Category Archives: Photography

Samples of some of my favorite images. Click on the image to see a larger version.

San Simeon © 2012 . All rights reserved.

On The Road To The Castle

This shot was taken from the shuttle bus heading up the hill to Hearst Castle. The day was overcast, and the clouds weren’t that interesting – at least not at the time. What I was really shooting for was the foggy look of the headlands in the distance. Wrong lens for that. Continue reading →

AFPE5640w © 2012 . All rights reserved.

New Rescue To Sponsor – FastFriends Greyhound Rescue

It’s Sunday night, so it’s time to select another rescue to benefit from the sales of “Forever Home”. The little guy up top is in the book, along with many other pups present at the 2011 America’s Family Pet Expo.

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CarolynBreezeway © 2012 . All rights reserved.

Breezeway, Mission San Juan Capistrano

Took this shot back in March of 2010. My daughter had wandered ahead of us and the framing looked good. Didn’t have my good camera at the ready (batteries went dead – grr), so I shot this with my phone cam. Finally decided to see what I could do to spruce it up. Continue reading →

Devils Tower, Wyoming © 2012 . All rights reserved.

Where’s Richard Dreyfus?

Devils Tower, Wyoming“Close Encounters of the Third Kind” is one of my favorite movies, as much for the score as for the story.

Devils Tower is a prominent feature in the movie, both in it’s reality and as sculpted in mud and mashed potatoes. It was a very cold day which made for a crisp clear sky. Very beautiful. Continue reading →

FH000021 © 2012 . All rights reserved.

Touch The Sharks

I love my digital camera (even if I do want a new one…), but there’s something about the quality of film. This image was shot with my Pentax ME Super on film at Mandalay Bay’s Shark Reef. My daughter was just watching the sharks swim by, feeling the cool of the glass. And yet, the film added an emotion to the image. Continue reading →