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Yearly Archives: 2011

This is a portrait!

I’m absolutely fascinated by this portrait idea and technique. Videorative Portrait of Randall Okita from Sergio Albiac on Vimeo. Make sure to check out his website.  I’m just beginning to explore this work, but I’m fascinated by it.

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A place for all your thoughts – or a great gift idea??

I use grid notebooks everyday.  I could not live with out them.  Through blurb.com I have put together one customized with my favorite photos of the coast.  Included are pictures from Southern California through Mendocino County.  I love the coast, and I love my notebooks. There is 100 pages of blank note paper for your…

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Olivia

  This is another of my niece’s – Olivia. It’s funny, I have 2 cousins in total. My kids have hundreds of cousins. How quick things change in one generation.

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Leah in October

  A week or so ago I had the opportunity to go up to see extended family in the Sacramento area. We had a bit of a picnic where I was able to talk Leah into taking some pictures. Leah is not always the easiest to get pictures of. When she decides to let me…

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Salton Sea

  This may be the most disgusting and interesting beach I’ve ever been too. In all my years in California, I had not gone out to the Salton Sea. I had to spend some time for the day job in the Palm Springs area this week so I took a trip out there. It’s a…

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Sunrise at Black Point Beach

  This is a 4 exposure HDR, and a long exposure, taken at one of my favorite places on earth, Black Point Beach in The Sea Ranch, CA. I took this one over a year ago, but I never processed it. When I’m there I take hundreds and hundreds of photos and then I love…

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Bowling Ball Beach #4

  This is one from a few months ago from Bowling Ball Beach. I played around in Silver Efex 2 to convert this to B&W. I feel more comfortable for that software now. I think I like it.

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Jonathan

  Sorry, I’ve not posted nearly as much as I want to or that I need to. I’m trying to get back into the rhythm of daily shooting again, but recently it has been tough. Anyway, here is a very patient and trusting seagull. It let me get pretty close and walk around without taking…

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Sophia

  Sophia is celebrating her 2nd birthday today. My wife traveled to her sister’s house in Utah to help celebrate – see, Sophia is her sisters kid. I’m home with our teenagers for the weekend while she parties with a 2 year old. Happy birthday Sophia. I’d type more tonight, but to tell you the…

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Clara

  A little while ago I took the portraits of Clara’s family. We went to a great beach location and the pictures really came out well. (I’m still working on them but they are coming soon). Clara took a bit of a dance on the beach while we were there. I get to see Clara…

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