Category Archives: Weekly 2

No wildflowers from this last week because I was “managing” and arm and face worth of poison oak from the previous wildflower trek.  So as to avoid expanding the “big itch” these images are coming to you from “standing positions.”  … Continue reading →

Interior Designers tell us the beautiful warm colors of yellow and orange go well together.  You only need to look at the coastal poppies to know that.  Perhaps these colors which call spring out of the earth and us also … Continue reading →

The wildflower season is well underway in the Bay Area.  Although February is usually for the early flowers, the sunny days may have hasten some blossoms.  The lack of rain seems to also have kept the grasses short so the … Continue reading →

There is nothing more exciting to most photographers than a beautiful sky at sunset, except for a silhouetted subject in front of it.  I had both these elements before me last week at Pigeon Point Lighthouse. 50 miles south of … Continue reading →

One of the key factors in most images is the use of lines.  Are they converging or diagonal, parallel or random?  LINES define edges of shape.  SHAPES fill space two dimensionally, but don’t show depth.  TEXTURE gives depth and relief … Continue reading →

If you desire fun and funky images you’ll want to try a fisheye lens, where distortion is super emphasized.  Canon’s 8 – 15 mm fisheye can give you both circular-image and full-coverage when used with a full-frame EOS body. Use … Continue reading →

This past week’s two images are not what I would call “stand alones” worthy of hanging on your wall or invoking guttural sounds of appreciation or inspiration.  But they are a part of a larger picture and segments of a … Continue reading →

Rodeo Beach in Marin County on the other side of the Marin Headlands always has something worth photographing.  Its beach is made of sand and pebbles in which you may often see jasper, carnelian and agate.  The bluffs and lagoon … Continue reading →

Growing up in upstate New York in a meat and potatoes and carrot/peas household I had never tasted, seen or even heard of the “artichoke.”  But having been in the Bay Area now for half of my life I am … Continue reading →

At the end of the year and the precipice of the next you hear the various musical renditions of Scottish Poet Robert Burns’ 1788  lyrics  “Auld Lang Syne”  written for a traditional folk tune.  Billy Joel performed “Auld Lang Syne” … Continue reading →