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Firedancers

2011-11-25T11:10:00.001-08:00

Heavy Metal #2

2011-03-28T09:37:00.000-07:00

Desert Plains

2011-01-28T16:45:00.000-08:00

Soft Waves, Jagged Rocks

2011-01-23T08:59:00.000-08:00

Blued Steel Skies #2

2011-01-19T19:30:00.001-08:00

Thoughts

2011-01-19T19:22:00.001-08:00

Smoked Sunset

2008-11-16T20:46:00.000-08:00

Brewery at Night

2008-07-12T19:56:00.000-07:00

Railroad

2008-07-06T07:04:00.001-07:00

Lake at Dusk

2008-07-06T07:02:00.001-07:00

In The Alley

2008-06-24T21:39:00.000-07:00

Copper Skies

2008-05-25T20:56:00.000-07:00

Wet Leaves

2008-05-25T11:12:00.001-07:00

Hands on the Setting Sun

2008-05-22T20:55:00.000-07:00

The Storm

2008-03-16T21:34:00.000-07:00

Before the Storm

2008-03-15T22:27:00.001-07:00

Colorado in February

2008-03-02T17:52:00.000-08:00

Cool Night in the Mountains

2007-11-24T22:19:00.000-08:00

Colorado

2007-11-20T22:05:00.000-08:00

Utah

2007-11-19T20:21:00.000-08:00

Arizona Moonrise

2007-11-18T11:37:00.001-08:00

Under the Summer Sun

2007-09-03T16:01:00.000-07:00

Roadside

2007-04-01T07:29:00.000-07:00

Rusted Barbs

2007-03-31T21:43:00.000-07:00

Heavy Metal

2007-03-29T23:16:00.000-07:00

Winter's Soft Sunset

2007-03-08T20:03:00.000-08:00

A Mother's Love

2007-02-25T21:04:00.000-08:00

San Diego's Sunset Cliffs

2007-02-05T20:00:00.000-08:00

January

2007-01-15T22:20:00.000-08:00

Black Sky, White Clouds

2007-01-08T20:35:00.000-08:00

San Diego Shores

2006-12-10T20:53:00.000-08:00

Southern California Skies

2006-12-03T18:58:00.000-08:00

In December:

Ibanez in Gold

2006-11-27T21:12:00.000-08:00

Blued Steel Skies

2006-11-08T21:19:00.000-08:00

Under the Bridge

2006-11-02T21:00:00.000-08:00

In Pasadena, California:

Night Heat

2006-10-03T20:49:00.000-07:00

Falls

2006-10-01T19:21:00.000-07:00

In Yosemite, along the trail to Half Dome. This was in the morning, when much of the park is still bathed in blue.

Belltower

2006-09-11T21:22:00.000-07:00

Seven Miles

2006-08-22T21:50:00.000-07:00

Goldendrops

2006-07-18T22:07:00.000-07:00

Just a little sample of some stuff I posted over at PBase:

New Online Galleries

2006-07-04T11:30:00.000-07:00

Please take a look at my new online galleries over at PBase. I'm starting with just a few galleries for now, but I'll be posting more soon. Thanks!

Pacific Coast Highway

2006-07-03T23:06:00.000-07:00

A Shot in the Dark

2006-06-30T21:42:00.000-07:00

Summer City Lights

2006-06-28T22:00:00.000-07:00

Reflections

2006-06-25T07:15:00.000-07:00

Red Sun

2006-05-09T20:23:00.000-07:00

Utah Forest Stream

2006-05-03T22:14:00.000-07:00

In a forest in the Utah mountains. The U.S. Southwest is full of breathtaking scenery.

Rock Along the Coast

2006-04-24T21:23:00.000-07:00

Near Santa Barbara, California:

Coastline under a Dark Cloud

2006-04-17T06:54:00.000-07:00

Along the Santa Barbara Coast

2006-04-16T16:39:00.000-07:00

Nothing too unique about this view, but sometimes it's nice to take the time to stare out into the ocean and watch the waves. This is just west of Santa Barbara, with the Channel Islands in the distance.

Santa Barbara Colors

2006-04-10T18:03:00.000-07:00

A little more digital deception:

Santa Barbara Skies

2006-04-10T17:39:00.000-07:00

In the evening:

Santa Barbara Surf

2006-04-08T22:42:00.000-07:00

The Two Hillsides

2006-04-04T21:37:00.000-07:00

These two are from the same photo-- of course one of them is converted to black and white. I'm not sure which one is better. In the color image, the little bit of red foliage in the lower right I think adds a nice touch. On the other hand, the black and white trims away all that pesky color and leaves only a flavor of classic drama... or something, I can't figure out what.

This is in South Pasadena. For those unfamiliar with the LA area, South Pasadena is a small city adjoining the northeast corner of LA. And as you can see, it seems to be covered in green.

California Farm Road

2006-04-02T22:38:00.000-07:00

Near Tulare, California. I remember it was about 105 degrees there when I took the pic:

Visitors From Other Countries

2006-04-01T22:30:00.000-08:00

Every once in a while my Sitemeter picks up a hit from another country-- most recently, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Greece, Italy, Chile, Venezuela, Argentina, and pretty much all over. To those visiting from other countries, please be sure to leave a comment-- even if it's not in English. I'll find someone to translate it. It would be great to hear from everyone around the world!

UPDATE: Welcome Netherlands!

Digital Deception

2006-04-01T22:04:00.000-08:00

Using a photo editor, a little fun with an earlier pic:

Girl

2006-04-01T21:51:00.000-08:00

A detail of an old sketch:

Dawn or Dusk?

2006-04-01T19:46:00.000-08:00

Could one tell the difference between the two from a photograph? This happens to be dusk, from the northeast corner of L.A., earlier this evening:

On a Bridge in South Pasadena

2006-03-29T22:02:00.000-08:00

Grass Blades in the Sun

2006-03-29T17:54:00.000-08:00

Along the roadside, in South Pasadena, California:

Eaton Canyon

2006-03-26T20:36:00.000-08:00

Another from the archives:

Girl in Black

2006-03-23T20:24:00.000-08:00

... so now I'm really digging up the archives:

Sunrise Palm and Afternoon Park

2006-03-21T18:23:00.000-08:00

Some paintings from a couple of years ago:

Amber

2006-03-11T19:41:00.000-08:00

Along the boulevard:

Zoom

2006-03-09T20:35:00.000-08:00

And yup, it's in California:

Axe

2006-03-09T19:59:00.000-08:00

Calm, still, sleeping... the source of both ethereal, dream-like arpeggios and rough, heavy, brutal, violent power chord riffs:

One Palm

2006-03-06T20:57:00.000-08:00

City at Night

2006-03-06T19:45:00.000-08:00

After the Rain

2006-03-04T11:59:00.000-08:00

Sunset

2006-03-02T21:43:00.000-08:00

From May 2005:

Hermosa Beach, California

2006-02-25T13:56:00.000-08:00

In the winter:

San Gabriel Mountains...

2006-02-20T18:20:00.000-08:00

...from a distance, same mountains, later the same day:

San Gabriel Mountains Snow

2006-02-20T18:04:00.000-08:00

... after a weekend snowfall, in the mountains near L.A.:

Pasadena Bridge

2006-02-18T18:57:00.000-08:00

A few different views of the 134 Freeway Bridge in Pasadena:

Water

2005-10-22T22:28:00.000-07:00

Something about mountain streams seems so refreshing, even now that the fall months are closing in...

Fire and Water

2005-10-10T07:59:00.000-07:00

Hawaii, Part 3

2005-09-21T19:55:00.000-07:00

North Shore and Pali Lookout:

Hawaii, Part 2

2005-09-21T19:46:00.000-07:00

Hawaii, Part 1

2005-09-12T20:22:00.000-07:00

On Oahu, at Waikiki. From a distance, and close up. Either way, a bit of paradise:

Water Water Everywhere

2005-09-11T18:42:00.000-07:00

I started this blog as a way to post pics of the L.A. area, but it's gone in a slightly different direction, in part because views like this one of the middle of the Pacific Ocean are much better than anything I've seen around L.A.:

Wide Open Spaces, Part 2

2005-08-15T21:04:00.000-07:00

In Utah:

Sometimes it's nice to have room to breathe.

Go here for more Wide Open Spaces.

Sequoia, Part 2

2005-08-07T13:51:00.000-07:00

More pics from Sequoia:

Sequoia, Part 1: Treetops

2005-08-06T22:49:00.000-07:00

... at Sequoia National Park:

Train Tracks

2005-07-30T14:09:00.000-07:00

Near Mojave:

Cosmopolitan

2005-07-19T17:33:00.000-07:00

Not a bad drink, and pretty popular from the looks of it (although it seems it's even more popular in England).

Dizzy

2005-07-18T19:25:00.000-07:00

These three were actually mistakes, and I was about to delete them because they're out of focus, the camera shook, some leaves got in the way in the bottom pic, and other bad stuff. But the more I looked at them, the more interesting they became. Maybe it's just the colors, the brassy glints of sun against the backdrop of the verdant hillside, the juxtaposition of warm and cool, or something. Who knows. Whatever. It doesn't matter. Hopefully someone else will also find these interesting.

Wide Open Spaces

2005-07-16T14:53:00.000-07:00

In the Nevada Desert, on Highway 50:

And in the Mojave Desert:

Tool of the Trade

2005-07-14T21:37:00.000-07:00

A couple of readers have asked what kind of camera I've been using for these shots. It's a Canon Powershot S1-IS digital. Probably its coolest feature is the Image Stabalization (hence the "IS" in its name), which comes in handy to make pictures clearer. But if you're on a rickety tour bus barreling down a bumpy road trying to take pictures of buffalo on the roadside, you might as well wait for the bus to stop. Still, it's a nice feature to have. There's more info about this camera here, which is where I looked when I was shopping around for a new camera, and you can also look here, and here.

6 p.m.

2005-07-14T21:28:00.000-07:00

... Near Mojave:

Further to the South

2005-07-11T17:37:00.000-07:00

My friend Stan took this stunning pic of the sunrise in Cancun during his recent trip down there. It seems to fit right in with some of the other pics here, so I got his permission to post it.

Sundrenched

2005-07-10T13:28:00.000-07:00

About 2 1/2 hours north of L.A.:

Catalina Island, Part 4

2005-07-09T22:29:00.000-07:00

We took one of the tours up into the hills along a bumpy road that twists up the island, overlooking the channel. Lots of nice views.

Buffalo roam free up in the hills on the island. (By the way, a number of places on the island serve buffalo burgers-- just a bit tougher and dryer than beef, but tasty enough to make a good meal.)

Just west of Avalon, beyond the casino, is a "private/public" beach, which really just means that you pay two bucks to get into the cove, plus there's food, a bar (Coronas, margaritas, etc.), music, kayak rentals, all that cool stuff.

After about fifteen tries, I finally caught one of these in the frame:

Nightime in Avalon Bay:

Catalina Island, Part 3

2005-07-09T14:41:00.000-07:00

Some odds and ends here from Avalon. Here's where we stayed:

This is not where we stayed, but the building looked cool anyway:

A pizza place across the street from the hotel, and how it looks from the inside:

A brave seagull stands guard over the Snug Harbor Inn (not where we stayed either, but it looked like it would make a good pic):

Another gull posing:

Yet another:

Catalina Island, Part 2

2005-07-09T14:35:00.000-07:00

Some pics of Avalon Bay, mid-morning. Gotta love that glimmer of sunlight on the water! The last pic was taken in mid-afternoon, when the light seems a little more pic-friendly and the colors seem cleaner, more pronounced.

Catalina Island

2005-07-08T15:39:00.000-07:00

Just got back in town from a four-day trip to Catalina Island. I'm posting just a couple of pictures here; I'll post more in the coming days. The weather was great, although since the mornings were foggy, there weren't really too many good photo-ops for early morning sunrise pics. Still, there were plenty of photo-ops for nice daytime pics.

Guitars

2005-07-03T17:42:00.000-07:00

An Ibanez...

And a Cordoba...

A nice place to be

2005-07-03T07:00:00.000-07:00

The woman who owns this house saw this pic and asked me how I decide whether to take a photograph in black and white or in color. Not really knowing anything about photography, I just said that if it's some kind of subject matter that seems moody or mysterious somehow, it might make a good black and white photograph. Maybe sometimes color is irrelevant to the mood. I guess. I don't really know. Maybe that's what I thought when I took this photo. This happens to be her favorite part of her house. This is where she'll sit on a Saturday morning, sipping a cup of coffee, reading the Travel section of the paper, staring out the doorway, watching the water in her pool. For her, this means no noise, no arguments, no screaming, no drama, no problems. Just calm and quiet. Must be a nice place to be.

A few more

2005-06-30T21:09:00.000-07:00

These came out all right. Just a little processing through a photo editor (not much, though).

A rare view

2005-06-30T20:51:00.000-07:00

A rare view of the San Gabriel Mountains from the Northeast L.A. area. The sky isn't usually this blue, but this was a rare, clear Sunday morning soon after some of the rainy days earlier this year.