The life and times of a true knucklehead – No photos to be used without permission
After what seemed like forever, our backyard project is finally complete. Of course I forgot to take a “before shot”. Regardless, where Sandy is standing used to be an ugly patch of weeds and dirt.
Wait…I did manage to find a “before shot”.
This year, we had Thanksgiving dinner at Jennifer and Rick’s. The food was excessive and delicious. As usual, I spent too much time eating & laughing so only a few pix were taken.
This morning we visited one of our favorite breakfast spots, Ole’s Waffle Shop. The line is usually long… for good reason. Great waffles!
It was a short trip. As usual, I didn’t have time to do much other than work.
Tonight we met Jim & Kelly at César in Piedmont for tapas and vino. The food was excellent, the company was even better.
What is it that compels us to photograph a sunset that’s been shot so many times?
While Jen’s birthday is not until Tuesday, we celebrated this evening with a dinner at Krung Thai in San Jose. The food was excellent! Then we went back to Jen & Rick’s house to enjoy toasted almond cake for dessert . Happy birthday, Jen!
Someone asked me how I make my panos. The seven 2912 x 4368 shots below were shot with a 35mm f2.8 lens, converted from RAW to jpg then imported into a panoramic stitching software which created the 13,216 x 4140 image. Any flaws or artifacts are then corrected in PhotoShop CS2.
This process will become simplified when I get my new Panosaurus tripod head.
It’s not easy for me to set foot in a church feeling the way I do about religion, but I made an exception to watch the baptism of Aidan Wy Bordador. Unfortunately, I couldn’t take any photos during the ceremony, just a group shot afterwards.
Bengie arrived from San Diego this morning. We went directly to Jim’s at the Golf Course for a big breakfast and then headed out to the City. We went to the Palace of Fine Arts to spend some time sightseeing. We didn’t plan on the wedding, but we couldn’t pull ourselves away.
After a long afternoon of shooting pictures, we decided to go to the Cliff House for a quick snack. The Green Papaya Salad was great.
How do you end a good day like this? Grilled filets (ala thedude), mashed sweet potatoes, roasted asparagus & Rosenblum Cabernet (forgot to photograph it).
Finally we watched my 1st Blu-Ray DVD, 300 while sipping Laphroaig Scotch.