122
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April 2012
Where, when, and how
to discover the best
photography in America
Published since 1989
Florida’s Panhandle Coast
This exploration of the coastline of Florida’s Panhandle
starts in Tallahassee, the capital of Florida and a city with
convenient airport connections, a great choice of lodgings
and other necessary services. The city of Tallahassee is
surrounded by forest trails, lakes, fascinating geological
formations and natural springs large enough to feed
rivers. I started this trip along the Big Bend Coastline, the
northwestern part of Florida where Florida’s Gulf Coast
bends toward the west to meet Alabama. I explored and
photographed state and national parks near Tallahassee
before heading west to follow and photograph the 250mile coastline to Pensacola.
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The coastline of Florida is much more
interesting than the interior of this state. For
this trip, I concentrated on the shoreline of
the Gulf of Mexico. After picking up a rental
car at the Tallahassee Airport, I drove twenty
miles south to the Gulf Coast.
Acidic rain in the groundwater has created
porous openings in Florida’s limestone
foundation that are collapsing due to the
weight of upper layers of topsoil. These
sinkholes create small ponds and dry holes
that sometimes swallow homes without
warning.
Wet sinkholes are openings into the
underground aquifer. Dry sinkholes are
caused by the partial collapse of underground
caverns. Many of these sinks, wet and dry,
are in an area of the Apalachicola National
Forest, seven miles south of Tallahassee on
Route 319.
Hammock Sink
Leon Sinks Geological Area
Seven miles south of Tallahassee on Highway
319, Leon Sinks Geological area offers a
fascinating look at Florida’s slowly-dissolving
underlying limestone bedrock that was
formed ages ago by coral reefs and shell
deposits. Unlike most of Florida, which is
almost flat, Tallahassee is located on rolling
hills a few miles south of Georgia. Rainwater,
flowing from the higher elevations of
northern Florida, soaks into underground
aquifers and slowly flows south, dissolving
limestone and creating underground caverns.
A sign marks the entrance to Leon Sinks
Geological area, where a fee is charged unless
you have a National Park Pass. A short paved
road leads to a large parking area with public
restrooms next to the trailhead. Blue blazes
painted on well-spaced trees will keep you on
the Sinkhole Trail, roughly a three-mile loop.
Free maps may be found in a box at the
trailhead. It’s a five-minute walk to the
loop trail where you turn right to follow
the Sinkhole Trail which passes 15 marked
sinkholes. The two largest sinkholes are
impressive and worth the hike. The first is
called Hammock Sink and has boardwalks
and platforms that offer a choice of raised
viewpoints for your tripod. The soft
limestone walls of these sinks would quickly
collapse if visitors were allowed to climb
down to water’s edge.
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The pools may be clear and blue or, after a
rain, stained dark with tannin.
I arrived early on a foggy morning and had
no trouble with contrasty lighting. My 10-20
mm wide-angle lens provided the coverage
to fill my viewfinder with the full width of
Hammock Sink and the great depth of the
narrower, much deeper, Big Dismal Sink.
The sound of water dripping from openings
in the limestone walls into the Big Dismal
pool would make a nice soundtrack for a
video of this location. Cascades seem to be
falling from the near side of the sink, hidden
filled with mature cypress and tupelo (gums)
in a shallow swamp circled by a boardwalk.
If you want to photograph cypress swamps,
hike both the Gumswamp and Crossover
Trails.
Cypress swamp on the Crossover Trail
Wakulla Springs
Big Dismal Sink
from view by an amazing jungle of foliage.
The trail guide lists 75 different plants
growing on these steep walls. In March, the
dogwood was in bloom, to be followed by
southern magnolia in April and May. There
are more than 20 species of trees that grow
in this area.
Allow three hours for the entire loop or take
the Crossover Trail and shorten your hike.
There are some ups and downs along the
trails. No steep or difficult hiking is required.
Blue blazes mark the Sinkhole Trail, white
blazes mark the Crossover Trail, and green
blazes mark the Gumswamp Trail.
The southern part of this loop trail is called
the Gumswamp Trail. In the middle of the
loop is the Crossover Trail that can shorten
your hike back to the parking area. The
Gumswamp Trail has no sinks or pools but
has several low areas of cypress swamp. The
Crossover Trail has one large sunken area
Sixteen miles south of Tallahassee, just off
Route 61, is the entrance to Wakulla Springs
State Park, the site of one of the world’s
largest and deepest natural springs. An
entrance fee is charged at the gate. Drive to
the far end of the park road and find a shady
parking spot under a tree near the large
white Mediterranean-style building, the
Wakulla Springs Lodge. Built by a wealthy
timber man in 1937, the lodge has 27 rooms
furnished in southern style art deco using
the finest materials available. Walk through
the lobby and the dining room. You’ll want
to stay overnight here while you explore and
photograph this park.
Wakulla Spring forms a large pool behind
the Lodge. On the west side of the Lodge,
white lines cross the paved road to mark the
pedestrian crossing, leading to the trailhead
for the Wakulla Springs Trail, a six mile trail
each way. It is not a loop. A half-mile from
the trailhead, the trail crosses a bridge over a
stream that flows from a smaller spring and
merges with the large Wakulla Spring to form
the Wakulla River, at seven miles, one of the
America’s shortest rivers from its source to
the St. Marks River on its way to the Gulf.
Pack insect
repellent
containing
DEET that
works on
mosquitoes,
chiggers, and
ticks. Wear
long pants
and tuck your
cuffs into
your socks to
avoid ticks.
Stay in the
middle of
trails and
avoid walking
through deep
grass where
chiggers
become
active in late
spring.
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On the east side of the Lodge is a walkway
to the River Cruise Tour Boat office. These
60- to 90-minute cruises leave frequently,
from 9:40 am to 4:30 pm, 365 days a year,
to slowly wind three miles downstream on a
freshwater spring-fed river through a jungle
Coots, small black birds with a white beak,
were the most common bird on the river.
Male wood ducks were the most colorful.
The females looked similar but without the
iridescent green and red markings of the
male. Wood ducks have claws that can grip
bark and tree branches. They nest in trees on
small islands in the river.
Gator on the Wakulla River
The great blue heron is common along this
river and has a raspy croak. The small white
ibis has a long down-curved beak and long
legs for wading. A few pink spoonbills were
working the muddy riverbanks with their
long bills, flattened at the end. They were
hunted almost to extinction in the late
1800s for their plumage. A nocturnal bird,
the yellow crowned night heron, was close
to the boat and easy to photograph. We saw
of ancient cypress trees. Photograph an
amazing variety of birds, as well as scenes of
a moss-draped jungle, as the Wakulla River
twists and turns. The boat navigates narrow
side channels on its return to the spring at
the source of the river.
Yellow crowned night heron
Male wood duck
many alligators in the water and one on the
riverbank. It left the water to avoid the boat
and was heading away from the camera.
The river cruise was a nonstop scramble,
from the left side to the right side of the boat,
to photograph everything the guide pointed
out. Schools of fish were visible in the
shallow and clear water, alligators steered
around the boat, and cormorants dove
beneath it to catch fish that were startled by
the boat’s approach. The guide pointed out
that February is the best month to take this
cruise when the spring water is warmer than
the air temperature and all the alligators in
the area arrive to gather in the deep pool
above the source of the spring.
Sign up for a morning cruise and sit on the
right side of the boat. Then take an afternoon
cruise with a seat on the left side to find and
photograph the most wildlife. When the
boats return to the dock, they circle around
the large spring-fed pool. You can watch
swimmers diving from a tall platform into the
pool, not far from where the alligators lurk.
River cruises also offer glass-bottom boat
tours during late winter and early spring
on days when the water is clean and clear.
Mastodon bones can be seen in the depths of
the spring. Manatees frequent the river.
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St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
Twenty-seven miles south of Tallahassee and
fifteen miles southeast of Wakulla Springs is
the entrance to St. Marks National Wildlife
Refuge. This refuge, established in 1931,
covers 68,000 acres and protects a great
variety of migratory birds, wildlife, and fifty
species of mammals (including bobcats
and black bears). A 44-mile segment of the
Florida National Scenic Trail passes through
the refuge and provides the only access to
most of the refuge. There is a 6.8 mile paved
road, Route 59, connecting the refuge’s
visitor center to St. Marks Lighthouse, built
in 1832, and still in use today. There are
many miles of short, marked trails around
the ponds along Route 59.
birds, and looking down on cruising alligators.
While still at your parked car, quietly extend
your tripod legs and get your camera, lens,
and exposure set. Then quietly move to the
middle of the bridge before stepping to the
edge and looking down. Sneak up quietly for a
better chance of getting the shot.
Near the end of the Lighthouse Road is a
parking area at a saltwater boat ramp on a
canal to the sea. On the North side is a smaller
parking area at the Cedar Point Trailhead.
This quarter-mile trail winds through a forest
of cabbage palms and red cedars to a small
sandy beach. I spotted dolphins in the canal
and many herons wading the shallow ponds
in the meadows to the west.
When you enter the Refuge, go to the Visitor
Center to pay the entry fee and ask your
questions. Then check their list of recentlysighted wildlife reports. Two miles south of
the entry gate, the road approaches ponds
and bayous, and passes small pools where
you will begin to see great numbers of
birds, depending on the season–between
November and March.
Headquarters Pond
St. Marks lighthouse
From the raised observation platform on
Headquarters Pond, I spotted dozens of
alligators floating silently in the bright green
coating of duckweed covering the surface.
This three-leaved floating plant is the main
food source for wintering ducks here. Many
of the trails that start from the Lighthouse
Road cross canals or ponds on bridges. These
make perfect tripod locations for raised
viewpoints across ponds, above wading shore
The paved road ends at the St. Mark’s
Lighthouse. At 82 feet tall, you can’t miss it.
Park in the lot and walk around the south
end of the building to follow a path to several
viewpoints on the hidden, back side of the
lighthouse where you can photograph the
tower and the keeper’s quarters reflecting in a
small pool. Cabbage palms (Florida’s official
state tree) line the pool behind the lighthouse.
St. Mark’s lamp, once fueled by whale oil,
has protected mariners for over 181 years
through hurricanes, pirate attacks and Civil
War gunboat blockades. It was dismantled
several times and moved back from eroding
shorelines. It was rebuilt after being damaged
by retreating Confederate armies trying to
prevent its capture by Union forces.
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Weathered pilings extending into the shallow
bay are the remains of a pier that once led
out the lighthouse keeper’s boathouse. Long
before a road was built to the lighthouse,
all supplies were brought in by boat. The
remaining pilings are usually topped with
birds. At low tide, exposed mudflats are filled
with herons, egrets, and other shorebirds
feasting on small crabs and fish.
Starting from the far end of the parking
lot, a wide trail follows the top of a levee,
heads west along the edge of the bay and
circles Lighthouse Pool, where alligators
can be spotted sunning themselves along
the shoreline. Free trail guides point out
the great variety of vegetation along the
Lighthouse Levee Trail.
St. George Island
This long, narrow barrier island is five miles
off shore, to the southeast of Apalachicola
Bay. Beaches on the gulf side of this island
face a strong surf that washes many shells
ashore. Drive to the State Park at the east end
of the island, pay the entry fee and park at
the end of the road. It’s a very isolated place
where you can walk the beach with a macro
lens while photographing arrangements of
various types and colors of shells half-buried
in the sand. This fine granite sand has washed
down long-gone rivers for many ages from
distant mountain ranges that once existed far
to the north of Florida.
It’s a twenty-minute drive from Tallahassee
to these locations near the Gulf Coast.
From the lighthouse, I drove north to U.S.
Route 98 and turned west to discover more
photo locations along the coastal route to
Pensacola.
Shells on St. George Beach
Carrabelle
BJ Henry in Carrabelle
Following Route 98 along the coastline for
fifty miles, the first town to the west that
had a harbor worth some photography is
Carrabelle where well-worn fishing boats are
tied to crumbling piers. A motel stands above
the harbor on the west end of town, and I
found a few restaurants.
Fifteen miles west of Carrabelle, at Eastpoint,
is a large brown sign at a side road marked
G1A that heads south across a five-mile long
bridge to St. George Island.
On the way back to the mainland, stop at the
Cape St. George Lighthouse. Built in 1852,
this lighthouse finally gave in to hurricanes
and beach erosion and collapsed into the Gulf
of Mexico in 2005.
It has been rebuilt,
using the original
plans and all the
original materials
that could be
found. The tower is
open to the public
with a long climb
to the top.
The west end of St.
George Island is
mostly developed
with few beach
access trails
between all the
cottages standing
Cape St. George Lighthouse
on tall stilts. If
you are looking for lodgings and restaurants,
cross back over the bridge, head west and
cross another bridge to Apalachicola.
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Apalachicola
Along Commerce Street, Apalachicola
Highway 98 crosses the bay and makes a
sharp right turn down the main street of
Apalachicola, a fascinating place to explore.
Weathered ruins of old building are scattered
among beautifully-restored examples of
classic Florida coastal town architecture.
Walk the three-block-long waterfront
The working boat marina can be found one
mile north of town, upriver at the end of
Market Street. Twenty-four boats were in the
harbor where I spent several hours wandering
around looking for the best locations for my
tripod. I walked to the far end of the harbor
where some wrecked hulls had been hauled
onto the beach. There were no luxury yachts
or fiberglass pleasure boats there.
between Water Street, Commerce Street,
and Market Street where Highway 98 passes
through the center of town.
Morning fog, Apalachicola Harbor
Working fishing boat harbor scenes are
always improved by a dense fog. Exposures
are more consistent no matter where you
point your camera. Background distractions
are lost in the mists. Three miles northeast,
The next day started early when I awoke to
see a dense fog over the bay. I grabbed my
camera bag and headed for the riverside dock
where a few shrimp boats were tied up. Old
fishing boats make great subjects in foggy
morning light.
up the Apalachicola River at a boat launch
ramp in a spot on the map called Bay City, I
photographed more bayou scenes as the sun
was breaking through morning fog.
Harbor scene, Apalachicola
Galleries, bookstores, and restaurants
slowed me down. I still found so much to
photograph that I stayed all day to explore
the town and its side streets and then waited
for a sunset over the bay. I found a room for
the night at an Apalachicola riverside inn on
Water Street with a great view over the water.
Morning fog on the Apalachicola River at Bay City
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St. Joseph Peninsula State Park
Six miles west of Apalachicola, the highway
splits. Bear left onto Route 30A, the coastal
road, for another ten miles. Watch for a
sign marking a left turn to the St. Joseph
Peninsula State Park. Skip the side road
to the Cape San Blas Lighthouse. It’s only
a beacon on an old steel tower. From that
point, it’s seven miles farther to the park
entrance. At the end of the paved road are
two campgrounds with 120 campsites.
The main attraction here is a seven-mile-long
boardwalk (the Wilderness Preserve Trail)
that follows the high ground along the center
of the narrow peninsula. Park in the picnic
area parking lot to start your hike. The first
Arrive here a few days after the first autumn
cold front passes through North America to
watch the huge annual southward migration
of hawks from the United States and Canada
to Mexico and South America. Hawks don’t
like flying over water, so they follow this long
peninsula on their way south.
Walk only as far as you feel comfortable.
Turn around when you can still enjoy the
walk back to your car.
One mile south of the entrance gate is a
side road to the Maritime Hammock Trail.
Allow 45 minutes for this 0.7 mile loop trail
through an oak and palm forest that reaches
several small sandy beaches. This hike is
perfect for an overcast day. Arrive on a
sunny day, shoot multiple bracketed
exposures and try some HDR photo
techniques to control your exposure
range.
Along the drive back down the
peninsula, I stopped at several beach
parking lots near boardwalks with
stairs that climbed over the dunes to
the beach. I found some interesting
camera angles from the tops of these
bridges over the dunes. The white
granite sand dunes are so unstable
that climbing them is difficult.
The public is kept off and wooden
boardwalks are provided to cross most
sandy areas in this wilderness area.
On the trail to the St. Joseph Peninsula Wilderness
mile follows a sandy trail along the water’s
edge on the bay side of the peninsula. Wildly
twisted oaks and tall palms grow down to the
edge of the bay. A twenty-minute walk will
take you to the start of the boardwalk, an allday trek to the end of the Trail and back.
The wide-open landscapes and seascapes
along this trail are most suitable for sunny
day photography. Overcast days provide flat
and dull lighting with no contrast or snap.
A few miles up the Trail, the peninsula
becomes wider where higher dunes line the
Gulf side and swamps, grassy meadows and
small ponds fill the low spots between the
dune ridges. These wetlands attract birds.
Back on coast Route 98, it’s nine miles
to the next town. In Port St. Joe, you
can find restaurants and supplies.
For an over night stop, keep heading west
to Panama City. Except for the harbor area
and the historic district, I found little to
photograph around Panama City. It’s a good
overnight stop.
Panama City
If you want to see the old historic downtown
of Panama City, bear left off Highway 98
unto Business Route 98. In the city hall
district, signs mark a few side streets that
lead off the main road to some interesting
historic sites surrounded by spreading oaks
draped with Spanish moss. Business Route
98 continues west and crosses a bridge over
Watson Bayou.
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West of the bridge, you will pass a long line
of southern plantation-style mansions along
the arc of Beach Street facing St. Andrew Bay.
Park on a side street and walk a few blocks
with your camera.
hike the nature trail that winds through four
large loops on the western portion of the
estate.
When Business 98 turns north for five
blocks and merges back into Highway 98,
you will cross the Hathaway Bridge over
the entrance to West Bay. Stay in the right
lane and continue driving west for 35 miles
on Highway 98. Watch for signs marking
the turn north onto Route 395 to Eden
Gardens State Park, one mile off the highway,
where you will find some different scenes to
photograph.
On the beach at Seaside
Seaside
The reflecting pool
Eden Gardens State Park
Sitting in a ten-acre garden and surrounded
by spreading oaks on the edge of a quiet
bayou is a two-story mansion with white
columns and wraparound porches. This home
was built in 1897 by William Henry Wesley,
a lumber baron. In the 1960s, a new owner
rebuilt and decorated the home with family
antiques and heirlooms, then developed the
grounds as ornamental gardens. In 1968, the
Maxon Family donated Eden Gardens to the
state of Florida.
The home sits next to a huge reflection pool
and fountain and is surrounded by lawns
bordered by azaleas, blooming in March. On
the day I arrived, a wedding rehearsal was in
progress and musicians were tuning up for
the event. Banquet tables were being set at
the water’s edge on Tuckers Bayou–an idyllic
setting for a southern wedding. I set off to
Leaving the estate, I drove back to Highway
98, then crossed the road I had been
following and continued two miles south to
the edge of the Gulf, then turned right onto
Route 30A. One mile down the road, I drove
into the town of Seaside, an odd version of a
storybook beach community. All the traffic
on Route 30A is routed down the main street
of Seaside, the location used to film the 1998
Jim Cary movie called the Truman Show. It
was a good place to stop for lunch and some
explorations. I did find interesting beach
scenes, colorful bicycle patterns, and lots of
pastel architectural studies.
In the village of Seaside
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Grayton Beach State Park
Just two miles west of Seaside is Grayton
Beach State Park, my intended destination
for this day. Like all of Florida’s state parks,
there is an entry fee. A short drive leads out
to the end of the road and the trailhead for
the Dune and Forest Nature Trail. It starts
The dark sky was a helpful addition to my
photos of the lake. The forest part of the loop
trail offered good examples of the struggle
between the trees and the constantly-moving
dunes. Allow an hour for this hike, especially
if the weather suits your needs. Back in the
parking lot is a shorter and easier trail that
leads to the beach.
On the Grayton Beach Nature Trail
by winding through a tunnel of windblown
oaks creating a roof of foliage over the trail.
Small wind sculpted bushes are really mature
trees beaten nearly to the ground. The trail
continues along the edge of Western Lake and
then passes some low openings in the dunes.
Sand fences have been erected to keep hikers
on the trail and off the fragile dunes.
On the beach at Gulf Islands
Gulf Islands National Seashore
On the Grayton Beach Nature Trail
These caught my eye because I have always
been fascinated by the patterns created by
sand fences. After a short wait, dark storm
clouds moved north, the sun appeared, and
long shadows were added to my compositions.
It’s a ninety-minute drive, back on the
highway, to the marked entrance to the Gulf
Islands National Seashore Visitor Center,
across the bay from Pensacola, Florida. Stop
in and pick up a trail map and look at their
postcard rack to get a feeling for what you
will be photographing out there: sand, sea,
dune grass, and the sky. Two short trails lead
from the Visitor Center to the edge of Santa
Rosa Sound, where I photographed late
afternoon light backlighting the beach grass
and small waves breaking on the sand.
Along the highway two miles west is a wellmarked road, Route 399, that heads south
over the Santa Rosa Sound. This long toll
bridge connects the mainland to Santa Rosa
Island. On the island, turn right at the traffic
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light and head west. Pay the entry fee or show
your National Park Pass at the gate and drive
six miles farther to Gulf Islands National
Seashore at the western tip of this island.
bastions are stairs to the top where you
will find a huge 15” (bore) cast iron cannon
pointing toward the narrow opening from the
Gulf into Pensacola Bay and the harbor that
was protected for over a hundred years by
Fort Pickens.
Brick arches and very thick walls supported
the weight of many cannons along the
parapets. Thick exterior walls also protected
the fort from enemy fire. The only time Fort
Pickens was under fire was during the Civil
War.
There are many gun ports but no windows
in the soldier’s quarters. Some daylight
filters into most parts of the fort. A tripod
will allow you to use a small aperture and
low ISO for greatest sharpness when you are
photographing repeating patterns of arches
extending into the distance.
At the western end of the island, you may see
signs and ropes closing off some areas of the
dunes and keeping the public out of wild bird
nesting areas. If you park in a designated
spot and cross the dunes on a boardwalk or
trail through the sand to reach the water’s
edge, you can hike as far as you want as long
as you do not cross into a closed area. The
rangers do not want visitors climbing the
dunes.
The western side of Fort Perkins
During the earliest years of America’s history,
military forts were necessary to protect this
country’s harbors from foreign invaders. Fort
Pickens was the largest of four forts built to
protect Pensacola and its navy yards. The fort
was begun in 1829, completed in 1834, and
used until 1947.
Santa Rosa Island is 48 miles long and much
of it is lined with summer homes and high
rise vacation condominiums. A ten-mile
stretch of the center of the island, from the
gulf to the sound, is part of the National
Seashore. Park in any of the parking lots,
stay off the dunes and you’ll find great beach
photography in any direction. When you
reach Navarre Beach, the road ends and all
traffic crosses another long bridge to return
to the mainland.
Follow the signs to Fort Pickens, park in
the lot and walk through the entrance at
the Visitor Center. Pick up a free tour guide
and map of Fort Pickens. To find the best
photo locations, continue out through the
Visitor Center and bear right to walk through
the long western bastion to photograph a
long row of ancient and weathered brick
archways that supported massive cannon
emplacements. In the middle of the western
Halfway between Santa Rosa Island and the mainland
Pensacola
I stayed three days in Pensacola to explore the
historic downtown district and the harbor,
and then drove ten miles west of Pensacola to
photograph beaches on long and narrow Perdido
Key, another barrier island on the edge of the
Gulf. The Florida/Alabama State boundary cuts
through the middle of Perdido Key. I followed
Route 292 far enough west to cross over the
state line into Alabama. After taking a few more
photos of the coastline, I drove back into Florida
and followed the road to the eastern end of the
key. More seascapes line both sides of this very
narrow island. High-rise condominiums have
been filling in the open spaces. I still found plenty
of wild, untouched beaches stretching for miles
with the four basic elements–sand, sea, sky, and
beach grass. A bright and sunny morning added
strong shadows to my compositions.
Avoid the weekend crowds if possible. A bright
and sunny day will provide the effect you want
for your seascape photography. At Gulf Islands,
I was lucky to find a sunlit beach and dark storm
clouds to the north, over the city. You might
discover some great images out there on an
overcast, drizzly day.
Favorite beach:
the west end of Gulf Island National Seashore
Favorite town and harbor: Apalachicola
Best beachcombing for shells: St. George Island
Most birds and wildlife: Wakulla Springs River Tour
Most photogenic historic monument: Fort Pickens
Best lighthouse: St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
Most alligators: St. Marks Headquarters Pond
Have a great trip and send me an e-mail !
My life-long career in photography began at San Jose
State University in 1957. After college, I enlisted in the
U.S. Army Signal Corps, serving as a photographer and
darkroom technician. In Germany, my skills and experience with equipment and lab work were developed
and polished. I took the opportunity to photograph
the beauty of nature in the Black Forest. Returning to
California in 1965, I produced industrial and military
training films for Raytheon Electronics and began
showing my color nature prints. From 1969 through
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darkroom workshops, then expanded to include field
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