Thursday, August 19, 2010

Lola

Canon 5D Mark II
24-105mm Lens

This is my brother's dog, Lola. She's some sort of mutt, a rescue dog my brother got from the Marin Humane Society. She's adorable but has selective hearing...

Rusty Barrels....

Canon 5D Mark II
24-105mm Lens
These rusty oil barrels were laying around near the abandoned trains at 8th Street in Sonoma (Hwy 121). One of my favorite things to shoot is anything rusty, dirty, old, abandoned or beat up. The textures and colors and history of what might have been intrigue me.

Treasure Island...Part 2128015

Canon 5D Mark II
24-105mm Lens
I LOVED living on Treasure Island....where else can you have panoramic views of the entire Bay Area, watch all of their fireworks shows every Fourth of July and be contaminated with radioactivity? I mean really, it has the best of all worlds.

Not that it ever got warm enough, but this would have been an awesome pool to hang out in/by in the warm San Francisco fall.

Avila Beach, SLO

Canon 5D Mark II
24-105mm Lens
I took this shot way back earlier this year at Avila Beach in SLO. If I could take it again, I'd do many things differently, but for now, it is what it is....and I do really need to go back!

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Purple Pepper & Green Squash

Canon 5D Mark II
50mm Macro Lens

More fun with produce! As you can see, I've been looking for pretty purple produce...hence the purple pepper. I had some fun in Photoshop and  I'd love to know which you like the best. Then there's a lone, green squash at the end. The colors and pattern are gorgeous.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Artichoke

Canon 5D Mark II
50mm Macro Lens

Expect more pretty produce from me here - I'm going to be on the hunt for perfectly photogenic produce for awhile. Next up, our labor-intensive-but-lovable artichoke!

Corn

Canon 5D Mark II
50mm Macro Lens

I love corn. I've never even seen sweet red corn until yesterday in my hunt for the most photogenic produce. I have yet to eat it, but enjoy the photographs - it's so beautiful!

Update: This corn is produced by Colorful Harvest. Like them on Facebook! 

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Gettin' Some Action...

Canon 5D Mark II
24-105mm Lens

Photoshop actions, that is. I downloaded some new actions and had some fun! These photos are from a shoot I did when I first got my 5D Mark II. This was quite a while ago and I'm bummed I hadn't edited these before now. A lot of these are outside my comfort zone as far as style, but it's been really fun to mess around with the curves and colors and all the different actions. Some of the actions I used were: cross processing, vintage, oversaturation, texturizers...and a lot more. I had so much fun!



After the "official" photoshoot, a couple of us went to Sonoma Square to be silly...hope these make you giggle...

This is The Ballpark Band's official band photo! (don't they look like a band?? Love it.)


This is The Ballpark Band after a long set, takin' a break.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Been So Loooooong.....We've Been Gooone.....

Wow, it's been so long even Blogger forgot about me. I'm back. Hopefully more often. Life and work have gotten super busy and that usually means my photography takes a back seat.

Last week, I shot the last Nine Vines Dinner of the season at Fifth Floor in San Francisco. Here are a couple of highlights from that...