I drove downtown to shoot the moon last night. Unfortunately, I missed the full moon by one night and since I hadn’t shot for quite some time, I was fumbling with my settings. It’s true what they say, I need to be around my camera daily to keep everything fresh and top of mine. After… Read More
Here are the images from our trip to France. Our trip was phenomenal! We spent two days in Paris, then took the high speed train down to Provence and rented an old farm home that was over 250 years old. Each day we shuttled to various towns in the area. From Aix en Provence to… Read More
It’s been almost two months since I’ve posted. My photo a day commitment completely evaporated. Within a short span, I photographed two weddings, a baptism, and went to France on vacation. This generated a ton of images I needed to cull through and edit the keepers, which took an enormous amount of time for me,… Read More
Tomorrow I’m shooting a wedding for some friends. I’m absolutely looking forward to it! In the meantime, here are some beautiful roses being prepped! Wish me luck for tomorrow!!
Had a conference to attend today in San Diego for my day job. Great conference, learned a tremendous amount and the main keynote speaker was Paul DePodesta, the Chief Strategy Officer for the Cleveland Browns and also of “Money Ball” Fame. And no, he doesn’t look like Jonah Hill! 🙂 It was a great talk!… Read More
Tonight was a great family night – we all pitched in and made dinner and desert together. I fired up the grill while the kids made desert. Today’s POTD is my daughter’s “hand”y work making sugar cookies from scratch. We had a great night, sitting around the table, and my 2 1/2 year old said… Read More
I love church. Our church emphasizes that church is not “a place where”, but “a people who”. This particular church appears to be a “church who…references the Flinstones to get the word out to the crowd! I can’t see this restocking the pond with enthusiastic millenials?However, I’m a bit older and appreciated it! So yes,… Read More
I can’t wait to take my boys camping and since it’s not quite summer, I thought I would take a trial run! Set up the tent in the living room and my little one hopped in was so excited! Grabbed Larry the Cucumber and watched a little Daniel Tiger. Now we are watching the Red… Read More
Our nanny came by for a visit and got a sneak attack! I was taking various pictures of odds and ends around the house, more specifically working with flash by moving around the light to create new light sources when she came by. I was working with closeups with lights in the background in order… Read More
Tonight my wife and I went to Bottega Louie’s (https://www.bottegalouie.com). Needless to say, it quite delicious! i enjoy the front! –> Last night – I was exhausted – I tried so desperately to get my daily pic in as I was falling asleep and this post certainly reflects how exhausted I was! I enjoy the… Read More
Today was a great day – I started the day off working the dugout in my older son’s first tournament this all star season for baseball. We had a great time and I enjoy watching him play. Afterwards, met a friend for a cup of coffee and visited for awhile, then piled the family into… Read More
Today we celebrated my sister’s graduation last week (again, SO proud of her). But, during the party, I look over to see my son butt naked splashing around the fountain! My older daughter encouraging him on as he would climb up to the side and jump in. Nope, the acorn doesn’t fall far from the… Read More
What a great night celebrating our friend Nate’s impending wedding day! At a time when many enter marriage jokingly referring to their significant other as ‘the old ball and chain’, or celebrate the covenantal vow with a ‘bachelor party’ to celebrate the last time being single, it was refreshing to hang out with a group… Read More
Another beautiful day in paradise! “Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them.” -Luke 4:40
I picked up my older son from his high school performance practice and headed down to the pier. Now that Colorado Blvd. is open with the opening of the train, it’s easier to get a straight on shot. However, I was in my car with a brief red light, so I quickly cranked my ISO… Read More
I love this piece -it’s a solid piece of olive wood from Israel, carved into Joseph, Mary, and Jesus. I wanted to continue my practice with off camera flash and while I still have a long t I’m slowly getting the hang of things. Anyway, admiring this piece again tonight has me daydreaming of travel.… Read More
http://gizmodo.com/this-is-how-you-transport-a-65-000-pound-space-shuttle-1778059655 My older kids and I finally took the long awaited Santa Monica to Downtown LA ‘E’ Blue line. The train ride was smooth, the ride was comfortable. We stopped off at Expo Park to have lunch and knock around a bit. I had no idea this was there, but we got to see the… Read More
I still enjoy heading over to the promenade to witness the nuts, homeless, tourists, talent, and locals. Now that the train comes all the way through (and today’s fares being free), it was quite crowded down there! But there at the corner was Rock ‘n Roll Jesus, singing terribly but owning it. The kids and… Read More
Venice High is home to several movies and TV shows; most notably Rydell High from Grease. American History X, Matchstick Men, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Heathers were shot here. Britney Spears’ “Baby One More Time” was filmed here as was Glee and many other TV shows, videos, etc. Speaking of Grease, the opening… Read More
Today was the last day in Catalina. We had a great breakfast overlooking the vast Pacific and the shoreline of the mainland, then headed down to the spa for an amazing massage. Completely relaxed and rubbed down in aromatherapy, back to the Inn for lunch and rest out on the deck for an hour or… Read More
Today was a great day – we hiked through the botanical gardens up to the top of Catalina, straddling both sides of the island. While taking in the breath taking views, a small fox crept his way up to us and allowed us to get with a couple feet of him. He was so adorable!… Read More
Monday will be my wife’s and I seven year anniversary, so we headed out to Catalina. We are staying at the ol’ Wrigley Mansion (Inn on Mt. Ada) in Avalon. The views are fantastic. We took the helicopter from Island Express out of Long Beach and I thoroughly enjoyed the views coming out of the… Read More
Today is day 2 of practice with Photoshop. Today I played with blending images. Today’s image is a blend of three bracketed shots (median exposure (base), overexposed for shadows, and under exposed for highlights). Images were brought into Photoshop where luminosity masks were used to blend the photos together (no Photomatix or other ‘HDR’ software… Read More
Tonight while looking for opportunities to shoot, I was taken with the wind, the full moon, the hazy sky, and the general feel of the night. Therefore, I ended up in Venice Beach and like how my headlights were creating shadows and textures in the sand. So tonight’s image is a very simple, stripped down… Read More
Ok – so today IS day 112, but as I mentioned in day 111, I fell asleep at around 8PM putting my 2 year old to bed, so I didn’t get an image out. As I mentioned, it was a GORGEOUS night!
