beach balance

White Plains, NY

Balance in a hotel

in my front yard...

A rock balance in my front yard. The people that lived here before us were stone masons and they left these rock pillars. Very convenient since they are the perfect base for balancing rocks.

an army...

Here is some little pebbles I balanced on this huge slap of sandstone right in front of my house.

Ojai River Preserve

Here are some balanced rocks at the Ojai River Preserve. Balancing Rocks in the water is always fun.

Desert Rocks

A few rock balances from Death Valley. It was very windy so I could not balance as much as I wanted to...



Rock and wood balance!

Rock Balance Publication

Please check out my recent rock balance publication in Stonexus Magazine
Also take a look at the full article about the art of rock balancing.

at home...

rock balance in my driveway.

Midnight Balance in my front yard...

Arroyo Burro Beach, Santa Barbara, CA

heavenly...

Clark, Colorado

These rocks were balanced in Clark, Colorado. 20 miles out of the ski resort of Steamboat Springs. In the early morning I walked down to the Elk River and had to actually kick the rocks out of the ground since they were frozen in.

heart shaped rock on tree

Red Rock Canyon, Santa Ynez Valley, CA

Older balances

Here is a couple of images of rocks I balanced over the last six months.

Mesa Lane, Santa Barbara, CA

This was a semi unsatisfactory balance. The shot above was actually only an exposure check. I balanced the rocks so I could take a picture after sundown. As soon as they were standing I waited and two ladies came by. They were amazed by the balance and wanted to take a picture of me next to it. I got out the camera and snapped the above image to check the settings on the camera, gave it to them and stood next to the rocks. Just before she took the picture the balance collapsed. I had plenty of time before sundown to build them back up but an hour later they still weren't back up. The tide was coming in, waves clashing all over me, soaking me and throwing my balance off. The sand under my feet was washed away by the waves and I was sinking while trying to balance. It was a little frustrating and the rocks did not want to go back up. I ended up not being able to build the balance again, since it was getting dark and the tide was too high...

Griffith Park, Los Angeles, CA

This balance took me quite a while. The long rock right on the base rock is balanced by the upper rocks. The single rock has just over 50% weight and the two smaller ones are just short of 50% in weight. Sorry for the poor images, I just had my little point and shoot with me.

More Mesa Rock Balance

Here is a video of some rock balancing I did this morning in Santa Barbara.



And here is images of the rocks...

Ventura California