My Web Log – Page 2 – The Way I See Things: Photography by Darin Volpe

The Featured Collections

Featured Collection: People at Work

By Darin Volpe August 12, 2020 December 6, 2022 itemprop="discussionURL"0

Cable car operator in San Francisco, California

"Never Surrender" [24 Hours of LeMons Track Official at Sonoma Raceway, California]

Race official at the 24 Hours of Lemons race, Sonoma, California

Farmer’s market in San Jose, Costa Rica

Window washer in Chicago, Illinois

Street musician in San Luis Obispo, California

Your Goose is Cooked -- Chinese Restaurant Kitchen in San Francisco's Chinatown, California

Cook in a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, California

"Dam Workers" [Workers at Hoover Dam in Black Canyon, Nevada]

Workers at Hoover Dam, Nevada

"Fill 'er Up" [Workman Aboard a Fuel Tanker in Halifax, Nova Scotia]

Workman aboard a fuel tanker, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Railroad conductor in Portland, Oregon

"Street Orchard" [Street Vendor in New York City, New York]

Street vendor in New York, New York

Photographers in Atascadero, California

"Sea Hunters" [Fishermen on a Boat in Castries, St. Lucia]

Fishermen in Castries, St. Lucia

"Elbow Grease" [Volunteer Polishing an Airplane in Paso Robles, California]

Volunteer at the Estrella Warbirds Museum, Paso Robles, California

See all of my People photos

The Newsletter Archive

July 19th, 2020 Newsletter

By Darin Volpe July 19, 2020 August 12, 2020 itemprop="discussionURL"1

It’s been a while… Well hasn’t it been a crazy year so far? I’m hoping all of my photo groupies are doing well. Here I was expecting 2020 to be like The Jetsons, and we get The Andromeda Strain instead. May is usually the month that we start traveling, taking long weekends, and …

My Travels, The Trainwacko Files

8088 Miles by Train – Part VI: Denver, Colorado, to Santa Clara, California (1399 Miles)

By Darin Volpe July 3, 2020 July 5, 2020 itemprop="discussionURL"0

California Zephyr: Denver to Sacramento | Capitol Corridor: Sacramento to Emmeryville | Thruway Bus: Emmeryville to Santa Clara This is the last part of my 6-part series covering an 11-day Amtrak trip around the western United States in May of 2006. Be sure to read about the planning and start …

My Travels, The Trainwacko Files

8088 Miles by Train – Part V: Sacramento, California, to Denver, Colorado (1315 Miles)

By Darin Volpe June 23, 2020 June 14, 2020 itemprop="discussionURL"0

California Zephyr: Sacramento to Denver This is Part 5 of my 6-part series covering an 11-day Amtrak trip around the western United States in May of 2006. Be sure to read about the planning and start of my journey from San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles in Part 1 the …

My Travels, The Trainwacko Files

8088 Miles by Train – Part IV: Essex, Montana, to Sacramento, California (1321 Miles)

By Darin Volpe June 7, 2020 June 7, 2020 itemprop="discussionURL"0

Empire Builder: Essex to Portland, Oregon | Coast Starlight: Portland to Sacramento This is Part 4 of my 6-part series covering an 11-day Amtrak trip around the western United States in May of 2006. Be sure to read about the planning and start of my journey from San Luis Obispo …

My Travels, The Trainwacko Files

8088 Miles by Train – Part III: Chicago, Illinois, to Essex, Montana (1576 Miles)

By Darin Volpe May 29, 2020 June 23, 2020 itemprop="discussionURL"0

Empire Builder: Chicago to Essex This is Part 3 of my 6-part series covering my 11-day Amtrak trip around the western United States in May of 2006. Be sure to read about the planning and start of my journey from San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles in Part 1 and …

My Travels, The Trainwacko Files

8088 Miles by Train – Part II: Los Angles, California, to Chicago, Illinois (2256 Miles)

By Darin Volpe May 12, 2020 May 23, 2020 itemprop="discussionURL"1

Southwest Chief: Los Angles to Chicago This is Part 2 of my 6-part series covering my 11-day Amtrak trip around the western United States in May of 2006. Be sure to read about the planning and start of my journey from San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles in Part 1. …

My Travels, The Trainwacko Files

8088 Miles by Train – Part I: San Luis Obispo, California, to Los Angeles, California (221 Miles)

By Darin Volpe April 15, 2020 July 19, 2020 itemprop="discussionURL"0

Pacific Surfliner: San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles From the Trainwacko Files The Trainwacko Files are stories from the journeys that I took by rail between 2005 and 2008. I had discovered model railroading in the early 1990s, and the logical progression from that was to become a certified Trainwacko. …

The Featured Collections

Featured Collection: Yellowstone National Park

By Darin Volpe April 8, 2020 July 5, 2020 itemprop="discussionURL"0

"The Edge of the Spring" [Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

Grand Prismatic Spring, Midway Geyser Basin

"A Stroll Among the Geysers" [Upper Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

Castle Geyser steaming, Upper Geyser Basin

"Pot of Gold & Silver Coins" [Aurum Geyser in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

Aurum Geyser, Upper Geyser Basin

"The Fountain" [Orange Spring Mound in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

Orange Spring Mound, Mammoth Hot Springs

"Hot Spring Hot Rod" [Cyanobacteria at Doublet Pool in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

Cyanobacterial mats at Doublet Pool, Upper Geyser Basin

"Sunset at Geyser Hill" [Doublet Pool in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

Cyanobacteria at Doublet Pool, Upper Geyser Basin

"It's No Fish Story" [Fishing Cone Spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

Grand Prismatic Spring, Midway Geyser Basin

"Sundial" [Dead Tree at Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

Fishing Cone Spring, West Thumb Geyser Basin

Gibbon Falls

Upper Geyser Basin

"Hot Running Water" [Main Terrace at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

Main Terrace, Mammoth Hot Springs

Upper Geyser Basin

"Bottomless" [Abyss Pool in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

Abyss Pool, West Thumb Geyser Basin

"Bubbles in the Hot Tub" [Beach Spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

Beach Sprint, Upper Geyser Basin

"Terraces" [Main Terrace at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]

Main Terrace, Mammoth Hot Springs

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Latest Uploads

New Uploads for March, 2020

By Darin Volpe April 1, 2020 March 19, 2021 itemprop="discussionURL"1

February saw us take two trips to the San Luis and Merced National Wildlife Refuges. February also was the month I finally upgraded my ten year old computer, so no uploads happened due to me getting my new system set up. In the first part of March we visited Morro …

Photo Spotlight

When Mistakes Go Right

By Darin Volpe March 15, 2020 June 19, 2020 itemprop="discussionURL"0

Lions Lighthouse for Sight ShoreLine Aquatic Park in Long Beach, California. I had arrived in Long Beach by rail the night before I shot this photo back in 2007. On the way from San Luis Obispo, I had changed trains at Los Angeles Union Station and took some interior shots …

The Featured Collections

Featured Collection: 10.5mm Fisheye Photos

By Darin Volpe March 14, 2020 October 5, 2020 itemprop="discussionURL"0

All of these photos were made with my AF DX Fisheye-Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G ED lens. Some were left with the fisheye effect in tact, some of my fisheye photos were corrected for the fisheye effect, which introduced a whole new kind of distortion as you can see in the rockfish photo, and some were corrected and cropped back down like in the Soyuz photo.