Category Archives: Weekly 2

In the art of wine-tasting there are basically six steps: use your sense of sight, then swirl, sniff, sip, spit and finally drive home safely.  Just as there is an art to tasting the fermented juices, there’s an art to … Continue reading →

This past week I walked past the “Enchantment Pond” outside the De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park.  It isn’t very large but right now a couple of dozen water lilies are blooming.  I photographed these lilies one day in … Continue reading →

It is said that the best weather in San Francisco is Fall, the season we have just entered.  But it seems like all this climate change – global warming, is changing the predicable patterns around here.  Rainfall is rare this … Continue reading →

Given my very limited time this past week for photography I had to take my own challenge.  Pick a spot and pretty much create images there.  So a parking lot with its the gardened edges became my creative play ground.  … Continue reading →

Since I knew I would be posting my weekly images on 9/11 I set out to photograph a rose.  The rose in many cultures is a sign of the Divine and used for love and remembrance.  All those things are … Continue reading →

Although a created lake, Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park is a beautiful respite from the urban terrain.  The lake surrounds Strawberry Hill from which electrically pumped recycled water feeds a waterfall. Resident and migratory water fowl enjoy the lake … Continue reading →

The Dahlia Garden next to the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park peaks in beauty from mid July to mid September.  This area was dedicated in 1920 to the dahlia, the official San Francisco Flower. Although there are a … Continue reading →

The fog continues to blanket most of San Francisco even to the point of drizzling. But this produces wonderful dew drops on leaves and flowers.  I find that diagonal lines in an image can give a simple stagnate subject a … Continue reading →

The images for this past week both come from Lake Tahoe.  Lake Tahoe is the highest lake of its size in the United States and the largest alpine lake in North America, and I am fortunate that it is only … Continue reading →

We have fog every day in my part of San Francisco.  This can be nice light for various subjects, especially wildflowers and people portraits.  Obviously you know my first choice will always be the wildflowers.  They don’t talk back!  But … Continue reading →