Last week I blogged my 1968 experience with national politics and campaign trains in my blog “Robert F. Kennedy 1968.” A little more than two years later, I got the opportunity to put into action what I had learned when I was given the assignment to cover 1970 U.S. Senatorial candidate John V. Tunney. […]
Author Archives: Al Golub
Robert F. Kennedy 1968
In March of 1968 I had been on the Modesto Bee photo staff just under two years and had long since earned my stripes with the editors and photographers, so I was given my first big assignment of national importance: to photograph Robert F. Kennedy at the Senate Hearings in Stockton, California. As a lifelong […]
2008 Telegraph Fire Near Yosemite National Park
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 […]
Cattle drive near Yosemite National Park
For over a hundred and twenty years, the Erickson family has been driving their cattle from the Merced Falls area to summer grazing near the border of Yosemite National Park. The drive takes the same route; of course there are three major highways now not to mention a bridge over the South Fork of the […]
Coyote Howl, Coulterville, California
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. […]
Raiders 2010-11 Season
Still hoping the National Football League and the Players Association will come to an agreement so they can play football this year. I have been photographing the Raiders almost as long as I have been covering the 49ers. The drive is shorter and it is easier to get in and out of the Oakland-Alameda County […]
Spring Branding
I figured that before I blogged the Erickson Cattle Company’s cattle drive this year, I should show some of the work cowboys do before the drive. First, they round up the cattle from the ranch, and then separate the calves to brand. Catching the calves is just like team roping at the Rodeo. If you […]
49ers 2010-11 Season
In 1982 I became the Chief Photographer at The Modesto Bee and took on the extra job of covering the 49er games. The sports department told me the Niners weren’t very good but obliged me by helping me get credentials. Who knew that Bill Walsh and Joe Montana would take the team to the Superbowl […]
Cowboy Photographic Workshop 2010
August 14, 2010, I participated as a teacher for the Erickson Cattle Company Photography Workshop in Ackerson Meadow near Yosemite National Park. I love to share my knowledge with others plus get an opportunity to make a couple images at the same time. A good part of my career was motivating, coaching, helping, and problem […]
California National Guard training with Cal Fire
April 16, 2011: Recently I became a Cal Fire Volunteer and was fortunate to be invited to photograph a joint Cal Fire, Army, and Air Guard training at the Cal Fire Academy near Ione, California. I want to give a big thanks to Wes Schultz, a photographer, retired firefighter, and fellow Cal Fire Volunteer, for […]