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California's Missions : My most recent additions include both infrared and color photographs of California's Missions.

California's Missions

Gene Anderson

My most recent additions include both infrared and color photographs o ...

Updated: Jun 27, 2009 3:18am PST

Portola Hills....I think. : I know this is a trail that starts around Portola Hills, but I'm not sure what the name of the trail is.

Portola Hills....I think.

Shasta

I know this is a trail that starts around Portola Hills, but I'm not s ...

Updated: Jun 26, 2009 1:54pm PST

Most Popular California Landscapes :

Most Popular California Landscapes

ColleenMGriffith

Updated: Jun 23, 2009 9:00pm PST

Gamble House (exterior) by Greene and Greene : The craftsmanship on display at the Pasadena Gamble House is just amazing, and all the more so when you consider how houses were built in 1908. While clearly no normal tract house, we still have to remember that portable jobsite power tools were not yet invented at this time. The first portable circular saw was invented in the 1920's, the direct-drive sidewinder saw was developed in 1928. Yet the house is built to the tolerances of a piece of furniture. Now, the museum docents will tell you that '20 men took 11 months to build it'. A useful sound-bite, but clearly not the whole story. I'm guessing that while 20 or so men labored on the jobsite, the house was to a great extent being fabricated in the Hall's furniture shop, with probably an equal number of workers using state-of-the-art (for their day) stationary power tools. It is known that the Halls' furniture shop had an array of belt-driven combustion-motor powered stationary woodworking tools. Since the Hall brothers were both building contractor and cabinet/furniture maker on the Gamble House, they could work together in a way that is not common on any jobsite. They had worked extensively with the Greene brothers. And they were good, in a way that only a very small percentage of woodworkers ever achieve. A lot of this is lost on the general public, you can see it as they breeze by incredible details at every turn. One reason its so easy to miss the craftsmanship is that the house is not ostentatious in any way. The house is subtle. The detailing doesn't jump out and demand attention, you have to be alert. Photos of the house are impressive. But seeing it in person, it just haunts you. The craftsmanship is incredible, the floor plan is very practical and liveable, the level of detailing just defies description. There are very few clues that the house is a hundred years old. The joints are still tight on all the woodwork inside - furniture, doors and windows, and structural. There is a quote on the Gamble House website calling it “one of the best crafted pieces of architecture in the U.S., and certainly one of the very best houses ever built." While that's a subjective statement, just reading it may sound like pure hyperbole. But when you see the house, you can definitely understand where the comment is coming from. The Greene brothers sought to make not just a house, but an architectural work of art. While surely an impractical goal, it truly is remarkable what they achieved by trying.

Gamble House (exterior) by Greene and...

eyemagination

The craftsmanship on display at the Pasadena Gamble House is just amaz ...

Updated: Jun 21, 2009 6:34pm PST

Fremont, CA and Nearby Areas : Photos from Fremont and nearby areas.

Fremont, CA and Nearby Areas

Alvin Tenpo

Photos from Fremont and nearby areas.

Updated: Jun 21, 2009 11:12am PST

California 2008 : Some photos from my trips to California from Jan 12th to Feb 1st 2008, March 7th to March 21st and Sept 13th to Sept 30th 2008

California 2008

Luca Filigheddu (filos)

Some photos from my trips to California from Jan 12th to Feb 1st 2008, ...

Updated: Jun 19, 2009 5:46am PST

Mono Lake Area : Most of these are around Mono Lake, but only a few were taken a little after you pass Bishop.

Mono Lake Area

Shasta

Most of these are around Mono Lake, but only a few were taken a little ...

Updated: Jun 17, 2009 3:00pm PST

Ojai Valley Photos : Find the spirit of Ojai, fabled Shangri La in Ventura County 60 miles north of Los Angeles. A serene valley known for the sunset Pink Moment on Topa Topa Bluffs. MICHAEL MCFADDEN PHOTOGRAPHY SITE HOME: www.ojaiphoto.com BUY this photo using the CART on the top of each picture. Instant DIGITAL DOWNLOADS available for STOCK PHOTO BUYERS. Contact mikemcfadd@yahoo.com for special orders. Add your comments below!

Ojai Valley Photos

ojaiphoto

Find the spirit of Ojai, fabled Shangri La in Ventura County 60 miles ...

Updated: Jun 16, 2009 9:32pm PST

Los Angeles & the vicinities : Pictures of LA area and the vicinities.

Los Angeles & the vicinities

Bon

Pictures of LA area and the vicinities.

Updated: Jun 15, 2009 11:45pm PST

California :

California

Robert Resnick

Updated: Jun 04, 2009 9:58pm PST

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