Last Thursday I was working on a blog about my first season photographing the NFL, when I got an email from my friend Wes Schultz. Wes sent me a URL from Wildlanfire.com that said there was a fire near El Portal and they were requesting recourses. I could see a big column of smoke...
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Recently, I became a volunteer for Cal Fire. With my friend Wes Schultz, I will be photographing wildland fires this season. The last big wildland fire I photographed was the Telegraph Fire in 2008. Lucky for me there wasn’t much hiking involved because both of my knees were bone on bone. In May 2009, I...
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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
It’s been over a year since I created a blog, and I’ve yet to get it started. So, all excuses aside, I’m going to just jump right in and get going. I want this blog to be a place where I can share current and old work as well as serve as a resource for...
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Tags: 2011, Al Golub, blog, california, coulterville, hello, images, intro, Photography, resource, Yosemite
