Fall in the Foothills – Nevada City, CA #2

by Sherri on October 29, 2007

Photo #1Â - Rock Shop in Nevada City, CA While wandering around Nevada City in search ofÂ fall color, we stumbled upon this little Rock Shop. I found it so interesting and unique, I had toÂ shoot the h**l out of it! When you have a great subject in front of you, it's always a good idea to shoot multiple frames. It's far easier than returning to the location later! Â Â

Photo #2 - Rock Shop in Nevada City, CA As I walked around to the other side,Â beautiful sidelightingÂ was striking it.Â ThisÂ turned out to be oneÂ of my favorite photo subjects of the day! Â

Photo #3 - Rock Shop in Nevada City, CA It really pays to get off of the main drag and visit someÂ of the side streets. That is where you canÂ often find the more unique subjects, not the ones everyoneÂ else shoots!

1 Richard Wong October 29, 2007 at 12:07 pm: I really like the side lighting on this Sherri. And you got a white picket fence too! What is a rock shop, do they sell that New Age type of stuff like they do in Sedona?
2 Sherri Meyer October 29, 2007 at 12:35 pm: Thanks Richard! I absolutely LOVE sidelighting!

This store was closed on Monday when we were there, so we didn’t get to go inside. In fact, it’s only open on the weekends. But, I believe they sell all types of rocks and I’m guessing they may specialize in rocks native to the area, probably a lot like Sedona???

I tried to find information about the store on the Internet, but didn’t have much luck.

When I was working on these images, I thought about you and your desire to photograph “white picket fences.”
3 Richard Wong October 29, 2007 at 1:06 pm: Thanks, yeah I am on this conquest to photograph all the sentimental and sappy stuff that our country has to offer. 🙂

Sedona has this New Age stuff where some people believe the rocks have some psychic energy emanating from them. It’s weird.
4 Sherri Meyer October 29, 2007 at 1:34 pm: Nevada City is very much like that too!

Also, I know how much you love NC, but are you aware of the radio station there? It’s called KVMR. You should check out their site at http://www.kvmr.org. You can listen to it on-line 24/7/365 and they play all types of music. Some of it, you can’t get anywhere else. They have a program schedule on their site, that tells you what’s playing and when.