Nature photographer Becky Jaffe on art, photography and biophilia.
Tag: photography
Wildlife
Photographer Steve Zamek Gets His Decisive Moment
Photographer Steve Zamek, waited at Lloyd Lake in Golden Gate Park for over three hours photographing birds. When he decided it was time to leave, this hooded merganser sprang into action and Zamek snapped this shot.
Wildlife
Filmmaker Judy Irving gets her mouse
Filmmaker Judy Irving set herself a goal to get a good shot of an endangered salt marsh harvest mouse. She did, and it’s Bay Nature’s July 2013 cover image.
Wildlife
Alligator keeper and salamander seeker
When we put out the call for photos to go along with our forthcoming salamander feature by David Rains Wallace, I wasn’t sure what to expect. How many local salamander and newt photos could possibly be out there? Quite a … Read more
Wildlife
Key to Wildlife Photography is Knowing Your Subject
Sebastian Kennerknecht has eight shots in our upcoming October-December issue, more than any other photographer this time around. Partly that’s because he agreed to go out and shoot at the Farallon Islands for a story by Glen Martin about seabird … Read more
Botany
Photographer Ron Wolf falls into fungi
Early in our work on each issue of the magazine, we send out a call for photos to more than 400 local photographers and artists. The idea is maybe they have some images on file that fit with stories we … Read more
Stewardship
Images of activism
Petaluma photographer Scott Hess never shied from a debate about conservation. He’s hiked, admittedly illicitly, around Lafferty Ranch to reveal the property’s hidden beauty, and once snapped pinups of “ecobabes” for a calendar on climate change. In this Q&A, Hess explains how his activism and photography intersect, and the pitfalls of doing what you love most.
Stewardship, The Bay
Steering the Ship of Wetlands Conservation
Beth Huning’s current position as Coordinator of the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture isn’t her first role in the field of wetlands conservation, but it certainly is one that brings together her passion for birds, her commitment to environmental protection, and her ability to work well with people representing many different constituencies. That’s essential when running a consortium of over 26 groups focused on San Francisco Bay’s tidal wetlands. Just this month the Joint Venture celebrated its 15th anniversary.
Fall Issue 2011
Book Review: Mount Diablo: The Extraordinary Life and Landscapes of a California Treasure
Photos by Stephen Joseph, text by Linda Rimac Colberg, Mount Diablo Interpretive Association, 2010, 266 pages, $50. Photographer Stephen Joseph has amassed a wide-ranging body of work–from a project to photograph Bay Area farms (see his photos in this issue) … Read more
The Bay
New Photo Exhibit Reveals Diversity in a Cubic Foot of SF Bay
The Golden Gate Bridge, approaching its 75th anniversary, is the most photographed bridge in the world — but what about what lies underneath it? Photographer David Liittschwager decided to address just that and discovered that the number of living things that pass through a cubic foot of water here in an hour is greater than the number of cars that have ever driven over it.
