Category Archives: Video

Just another snowy morning in Redding for Spring 2023

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Skip@RR

Shot this view of my backyard while sipping coffee recently. Very soothing. We’ve had a lot of snow this season. Very unusual, and yet very welcome after so many years of draught. The Sierra and even San Bernardino Mountains are … Continue reading →

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Snow Day! Sundial Bridge and surrounds in early Spring 2023

Posted on February 25, 2023 by Skip@RR

Snowy Sundial Bridge taken 2/24/2023 after a brief but intense snow event. Music in this 4K video is by Craig Padilla and Skip Murphy from the CD Planetary Elements, Vol 2. “Lithium” C 2005, Courtesy of Space for Music Records. … Continue reading →

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Flying over the river after a Winter storm

Posted on December 15, 2022 by Skip@RR

Drone practice flight over the Sacramento River from the Bluffs to the Sundial Bridge with fresh snow on the mountains in the background. Click on the image below to enlarge, hit play on the video to watch the flight. I’m … Continue reading →

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A bird’s eye view of new construction underway in Downtown Redding

Posted on November 5, 2022 by Skip@RR

So much new construction underway in Redding! I took the drone out for a look, otherwise you can only see it from ground level. Apologies in advance for the jerky camera movements. Over the years I have been flying I … Continue reading →

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Heritage Day at Burney Falls

Posted on November 4, 2022 by Skip@RR

World famous Burney Falls is about an hour drive East from Redding. We went up for their Heritage Day festivities, and it was great fun. Here is Burney Falls: Here’s an image of the event: There were lot’s of demonstrations … Continue reading →

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Stronger than Carr, the short film

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Skip@RR

The Carr fire of 2018 wounded Redding badly.  A few local citizens hired a local film studio named speropictures to create something about special about it, and it is quite amazing. The live event premiere of the short seems to … Continue reading →

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Lenticular clouds at Mt. Shasta

Posted on October 27, 2018 by Skip@RR

Timelapse of the sky and lake taken 1/26/2018 from the Shasta Dam overlook. It was a beautiful day. Watch full screen.

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Reflecting on life around Shasta long ago

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Skip@RR

Curating this intriguing video here. I often wonder what it was really like in the Northstate, say 600 years ago. We know very little for certain. But from bits and pieces of history I’ve learned, a kind of mental picture … Continue reading →

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Climb Descend Repeat -in and around Redding

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Skip@RR

Here’s a locally produced film of a couple of mountain bikers enjoying some local trails around Redding. The terrain will look familiar to northstate viewers, even if you haven’t actually been on these particular trails. Nice production. Nice riding. We … Continue reading →

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New video about the Diestelhorst Bridge in Redding

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Skip@RR

Shasta historian Dottie Smith alerted me to this new video on YouTube about one of my favorite bridges in Redding, the Diestelhorst. Here’s an image I captured in 2012, prior to the restoration work now completed.

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