After paying a second nighttime visit to this vista point in two years, I can safely say that a dull nocturnal moment rarely passes at this viewpoint looking up the Eel River Valley. I had come to the spot precisely two years before to make some nighttime photographs, and on both occasions the comings and […]
David Wilson
David Wilson is a Humboldt-grown photographer. His longtime love is creating nighttime images and he enjoys finding and using unique light. David received his Art degree with an emphasis in photography from Humboldt State University. He currently teaches photography in the Art Department at College of the Redwoods.
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North Coast Night Lights: Eclipse of the Super Flower Moon
The full moon of May, called the flower moon, was a real doozy: it was a super moon, an eclipse, and a blood moon — the first Super Blood Flower Moon into which I can ever remember having tuned. So how does it come by all of those monikers? The moon’s orbit around Earth is […]
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North Coast Night Lights: iPhone 12 Pro Night Mode vs Nikon D750, D850
Before I purchased an iPhone 12 Pro, I was curious about the “night mode” that Apple had introduced in the previous model — how good was it? How would it stack up against my Nikons for the kind of nighttime photography I love so well? The reviews were very favorable, and many included amazing nighttime […]
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Dark Skies of the North Coast
This time of year sees its share of gray skies, a seemingly endless woolen rain blanket drawn across the heavens — the gray that won’t go away. Rain patters the skylight as I type and I dream of summertime … On a warm, clear night, it’s not uncommon for people to drive a few minutes […]
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2020 A New Light Review
The year 2020 was something of an off year. I, for one, took fewer photographs; I simply had less creative energy this year. There was the never-ending pandemic, followed by the raging, record-setting wildfires of summer and fall. On top of that, with very little time to prepare, I was asked to teach a new […]
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North Coast Night Lights: 2020 A New Light Review
The year 2020 was something of an off year. I, for one, took fewer photographs; I simply had less creative energy this year. There was the never-ending pandemic, followed by the raging, record-setting wild fires of summer and fall. On top of that, with very little time to prepare I was asked to teach a […]
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North Coast Night Lights: Conjunction – Saturn Overtakes Jupiter
Racing around the sun like slot cars on an elliptical track, Earth was on an inside line and coming around fast. Jupiter and Saturn were in view ahead. Jupiter was taking a much wider line and Saturn was lazily rounding the bend still farther out. Earth would overtake them. Again. The race has been on […]
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Metal Crab on the Waterfront
You may have driven through Eureka and spotted this metal marvel where it lives behind a chain-link fence, dreaming of adventures past and future in the outer world. I have. What is it? Does it move? I wanted to photograph it the moment I saw it. And now that I have, I want to again. […]
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Over the Rainbow: A North Coast Fantasy
I’ve been tripping around in the night light of California’s far North Coast for some time now. A lot of nighttime visions have piled up from many late outings, cold nights and wee early mornings. Yet for all of that, this week I had nothing brand new. So the other night I found myself shuffling […]
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‘Tis the Harvest Season
The girls are all grown up, beautiful young blossoms in their prime. They’ve overcome tremendous obstacles in their young lives and now they are ready to spread their wings and change the world. Where did the time go? Harvest season has arrived in the Emerald Triangle. From seedlings, you nursed and protected them. You watched […]
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Strange Looks at the Beach
A trip to the beach in search of night light yielded a few views to share from Humboldt’s beautiful Pacific Coast. Though most poignant was an image of a dead skate lying on the beach (“Ray of Beauty at Moonstone Beach,” Sept. 27), its tail in the still waters of Little River where it emptied […]