Over 70 now, I've had a good time experimenting as an amateur photographer and "pseudo-artist-in the-making”. When I reach 80 I'll have developed a bit further, and I should really begin mastering the secrets of art around 90. By the time I'm 100, I hope to achieve "economy of expression"… revealing truth by not making it explicit.
But my final goal will only be reached around 110…
...then I'll take up painting!
Craig Toms, Amateur Photographer


"Taking It All In"

December 2025


Coming Into Bloom

February 2026


"Pike Place Market"

September 2024



"Pike Street Nocturne"

September 2024


Moon and Venus Conjunction


"Shoppers, Pike Street Market"

September 2024



"The Best Kind of Solitude"

Hope Ranch, California

August 11, 2021


"After The Storm"

Hope Ranch, CA 

October 5th, 2021 




"Dreamtime Return" 

August 2023



A Morning Walk, Big Morongo Preserve

December 5th, 2025




Autumn Leaves, Whitewater Preserve

December 2024


"Sundown on Wonderland Ranch"

Joshua Tree National Park


Mission Reflection With Water Lilies

July 2025


"Time Traveler"

August 2023



"Blood Moon Tableau"

Joshua Tree National Park

October 2021

Note: This photo was taken mid-day with an iPhone. The eclipsed moon (from an earlier image) was added,  plus the nighttime treatment. The rock actually exists, on the Maze Trail, JTNP.



"Moonrise, Imperial Sand Dunes"






"Floating Over Palm Springs"

November 23, 2025


"Hidden Springs" 

Orocopia Mountains, 1/8/2026


Near the Grottos, Orocopia Mountains

1/8/2026


"Roy's Motel, Amboy, CA"

February 2025


"Rosie and Gracie, Oatman AZ"

February 2025


"In the El Garces Hotel, Needles, CA"

February, 2025


2024 CVDCC "Summer WOW Competition" Entry



"Bodhisattva of Compassion"

China - Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)


"Souvenir Shop"

July 2023


"Arizona Sunset: Sitgreaves Pass, Route 66"

February 2025


London Bridge, Early AM 

January 2023


"Agave, Shadows and Light"

August 2021


"Waxing Crescent" - July 30th, 2025

Palm Desert, CA

560mm, 180th sec, ISO 400, f/8



"From Days of Old"


"Street Life, Downtown Seattle"

September, 2024


East Padre St., Santa Barbara

August 2024


"Lifting Fog"

Hope Ranch, CA

August 8, 2021


"Santa Rosa Plateau"

May 2015




Soft Boulders and Sky

April 2023


"Stearns Wharf, Santa Barbara"

1973


Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara


"Granada Theatre"

August 2023



Streets of Calipat

February 2024


Bath House, Lotusland Estate

August 2022



"Sunlight in a Quiet Room "

August 2022


Sundown, Bombay Beach

February 2024


On Route 66, Cool Springs, AZ


"East Jesus Beauty"

February 2024


1934 Chevrolet, Goffs, CA


Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas, October 14, 2024


Burrowing Owl, Imperial Valley

February 2024


Imperial Valley Geothermal





The Elephants Knees, Anza Borrego

February 2018



"Sunrise, Wonderland Ranch"

Joshua Tree National Park

June 23, 2017


"Sunrise, Big Morongo Preserve"

November 2022


"Autumn Light, Big Morongo"

November 29, 2022


"A Walk In The Woods"

November 2022


"November Morning, Big Morongo Preserve"

November 2022


"Live Better! Drive a New Car!"

August 2023


Night Reflections, London Bridge

January 2023



"Self Portrait: Homage to Magritte"

December 2021


"Distant Chocolate Mountains"

January 2022


"A Perfect Desert Dawn"
Rancho Mirage, CA 
June 18, 2020


My Daily Pandemic Walk at Dawn 
June 2020 
Rancho Mirage, CA


Frozen in Flight
July 2020

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