This year we decided to go to Hawaii as Joan & Larry have never been there. Since we have some locals in the group, Jon declared it the “Insiders Tour”. Thursday: We all met at HNL airport where Joan & Larry got lei’d. We haven’t seen Joan since our Germany/Switzerland vacation so it was a …
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Fotodiox ND Throttle / Alamere Falls
My variable ND filter fiasco lead me to try a Fotodiox Sony adapter. Now I can use any of my Canon lenses on my Sony which is cool but more importantly it has a built in variable ND filter. A week ago I made an attempt to go to Alamere Falls but I wasn’t quite …
Backyard Redux 2016
The sloping backyard has always been a problem with regard to mowing the grass and as I get older its more of a concern. Since the drought we have let the lawn die and it’s been looking pretty bad. Sandy had the great idea of extending the lower wall, leveling it off and planting sod. …
Vacashun 2016 Switzerland
Day 6: Crans Montana, Switzerland. We took the subway to the train station to pick up our rental vans. Once again the bait and switch. Instead of three full-size vans, Hertz gave us 3 mini vans. It wasn’t possible to fit everyone and their luggage in these small vehicles. Luckily, Joan was able to pull …
Vacashun 2016 Germany
This year we went on another “big” vacation setup by Jon & Joan. They arranged for us to go to Germany & Switzerland with the family. The departure day arrived all too soon and I went through my usual dilemma, my luggage packed full of camera gear and no clothes. I slowly started the inevitable …
Calistoga
This past weekend we got quite a treat when we followed Jon up to Calistoga for a private concert at Jessica’s Barn. The concert was held in … a barn. The sound was not bad considering the venue. We also got to meet the Farallon Quintet. I had a flash issue which caused the group …
Canine Model Shoot
Did our regular thing. Got Koa, lather rinse repeat, pick up her crap & shoot portraits. I wanted to get some grossly distorted wide angle shots, but she had other things on the agenda. She’s such a princess.
Dogsitting Koa
In preparation for Easter at Tami & Chris’s we took Koa off their hands for the afternoon. This is always full of challenges. We decided to spend the day in the backyard and Koa was quietly waiting for the ducks to show. She would ignore them til she felt she could pounce. Of course the …
France Assisted Living Tour 2013
Jon & Joan started a new business taking the elderly to Europe and charging a fortune to take them around and feed them horrible food. We’re their 1st employees. My job was to take pictures to make them feel like they got what they paid for. Day 1 Home for the 1st four days was Hotel …
Pole Dancer
As I shoot events I’ve grown tired of the flash atop the camera look. While in San Diego I shot exclusively with an off-camera Photoflex softbox via pocket wizard mounted to a monopod. While everyone laughed at the sight of Sandy shadowing me in what they called a “pole”, the results were very pleasing to me. …