Tuesday, November 29, 2011
A Tribute to Photographic Excellence
If you want to see absolutely gawjuss photographs of our region, stop reading right now and go to Ford Lowcock Photography: The Klamath River Project. Here's a guy taking pictures with 4"x5" film, long exposures and a microscopic f-stop. Thanks to Jerry Mosier for the cool tip.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Full Disclosure
I'd like to thank people for the enthusiastic reception of this blog and my photobook. I'm here to admit that I have a not-so-secret agenda behind it all. My idea is that the current book will serve as a kind of template or advertisement for an even bigger book.
At some point I want to put out an open call for submission of photos of wildflowers and other flora from our area that we could turn into a really beautiful coffee book. My little book might be nice, but to be honest, the pictures aren't that great. Sure, they look good in the aggregate, but I think we could do better with a collaborative-multiverse kind of production. Kinda like the plants themselves, so beautiful, so diverse. Collectively, we could make a GORGEOUS book that does our region justice.
So this blog is really a fishing expedition. Stay tuned for further announcements! Meanwhile, sign up for email updates or sign in as a member so that when the time comes we can spread the word far and wide. Thanks.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Welcome to My Beautiful Siskiyou
Siskiyou is both a county in northern California and a bioregion named for a group of coastal mountains in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon. The Siskiyou Mountains form the north border of the Klamath River watershed.
The region is blessed with some of the most interesting geology in the country, an artifact of its location at the western edge of the continent, where uplift and plate tectonics meet volcanism and erosion. Where most mountain ranges in the northern new world run north and south, the Siskiyou ranges trend roughly east-west.
This difference shows up in our serpentine and volcanic soils and in the special plant communities that inhabit them. The Klamath National Forest boasts almost two dozen "Areas of Botanical Interest," a mere smidgeon of what is out there.
But there's more to Siskiyou. We're also part of the State of Jefferson, an imaginary political district known for its independent thinking. We are small, rural towns like Dorris and Weed and Etna and Forks of Salmon, and we are bigger rural hubs like Yreka and Mt. Shasta.
Our natural gifts are many. We want to share them with the world. On these pages you will find photos and stories about our beautiful Siskiyou. Come see. Come share. Come visit.
The region is blessed with some of the most interesting geology in the country, an artifact of its location at the western edge of the continent, where uplift and plate tectonics meet volcanism and erosion. Where most mountain ranges in the northern new world run north and south, the Siskiyou ranges trend roughly east-west.
This difference shows up in our serpentine and volcanic soils and in the special plant communities that inhabit them. The Klamath National Forest boasts almost two dozen "Areas of Botanical Interest," a mere smidgeon of what is out there.
But there's more to Siskiyou. We're also part of the State of Jefferson, an imaginary political district known for its independent thinking. We are small, rural towns like Dorris and Weed and Etna and Forks of Salmon, and we are bigger rural hubs like Yreka and Mt. Shasta.
Our natural gifts are many. We want to share them with the world. On these pages you will find photos and stories about our beautiful Siskiyou. Come see. Come share. Come visit.
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