[bird sounds]
[camera clicking]
[distant ocean waves]
KATHLEEN: Richard and I met many years ago,
and the first time we really spoke
he told me he spent the afternoon watching
pelicans fly overhead in Point Reyes.
And I immediately thought,
"Oh what a wonderful way to spend an afternoon."
[bird sounds, camera clicking]
RICHARD: It is practically necessity for me
to go out in wilderness.
I really feel like I'm at home
when I am in a place that has been unaltered
and full of beautiful things.
[ocean sounds]
[camera click]
KATHLEEN: What I enjoy about photographing
is you get to be in beautiful places.
RICHARD: If you find something amazing,
you know that you are getting something really great.
And that's like what you live for as a photographer.
KATHLEEN: Kehoe has many moods.
If you are there at dusk and the fog is coming in
it's mysterious and mystical.
Very often you have the entire beach to yourself,
it can be an extraordinarily special place.
[ocean sounds]
[camera clicking]
RICHARD: At low tide it has some rocks that are exposed,
and the rocks are completely covered with
mussels, and barnacles, and limpets… starfish.
[camera clicking]
When you go out and you are utterly alone in an area,
it's really a thrill to see the animals.
Though, you have to kind of be on your toes,
you don't want to be eaten while you are out taking a hike.
And you get a tremendous sense of accomplishment
when you see something amazing.
[camera clicking]
People for many reasons need a connection with the natural world
and wilderness areas are the most intense.
[ocean sounds]
KATHLEEN: My Name is Kathleen Goodwin.
I'm a photographer and a painter.
I think it is good for everyone's sanity.
Just sit in nature, experience it.
RICHARD: My name is Richard Blair,
I've been hiking here for forty years,
I'm a wilderness photographer.
Going out to a natural area, a wilderness area,
that to me, is like the greatest thing you can do.
It's something that makes a person feel more alive.
[ocean sounds]