365 Days of Photos - Photo 28

San Francisco, CA
Orson Restaurant & Bar
Canon 5D Mark II - 85mm lens
This is Elizabeth Falkner and her sous chef getting the salads ready for the Nine Vines Dinner Series. 

365 Days of Photos - Photo 27

San Francisco, CA
Orson Restaurant & Bar
Canon 5D Mark II - 85mm lens
At the event shoot in the city at Orson, I had the privilege of ducking into the kitchen - Elizabeth Falkner's kitchen! Super cool - I'm honored to have met her.

365 Days of Photos - Photo 26

San Francisco, CA
Orson Restaurant & Bar
Canon 5D Mark II - 85mm lens
I shot an event last night at Orson Restaurant & Bar in the city. The dinner was held in the private room upstairs and this was part of the decor on one of the sideboards. I want it for my house! I love glass bubbles.

365 Days of Photos - Photo 25

Napa, CA
Canon 5D Mark II - 85mm lens
A bookend in my house...played with the levels in Photoshop just because.

365 Days of Photos - Photo 24

Napa, CA
Canon 5D Mark II
How gorgeous is this! I didn't change anything on this photo....1/500s, f/4, 105mm. The sky was just. that. gorgeous.

365 Days of Photos - Photo 23

Saint Helena, CA
Canon 5D Mark II - macro lens
What time is it you say? I'm on a black and white kick too. There's just something about black, white and grey...

365 Days of Photos - Photo 22

St. Helena, CA
Canon 5D Mark II - macro lens
Another rainy day droplet photo on a scraggly vine...I love it, it's like claws. Rawr.

365 Days of Photos - Photo 21

Napa, CA
Canon SD700
Hail. On. My. Porch. Awesome! Yes, I put some in the freezer right after I took this shot and called my mom.

365 Days of Photos - Photo 20

St. Helena, CA
Canon 5D Mark II - Macro Lens
Yep, still cheating. Sorry. But look how pretty the view is!

365 Days of Photos - Photo 19

St. Helena, CA
Canon 5D Mark II - Macro Lens

Ok, I'm cheating and I know it. I just loved this photo too, so it's #19. Thank you to Chef Jeff Starr for this beautiful Dungeness Crabcake.

365 Days of Photos - Photo 18

St. Helena, CA
Canon 5D Mark II - Macro Lens

This photo is one of my favorites from a shoot I did back in November. I hadn't edited these yet, so I thought I'd share them here as one of my photos for my 365 project. Thank you to Chef Jeff Starr for these oysters on the half shell.

365 Days of Photos - Photo 17

Sonoma, CA
Canon 5D Mark II - macro lens
I've always wanted to do the rain drops on a leaf thing....I can scratch that one off my list!

365 Days of Photos - Photo 16

Sonoma, CA
Canon 5D Mark II - Macro lens
I just went around outside on this rainy day for about 15 minutes. In the right frame of mind, shooting every day is easy! It helped that I was in a gorgeous setting at a friend's house in Sonoma...

365 Days of Photos - Photo 15

Sonoma, CA
Canon 5D Mark II - new 85mm lens!
Again, just leftover cut lemons and limes from the birthday party. Amazing what you can find in the things around a house.

365 Days of Photos - Photo 14

Sonoma, CA
Canon 5D Mark II - new 85mm lens!
This is my favorite image from my shoot of the "aftermath" - the morning after a birthday party.

Slackin'.....

I haven't quite gotten the hang of taking one photo per day. For some reason, life tends to get in the way. I took some photos of Baby B last night but I used K's camera. Doesn't really do me any good... Tomorrow, I'll be all over the North Bay and I vow right now to take mucho photos and catch up on my slackin'.

In other news, I got my 85mm lens yesterday - love it! I can't wait to play around with it tomorrow.

Cheers! It's Friday!

Here's an oldie...

365 Days of Photos - Photo 13

Napa, CA - Canon 5D Mark II
This was the sky this morning. It's so gorgeous when it rains around here! Rain, clouds, sun, rain, sun, clouds...it makes for a picture perfect day.

365 Days of Photos - Photo 12

Carneros, Napa, CA - Canon 5D Mark II
I'm cheating with this one since I was sick yesterday and missed a day. This is from some shots I took on Sunday...

365 Days of Photos - Photo 11

Carneros, Napa, CA - Canon 5D Mark II
I think this is my entry for the Mustard Festival this year...unless I become extremely creative in the next month...

365 Days of Photos - Photo 10

January 10, 2010
Schramsberg, Calistoga, CA - Canon 5D Mark II
This is my favorite shot from today - three glasses of bubbly. Does it get better? This is being submitted to stock houses...

365 Days of Photos - Photo 9

January 10, 2010
Swanson Winery, Rutherford, CA - Canon 5D Mark II
Ok, I missed two days. Here's another make up photo...This is the decanter at Swanson Winery; Michelle is pouring us their fantastic Merlot.

365 Days of Photos - Photo 8

January 10, 2010
Calistoga, CA - Canon 5D Mark II
I missed a day this week...here's my make up photo! This is in the pond at Schramsberg. A cloudy day makes for amazing colors in the world...

365 Days of Photos - Photo 7

January 8, 2010
Uva Trattoria, Napa, CA - iPhone

365 Days of Photos - Extras

I had to catch up from yesterday and ended up with a few extras today. The extras don't count toward future posts, but I thought I'd post since I have them. Post your suggestions/comments/criticism for any photos I post here! My goal is to become a better photographer through this project.

365 Days of Photos - Photo 6

January 6, 2010

Napa, CA - Canon 5D Mark II
How Napa is this...it's taken me almost three years to shoot this guy! I couldn't decide between black & white and color...though now that I look again, I think I like the black and white better. Which is your preference?

365 Days of Photos - Photo 5

January 6, 2010
Napa, CA - Canon 5D Mark II
An awesome broken post, sunset, lights from the corporate park in the background...

365 Days of Photos - Photo 4

January 4, 2010
Napa, CA - Canon 5D Mark II
Cupcake from our very talented dessert chef, Pat Little.

365 Days of Photos - Photo 3

January 3, 2010
Napa, CA - Canon 5D Mark II
Fog rolling over the hills near my house.

365 Days of Photos - Photo 1 & 2

January 1, 2010 (This is technically after midnight so it counts. It's the party favors.)
Sacramento, CA - Canon SD700

January 2, 2010
Santa Rosa, CA - iPhone
These guys in the far back set up a full band on the street - acoustic guitar, sax, drums.

Happy New Year!

I solemnly swear, in 2010, I will shoot more, post more, and become a better photographer.

Inspired by a photographer I follow on Twitter, my first resolution of 2010 is to take one photo every day. Doesn't matter what it is, but it needs to be posted here. If I miss a day, then I have to post two the next day. This can be a photo taken with any camera - DSLR, point  shoot, Holga, Mamiya, iPhone.

Wish me luck!

May your 2010 be filled with shooting, photo editing and technique perfecting. I hope mine is!