I just love photographing the carnival lights.
Category Archives: Local
Fleet Week 2015
Had to work in the area so I took my camera. Traffic was horrible and I didn’t stay to see the Blue Angels.
Crucible
I checked out the open house at the Crucible. I couldn’t stay long, I was hoping for a fire show.
Perbacco
Been wanting to come here for quite awhile, so after my Canon Macro class (right across the street) we had a lovely dinner.
Barin Reunion 2015
This year’s reunion was here in San Francisco. Friday night was the dinner party at the Hilton by SFO. The family was so big I had to shoot a 2 photo pano. I had forgotten to bring an omnidirectional light modifier and only had a softbox. No stress there. Saturday was the picnic at Frontierland …
Ozumo
Tonight we met Jim & Kelly at Ozumo in Oakland for the Japanese Beer month dinner. 6 courses and they were all wonderful. The dessert/beer combo was the big surprise.
Livermore Wines
Paul & Brenda invited us to go wine tasting in Livermore. We have never been there so we jumped at the chance. Murrietta’s Well was our first stop. On to Wente. We had to get past Hank though (major dogmeat). Lunch was at Uncle Yu’s. And finally Tenuta Wines.
Oakland LDS 2014
Last time I was here was 2008. I brought a gigantic DSLR and tripod. This time I used a tiny G1X2 and a travel tripod. I did try a HDR software that came with the Canon RAW package.
Blue Angels 2014
I’ve tried to shoot them a couple of times as they took off from the Oakland airport during their practice runs. Sunday after we got home from the wedding we made the last minute decision to ferry into the City to photograph the Blue Angels. Like an idiot I thought I would be the only …
9/11/14
As a civilian, I’ve always felt there isn’t much I could do to honor the 1st responders who rushed into the tragic situation of 9/11. Sandy gave me the idea to photograph our local fire department. It was my most ambitious project to date. I contacted the local fire department and made arrangements for a photo shoot last …