The famous and historic “No Hands Bridge,” Auburn, California
While on a hike and location scouting trip recently down in the American River Canyon, I took this shot of the famous “No Hands Bridge.” Â
I have photographed this bridge a few times, but not from this perspective. I really like the unique angle of view and the way the bridge is reflected in the American River.
This photo will be available in our Auburn Stock Photo Gallery soon, along with this photo of No Hands Bridge.
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Peg Challender kayaking on Lake Clementine, Auburn, California
Put a new “spin” on an old subject, by using PhotoShop’s “Radial Blur” filter. I set this one at #4.
Try it, you might like it!
Please visit our Kayaking Stock Photo Gallery to see more of our kayaking photos, or our Auburn Stock Photo Gallery to see more photos of Auburn, California.
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Ann Trason (women's division record holder and winner of the WS 100 11 times) with her pacer, crossing the American River at the 78-mile checkpoint.
In case you haven’t heard, California is on fire. In Northern California alone, an estimated 200,000 square miles have already burned. Most of the several hundred fires burning are due to the several thousand lightening strikes from earlier this week. [click to continue…]
Peg Challender kayaking on Lake Clementine, Auburn, California
Peg and I had a great day of kayaking and photographing at Lake Clementine. This photo was shot on the way back to the car.
The light was going fast. We had to hustle to get back to the parking lot before sundown, or we would risk getting locked in for the night. [click to continue…]
Peg Challender relaxing on Lake Clementine, Auburn, California
In the post Pardon Our Dust I wrote a few days ago, I mentioned that we were in the midst of a huge project involving our Webite. At first glance, our Website looks the same as it did. But, if you go to our galleries, you will notice that our images are now on our own server, not PhotoShelter’s.
Had we known how time and labor intensive this project would be, we may have taken another route. But, now, we are nearly done and we are very happy with the results. We still have some massaging to do, before we can safely say we’re done. But, we should have that completed in a few more days.
We are looking forward to a little kayaking and hiking really soon!
Group of kayaker’s preparing for take off, on the north fork of the American River, near Colfax and Weimar, California
This theme on paddling the north fork of the American River has been very popular, so I decided to post one more photo of it.Â
These guys are in an eddy, just below where the photo in my last post was taken.Â
Note: Please be sure to read my post, kayaking the north fork of the American River for more information on paddling the American River.
You can license, or order a print of this image in our kayaking gallery.
Kayaker’s at Yankee Jim’s, north fork of the American River, near Colfax and Weimar, California
You are looking upstream from the bridge at Yankee Jim’s, where this group of kayaker’s are getting ready to put in for an awesome paddle on the north fork of the American River.
Kayaking the north fork of the American River at Yankee Jim’s
Spring is here in the Sierra Foothills. It’s the best time of the year to enjoy paddling on the north fork of the American River.
The north fork of the American River is one of the few rivers left, that doesn’t rely on dam releases for it’s water source. It depends soley on spring runoff. Therefore, the paddling season on this fork of the river is much shorter than both the middle and south forks.Â
Visit Canyon Raft Rentals for more information on paddling all three forks of the American River.
Happy Paddling!
Biking the Jedediah Smith Memorial Trail, American River Parkway, Sacramento, California
I have lived less than an hour away from Sacramento for 22 years, but I had never checked out the Jedediah Smith Memorial Trail in all those years, until recently.
Mallard Ducks at the American River Parkway, Sacramento, CA
Last weekend, Jeff and I did a photo shoot at the American River Parkway in Sacramento. Our assignment was to capture photos of bikers on the Jedediah Smith Memorial Trail, named the #1 bike path in the nation for 2006 by www.trails.com.
While we were scouting the area for great locations, I got a little sidetracked by these beautiful Mallards.Â
 
Digital art version of the photo above
I love experimenting in PhotoShop. At first, I preferred the original shot. After looking at them for awhile, I have changed my mind. Now, I like the digital art version the best.Â
Which one do you prefer?
