It was a dark wintery solstice morning. Upon leaving the house, I check the wave app – Mmm, looks like an average tide. So, I decided to go to a very nearby beach, easy and possibly find some sanderlings. I gathered my camera bag, put on my knee high welly boots, and made my way […]
At the end of each year, I go through the past images to review, condense, and go over what I have in my files. I try to gather a collection of those images that best interpret my year. Due to unforeseen weather patterns, beach access to certain areas was different than expected, as was my
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Sally Berry is Gallery 113’s Featured Artist of the Month September 2023.
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Going Outside My Comfort Zone – Gallery Show at Westmont College I take thousands of images but not so much sharing. The past year has been a learning curve “roller coaster” with many struggles taking images, printing and photo editing. After much hesitation, a lot of self-talk and encouragement from others, I finally gained the
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I have been to my local beach several times since the Huntington Beach oil spill and reflecting on Even though I live quite a distance up the coast from the Huntington Beach oil spill, I can’t help but reflect on what has occurred and the impact on “Mother Nature”. Last night, I think Mother Nature
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It had been many months since my last visit to this area on the Gaviota coast. My past life of wondering about and traveling slowed down during the 2020 pandemic closures. By early spring, I wanted to get back to exploring farther away from my local beach and up the coast to Gaviota. Unfortunately, the
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Such a beautiful morning and the beginning of a new fresh start This photo was taken near the end of the year. For some reason this morning felt different than past mornings for several months. I felt very calm… I had no real agenda today during my daily walk on the beach. Even though a
For the past few weeks, I’ve been watching the progress as the Curtin barge and crew have made progress towards cleaning up and capping the Treadwell and Northstar oil wells on the coast near Summerland. Although I’m not typically a person who watches ship activity, this was different. It gave me such a respect for