, women wash clothes.  Read More

Great Shots by Jerry Kirkhart & Steve Corey

Our photo editors bring you some of their favorite coastal images for the month. This month's featured local photographers are Mike Vieira, Mimi Ditchie, Nan Calora, Lorine Lee Cary, Marlin Harms, Elizabeth Haslam, Don Henderson, Steve Corey, Don Quintana, Alice Cahill, Jerry Kirkhart, Ronnie Goyette, Mike Baird, Beth Sargent, Rob DeGraff, Pamela Link, Bill Bouton, Jim Radford, Dagmar Collins, Brad Schram, Alan Vernon, Anita Ritenour, Sylvia Sanchez, Michelle Maani, Cheryl Strahl, James O'Donnell, Howard Ignatius, and Bob Canepa. See More

One Poet's Perspective by Jane Elsdon

When the days grow longer, the skies shine blue and gold, the buds break open and show us their hearts. It's no wonder that plants and poetry come together in a mutual admiration society of spring. As soon as these things begin to happen, those eternal internal itches to weed, plant, and create claim our attention and time. Read More

Opera SLO by Kathryn Bumpass

OperaSLO's 26th anniversary season continues with a salon series featuring world-class artists performing in some of SLO county's most elegant homes and wineries. Inspired by 19th century European salons, singers and other musicians are featured at intimate gatherings where conversation, ideas and music flow freely. Read More

"Seasons Come, Seasons Go" Restored

The sculpture at the entrance to the Morro Bay Museum of Natural History, "Seasons Come, Seasons Go," was damaged by vandals. The bandit(s) stole the Peregrine Falcon piece, using force to rip it from the upraised hands of the Native American depicted in the piece. Read More

Shutterbugs featuring ... Elizabeth Haslam

Ansel Adams allegedly said that the magic of photography is in the darkroom.  The negative is the score; the print is the performance.  When people complain about photographs that don't exactly reflect what the camera recorded, I spew the words of the master in their defense.  Still Ansel was a photo realist, not a pictorialist who was trying to create a painting out of a photograph.  He was in favor of depicting what the camera saw even if he fooled around with dodging and burning in his darkroom, repairing the tonality that "God didn't get quite right*," he said.   I doubt he would approve of the license I take in the performance of photography, but the digital darkroom is indeed a magical place for me.  Read More

 

Valencia Peak Panorama by Howard Ignatius