Late in November of 2007, Orchid Outriggers had the pleasure of taking Bridget Stafford and Gerald and Buff Corsi out on the estuary. Bridget had arranged the outing and the three were able to spend a day with us after attending a week of class at the Lepp Institute of Digital Imaging here in Los Osos.

We were treated to a fine day, just before the first of this season's procession of winter storms started marching in from the North Pacific. We launched three canoes mid-morning and paddled from Baywood to Coleman Beach, taking advantage of the hundreds of photographic opportunities that the length of the bay offers.

At Coleman Beach, we put the boats ashore and took a short walk to one of Morro Bay's great seafood restaurants and sad down for a wonderful lunch. Refueled, we walked back to the outriggers and paddled back to Baywood. The paddle was about two hours in each direction, with an hour of food and conversation in-between. The weather was perfect; a great time being had by all.

Jerry is a native of San Francisco. He attended dental school and continued on in the oral surgery program at UC San Francisco. Taking an early retirement to pursue wildlife photography, he and his wife started "Focus on Nature, Inc.," a stock photography company which provides digital stills and video of flora and fauna from around the world. Shortly after paddling with Orchid Outriggers, they were headed on a photographic expedition to Antarctica!

Their work can be seen in numerous books, magazines, calendars and on the web. Visit their site at AGPix to see more.

Here are some of the images Jerry captured during the paddle.

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