Today was such a glorious day. My older son had a baseball game in Carpinteria today at Cate School. What a phenomenal setting! Up on a hill overlooking the valley as it meets the ocean. As much as I enjoyed the facilities and hanging out to watch and support my son, I was looking forward… Read More
Today we had a nice ‘Afternoon Delight’ with a little bounce house fun! Not a bad way to break up the ‘monotony’ of the week for a two year old! (like any day is monotonous for an active and imaginative two year old!). As I’m learning the appropriate “creatively correct” exposure, not just the perfect… Read More
I made it to Day 90 of an exposure per day! Tonight is pretty windy and there’s a huge American Flag that I was going to shoot tonight, but somehow, I got turned around and ended up heading North on PCH (Pacific Coast Highway). So before the twilight blue was completely gone, I pulled over… Read More
Generally during the week I’m taking my POTD (picture of the day) at night, but tonight, I was enjoying watching my daughter play with my youngest boy out front, and was taken back by the colors of the blooms on the tree against the blue sky, and the white clouds moving in, so I took… Read More
Gave double exposure a try today, blend mode is “Light”. First picture was daughter’s hand in a peace sign against a bright sky, with the second exposure being a rose. “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 Happy resurrection… Read More
Mommy and Li’l Jammers footprints side by side. We had a wonderful day playing beach volleyball with the family, walking along the beach, playing football, petting doggies, and eating a lot of food! As we were walking along the beach, my wife noticed our little one’s footprints and walked along side. It reminds of the… Read More
Shots of Safari What an incredible day! Was roughly 80 degrees at the Safari Park, no clouds, blue sky, and quite the range of animals; from delicate butterflies to rhinos. So picking today’s image is quite a challenge. But, I’m going with the cheetahs as they are relatively new and the cubs were recently born… Read More
Tomorrow is good Friday which means today is traffic Thursday! We are heading down to San Diego and it’s currently 1140pm so I have 20 minutes before the day is done to post a picture. Therefore, what better way to than to take a shot with my phone off the back of my camera with… Read More
Venice Beach is one interesting place, especially at night. The “nomads, hobos, vagabonds, urban campers, bohemians, hippies, housefree, houseless, van dwellers, travelers, etc.,” as expressed by @StandAloneHobo, the tourists, the teenage runaways, the locals, and the yuppies hitting the local restaurants. I love the artwork/graffiti throughout the city. The “Venice” sign illuminates the little main… Read More
Took the boys into Malibu tonight to enjoy the sunset. I figured with daylight savings time, the extended daylight hours I would miss traffic. I was wrong! With the California Incline still closed, going down Chattaqua was tight. We were originally going to head up to Leo Carillo to see the tide pools, cave and… Read More
I shot the moon the other day when it was in a waxing gibbous phase and like the contours, shadows, detail, and dimension which really piqued my interest in shooting the moon in full phase. However, this has shown me that like on camera flash – when the sun is hitting the moon straight on,… Read More
Living in Southern California where the weather is pretty nice nearly all year long, we have our issues with “homeless”. It’s an interesting dilemma as I think the homeless can be broken out into three major buckets: A) Mentally ill, B) Addicts/Alcoholics (probably a sub classification of “A”), and C) those that are down due… Read More
What a wonderful Southern California evening! We went to a birthday party for a cousin and what a great evening and great location for the festivities. The house has so many little private nooks and crannies and two of my kids happened to find one of them! They had a lot of fun up in… Read More
We took off the little seat that was attached to this scooter and this was his maiden voyage. We had a ton of fun cruising up the block. Shot with Canon 5D3, 50mm f/1.2L, f/5.6, 1/160″, ISO 800
I forgot that today is St. Patrick’s day. I was slammed with my day job and headed out late to shoot. I’m trying to slow down and let scenes envelop me and try to see things that would normally escape me. Today, not successful in that area. I grabbed my camera and headed out, and… Read More
“I see the moon, the moon sees me. God bless the moon, God bless me.” I loved that nursery rhyme as a kid and love to sing it to my 2 year old. I attached the camera to my telescope and shot this. I will try again, I should have raised the ISO a bit… Read More
Almost 10 years ago, I had commissioned a painting from Zohar from West Hollywood. It was a difficult time but one of the bright spots was having my kids help pick out the colors for this painting. Every time I look at it, I’m reminded of them, that time, and how this brought us together, both… Read More
I’m practicing off camera flash lighting now and am having a heck of a time! Certain folks say “Manual is the only way to go, you aren’t a pro if you aren’t manual”. Then the other side; “ETTL saves a step or two, is incredibly fast (especially for event photography or street photography), but I’m… Read More
I met with a friend in Culver City tonight and on the way home, I drove by Johnnie’s. I’ve eaten here a few times and have driven by several times. I don’t know why, maybe it’s the neon and the nostalgia, but there’s something about this place that I’m drawn to. Didn’t eat here tonight,… Read More
This is the original post – shot with iPhone off back of camera since I didn’t have access to my computer. We are currently in Fresno for a memorial service honoring my wife’s uncle who has had an incredible impact on his loved ones, those around him, Fresno State, their agriculture department and scholarship programs.… Read More
This was a PHENOMENAL show! I can’t do it justice, so take a look at the YouTube video. If you like horses, acrobatics, and music; then you will live this show. They have extended their run in Irvine, Ca. Btw, Friday night traffic from Santa Monica to Irvine on the 405 just after a rain… Read More
I had to quickly produce a head shot today of myself and so I solicited the help of my assistant, James. It was such a blast with him. In order to capture an image of myself, I set the timer to 10″, would press the shutter, run to my seat and take the photo. Between… Read More
Something about this building I really enjoy. I love the little Vienna bakery – they have the most amazing cakes. I’m captivated by the art deco feel of the building and the neon sign. I was on my way home and quickly pulled over to snap this one. Unfortunately, I only had my 70-200, so… Read More
FOUL BALL!! And that’s why you wear a face mask! 🙂 Shot with Canon 5D3, 70-200mm f/2.8L, 190mm, f/2.8, ISO 400, 1/1250″
I’m still under the weather, so we are digging at the bottom of the toy chest! I tried shooting this at f/1.2, f/3.5, f/5.6 on my 85mm f/1.2L. I was at the closest range possible and the depth of field changed slightly – the 1.2 shot basically put the closest corner of the bumper and… Read More
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