Forty-eight years as a photojournalist with forty-seven of those covering Yosemite National Park, and I had never photographed the Bracebridge Dinner. Not because the event hasn’t been around – it’s over 80 years old. More because when I think about Yosemite the images in my mind’s eye are Half Dome and El Capitan erupting from...
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Tags: 2009, Ahwahnee, Bracebridge, california, Christmas, court jester, Dinner, pageant, winter, Yosemite, yuletide
Living in Greeley Hill, we have to travel six miles downhill to an 1850s gold rush town, Coulterville, California for our Post Office. Twenty-six years ago town folks were looking for an excuse to have a community party. They created the Coyote Howl. The story of the birth of the Howl is a little murky. ...
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Tags: Al Golub, Antique, California May, Cars, community, coulterville, Cowboys, Coyote, Family, foothills, fun, Gamblers, Gold, Gun fighter, Gun Fighters, Highway 49, Howling, IOOF, John Muir, Kids, Miners, Music, Old, Pack, Parade, Picnic, Pup, Saloon, spring, Stage Coach, Toll Road, west
A couple weeks ago I traveled down to La Grange to photograph the 64th Annual Rodeo. I was on my way to a banquet in Oakland that night but I had a couple of hours to shoot. These are a few of my favorite images from the day, and if you would like to see...
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Tags: 2011, Al Golub, April 3, bareback, bucking, Bulls, california, central valley, chaps, chute, corral, Cowboys, Cowgirls, cows, event, fence, foothills, fun, hamburgers, Horses, La Grange, La Grange Rodeo Association, Outdoors, Photography, rail, Redneck, Rodeo, Roping, saddle, spring, sunny, Western