Mushroom Farm

51 percent of the mushrooms produced in the US are grown in town of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. This is one of the many farms. The sky was perfect for the mood I wanted to show in this photograph.

Natalie Back to School

First day of second grade!

Sunday Sunrise Sunflowers

Spent a couple hours early Sunday morning shooting sunflowers. Here are some of the better shots...

Annabelle

Our newest member of the house. Annabelle is a 2 year old Ragdoll we adopted last Sunday 8/17/2008. These were all shot with the 50mm f1.4 at 1.6, 1.8 & 2.8

Sunrise 2008-08-22

Beautiful morning today. These are all as framed with only some sharpening added...

Even More Grass

Finding more interesting shots in the field grasses

New Lens

Replaced my 50mm f1.8 with the 50mm f1.4. Liking the upgrade so far.

Portrait Practice

Portrait practice on a favorite model :-)

More Grass

Paying closer attention to light, form and detail tonight...

Sunset 2008--08-11

Another beautiful sky this evening...

Beautiful End

Severe weather earlier brought a beautiful end to the day. A beautiful way to end my vacation! Back to work tomorrow.

Stanford Mall Trip

Went to the Stanford Mall with the kids last night. The light on the front porch before we left was great.

Summer, Beaches & Dogs

Went to half moon bay yesterday then back to Menlo Park to relax. The dogs relaxed too...

Transition Day

Transition day today - from Disney to the Bay Area. Random airport moments. The woman on the left asked my daughters to hold a congratulations banner for her daughter arriving on the next plane. The daughter had just gotten engaged a few days ago and the mother worked in the airport so she was able to meet her at the gate. Felt great to capture such a happy moment. Later in the day I went for a walk around Stanford Hills on a beautiful night.

Disney 2008

Annual trip to Disneyland. Here are some of my favorite shots from the 3 days we were there.

Misty Morning

A couple of shots from the morning of 7/31. I sometimes take slightly different routes to work looking for interesting scenery. I found a nice tree and shot it from a couple of different perspectives. The mist was really nice that particular morning .











I wasn't sure about the branch coming in from the upper right, but I think it works here.