son with new - used Nikon FE2

a Christmas tree discovery....

Duelling Pianos...

A snapshot of a moment of music between friends.... They were playing Coldplay's Clocks...

My niece and nephews

carsyn
blake (oldest)
riley

Happy Holidays!

Blessings to you this Christmas... and a joyous NEW YEAR!

lensbaby effect...

this is a lot next to my house taken with a flash off a Canon S3 IS. Then the Kent_lensblur (lensbaby effect action) applied to it... Lensbaby is this amazing lens with selective focus and wonderful blur effects.

Vintage Nikon F Photomic body

recently my passion for film photography has been re-ignited. I'm scanning old negatives from the past and this particular photo was taken as a test shot by a Minolta camera (maxxum 5)

Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins

Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins

This was taken last night at UC Irvine's Bren Center. They opened for Death Cab for Cutie.... one word: Unusual.

archives... ex g/f from the 90's

Just digging through some old photos and I came up with a photo of an ex g/f from the mid 90's. Cynthia where ever you are, I hope all is well. ;) Desert Hot Springs Spa.

Jeans up close...

Wedding at Newport Beach

I helped with a wedding today at beautiful Newport Beach. The wedding was in a huge yacht and we had about 80 people on board. Yes, I was the DJ. Actually, I was the "DJ" on most of the parties we had back in my high school and college days. Ali and Pam were married today, and the irony is that Pam was married to a friend of ours too. BTW, Ali was my best man at my wedding.

Aztec Calendar...

Hi...
I went to an exhibit of world religions at the Stahl Center. This was an Aztec calendar. The exhibit included different religion's take on different aspects... some of which were ways different religions fixes what's broken... but the main discussion was about the recent sectarian violence between the different sects of the Moslem faith, and how religious violence is mostly at its core a human choice... think about this statement: If you had a choice to denounce the name of Jesus only to exhibit what Jesus would do and you choose to to denounce the name of Jesus... does God looks at that favorably or not?

I'm blue...

Well, literally blue. This was taken yesterday at church in the sound booth area. Photoshopped and enhanced. Today I will go to a wedding in Newport Beach...in a yach no doubt. I will have photos tonight. Have a great Sunday.

my new "old" toy

I recently been fascinated by medium format cameras and decided to get a vintage folding camera... Agfa Isolette III. This was originally made in the 50's and it's compactness and simple mechanism makes it ideal for candid photography. The fact it uses 120 film (4x larger than a 35 mm film), makes beautiful enlargements. It doesn't typically have the light leaks and vignetting like a Holga type camera, but I can't wait to see what kind of photos it takes.

new but looking old...

my new tacoma made to look old... (repost)

5th Street

Just one of the hidden streets of my town....

Breakfast at Denny's

couple weeks ago while having my car serviced I ate breakfast at Denny's

aaron christmas program elementary school

just posting some old film scans of aaron in elementary school christmas program.

Pat Metheny and I (circa 1990)

I was scanning through my old photos and came across a photo of me and Pat Metheny. I believe this was taken around 1990-ish when I saw the Pat Metheny Group at Royce Hall in UCLA. A brush with greatness indeed!