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Welcome to my stream!
I'm Patrick Dirden, a life long resident of Western Sonoma County in Northern California. When I'm not out with the camera, I'm a Registration Coordinator with O'Reilly Media in Sebastopol. I'm also entering my final year in the Public Administration Masters Degree program at Sonoma State University.
I've been playing with the camera since I was 10. Once I picked up my first camera ( a Pentax 35MM point and shoot film camera), I started a lifelong obsession with photography. I started taking pictures off trains in 1993. I'd always loved trains. After seeing Richard Steinheimer's work from the 1950's, and O Winston Link, I quickly took on train photography as an avocation. I found that images involving the railroad can convey drama and emotion, from human, to nature and mechanical. I love to chronicle those moments, and the railroad is a great place to do it! I also love nature photography....Sonoma County is a great place to practice that craft!
I hope you enjoy my stream! You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter (rarely post there...not a tweeter yet).
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dirden
Twitter: twitter.com/pdirden
Cheers!
--Patrick
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- Stormy trains. 1,098 photos, 118 members
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- Bilevel Passenger Trains of America 881 photos, 42 members
- Virginia Railway Express 259 photos, 37 members
- Rail Creative Commons 2,433 photos, 130 members
- !Best Images Ever (ADMIN Approval Only | Award 2) 35,838 photos, 1,841 members
- A Lot of Water {Post 1 - Award at least 2} CONTEST! 27,555 photos, 3,515 members
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- California Railfans 3,335 photos, 75 members
- Pop Culture Travel ***CLOSED 3,116 photos, 113 members
- FotoVotr 11,567 photos, 1,471 members
- Barstow California 689 photos, 54 members
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- Route 66 26,868 photos, 2,311 members
- A Town Called Boron 259 photos, 25 members
- Amboy, California 411 photos, 117 members
- Desert Trains 1,698 photos, 108 members
- The High Desert 4,351 photos, 385 members
- Mojave Desert 4,456 photos, 338 members
- San Bernardino County, CA USA 6,913 photos, 255 members
- Your Best Shot 2010 20,270 photos, 24,820 members
- Lights Out: NorCal Railroading 101 photos, 30 members
- Say No To The New Flickr Photo Page 19 photos, 1,423 members
- Shots that get you called a RICHARD! 490 photos, 96 members
- Portraits between rails * and industrial portraits 4,632 photos, 1,638 members
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- San Francisco POI 9,163 photos, 755 members
- San Francisco at Night 18,673 photos, 2,617 members
- The Best of San Francisco 9,723 photos, 1,033 members
- San Francisco Bay Bridges 9,170 photos, 1,634 members
- The Golden Gate Bridge 12,701 photos, 2,645 members
- CC Images for Social Studies 101 photos, 20 members
- Trains of the USA and Canada. 4,903 photos, 35 members
- San Joaquin Valley Railroading 145 photos, 28 members
- Smith Tower 380 photos, 89 members
- FLICKR IDOL Post 1 / Award 5 : Not awarding = Ban 73,428 photos, 5,651 members
Testimonials (1)
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sagehopper says:
"Look at his pics ! If you are a train nut like me, you can appreciate his work !"
15th December, 2008
- Joined:
- August 2006
- Hometown:
- Sebastopol, CA
- I am:
- Male and Single
- Occupation:
- Registration Coordinator