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Wispy clouds over Avila Beach at sunrise, with the pier, the town and pink flowers in the foreground
Fine art prints from the Central Coast

Avila Beach,
one sunrise at a time.

I chase first light on the Central Coast. Some mornings it never shows. These are the mornings it did.

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Wispy clouds over Avila Beach
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Years of Avila Beach mornings

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Pink and orange sunset sky over San Luis Bay, with Avila Beach Pier, moored boats, the breakwater and palm trees below.

Pink Sunset Over San Luis Bay

San Luis Bay · Paper, canvas, metal, framed
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The sun shining as a starburst between wooden pier pilings, with golden light and reflections across wet sand.

Sunstar Through the Pilings

Avila Beach · Paper, canvas, metal, framed
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A great blue heron standing in shallow water beside mossy rocks, with the Avila Beach Pier and hillside houses behind.

Heron in the Shallows

Avila Beach · Paper, canvas, metal, framed
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Orange clouds in a blue sky reflected in glossy wet sand, with a row of small shorebirds and a headland in the distance.

Orange Clouds on Wet Sand

Avila Beach · Paper, canvas, metal, framed
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A lone surfer on a small wave beneath bands of pink, orange and purple clouds, with a dark headland on the left.

Lone Surfer Under a Pink Sky

Avila Beach · Paper, canvas, metal, framed
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Great blue heron on wet sand beneath wooden pier pilings, lit gold by the rising sun, with a rocky headland behind.

Heron Under the Pier

Avila Beach · Paper, canvas, metal, framed
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Sunbeams fanning up from behind clouds above a green headland, with foamy surf washing over the sand.

Sunbeams Over the Headland

Avila Beach · Paper, canvas, metal, framed
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Two black oystercatchers on a rock with a wave splashing behind them, everything glowing gold, with the pier and hillside behind.

Oystercatchers in the Splash

Avila Beach · Paper, canvas, metal, framed
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Red and orange clouds over the Avila Beach pier, reflected in wet sand with a clump of kelp

Fire & Ember

Deep reds and orange

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 Ducks feeding in golden water under the Avila Beach pier as the sun rises between the pilings

Golden Hour

Warm gold and amber

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 Surfers waiting in the water beside the pier under a pink and orange sky at Avila Beach

Cotton Candy

Soft pinks and lavender

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 Blue hour over mossy rocks at Avila Beach, with the town lights and the pier at dawn

Blue Hour

Calm blues and slate

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 Sunrise through a garden of sunflowers and wildflowers, with a rainbow pinwheel in the foreground

Garden Green

Leafy greens and blooms

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Pink sunrise sky seen between the wooden pilings under the Avila Beach Pier

Avila Beach Pier

Under, beside and beyond the pier

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 Great blue heron on wet sand beneath wooden pier pilings, lit gold by the rising sun

Birds and Wildlife

Herons, pelicans and shorebirds

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 Double rainbow arching over the Avila Beach Pier

Storms and Rainbows

When the weather turns wild

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 Sunbeams fanning up above a green headland, with foamy surf washing over the sand

Wet Feet Sunrises

Shot standing in the surf

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Jay Olson kneeling in wet sand at Avila Beach with his camera on a low tripod as a big wave crashes behind him
Behind the lens

Up before the sun

Most of these were shot with my tripod low in the wet sand, one eye on the light and the other on the next wave. Want to know more about me, or have something you'd like me to shoot? Start here.

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Large fine art paper prints of Avila Beach Pier scenes laid out on a cutting mat

Fine Art Prints

Matte archival paper, ready for your own frame

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Canvas print of a sunrise over Avila Beach and the pier hanging above a white sofa

Canvas

Gallery wrapped and ready to hang

From $119
Metal print of a red sunrise over rocks in San Luis Bay hanging above a grey sofa

Metal

Bold color on aluminum, floats off the wall

From $109
Framed print of a red sunrise over rocks and surf in San Luis Bay, in a black frame with no mat, hanging above a cream sofa

Framed

Black gallery frame with an acrylic face

From $145

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“Wonderful photography from a person that loves Avila Beach. He has captured multiple facets of a diamond called Avila Beach.”

Debbie Loveless Johnson
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Layered cheese torte topped with fresh basil and cherry tomatoes on a dark plate, with sun-dried tomatoes scattered on the counter

Food

Menus, restaurants and recipes

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 Rider carving across the water on an electric jet surfboard below the rocky Avila Beach headlands

Brands & business

Products, people and action

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 Morning sun bursting through tall backlit sunflowers in a garden

Gardens

Blooms in the morning light

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 Jay Olson filming a red sunrise from the Avila Beach Pier railing, camera with a shotgun mic on a tripod

Video

Short films for local brands

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One minute of Avila mornings

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Notes from first light

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Double rainbow over the Avila Beach Pier as a storm clears
Behind the shot

“Look, a rainbow!”
Pink and orange sunrise clouds over the town of Avila Beach and the pier
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The best places to watch sunrise in Avila Beach
Canvas print of an Avila Beach sunrise hanging on a living room wall
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