Ed Aust's Photography Blog

We drove to Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park in Oakland, walked around, took photos. Simple as that.

Taken with my iPhone while walking Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley.

I was walking in César Chávez Park and came across this couple on a bench. The sunlight through the clouds reflected on the water and I knew it was perfect for a photo. I didn’t intend to take photos on this walk—the light was flat and dull, but I brought my camera along just in […]

They’re everywhere. Arrows in fluorescent orange pointing in all directions. Walking stick figures. Cryptic numbers. What do they all mean? Beneath our feet lie underground water lines, sewer lines, gas lines, power lines, telephone lines, cable tv lines, and who knows what else. When excavation is needed, utility workers mark the sidewalks to prevent accidents. […]

I have an art assignment for you. Your medium is buried sandstone. Your tools are sunlight, wind, rain, and snow. You have 65 million years to create something astonishing. Get going. It wouldn’t be a stretch to call Arches and Canyonlands National Parks two of the most beautiful outdoor art galleries in the world. Carol […]

We recently spent four days camping at Salt Point State Park, where six-thousand acres of diverse forests mingle with astonishing geology and rugged coastline about 100 miles north of Oakland. No showers and foggy nights left us worn out, but it was a good weariness, and good friends joined us the final day. Photographing nature […]