Hopefully a new tradition is born. Unfortunately our small dining room limited the guest list. Thanks to Sandy, Alan & Tom for the additional photos.
Category Archives: Photography
AlaMo Dinner
We started a tradition of having dinner with Alan & Mona about this time last year. So this year we hosted with a steak meal. Thanks to Sandy for the photos.
Thanksgiving 2023
This year we invaded the Yuen house. Sandy made a burrata appetizer and lumpia. I made baguettes and a butternut squash cheesecake. As usual I didn’t take enough photos. Thanks to Sandy for the additional photos.
Sun/Moon set
Shot a sunset and a moonset a couple of days apart.
Oakland Dinner
Seems like years since we have all been together. Thanks to Jim for the photos.
American Century Plant
While on a morning walk I snapped a quick photo of this American Century Plant that must have been 20 feet tall. The intention was to come back during sunset. Well sunset wasn’t very good.
EOS-M discontinued }:(
I try not to write about hardware as I don’t feel it makes much of a difference these days. Many years ago I stopped buying the latest and greatest cameras. Recently I’ve settled in on the smaller APC-C ones. For fast moving subjects definitely the Sony A6600, but for everything else my trusty Canon EOS-M6 …
Blue Angels 2023
Every year I get lazier than the previous year. I thought it would better to go as late as possible to avoid burning in the sun. I only had about 20 seconds to prepare for this shot on Saturday. Sunday I brought a different camera to get right under the action, but forgot to bring …
Sunrise Stroll
The sunrise looked promising on my morning walk so I ran out.
Smoking Brisket Island
Tom offered up a brisket that he didn’t have time to cook. I agreed thinking it was gonna be a flat. To my surprise it was a whole brisket, 11 lbs of beef! It was too big for my dutch oven so I cut it in half thinking I was going to do one in …