Wednesday
Jun302010
Lost his marbles
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 1:13AM | in Bokeh, Lensbaby, Museum, Travel, Washington DC 
Explosion of color. Smithsonian Institution Museum of American History - Viva la Lensbaby!
Welcome
to my personal blog. Here I post examples of my photography and writing. I specialize in making unique and highly detailed photographs. Notice I said making and not taking. Yes I take photos but a lot of time and work is involved in pushing and punishing the pixels in my images to achieve the look I like.
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Entries in Bokeh (54)
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 1:13AM | in Bokeh, Lensbaby, Museum, Travel, Washington DC Monday
Jun282010
Dessert at the Prado in Balboa Park
Monday, June 28, 2010 at 5:36AM | in Balboa Park, Bokeh, California, Lensbaby, San Diego 
If you asked Kathy what our favorite dessert is, I'm convinced she would answer "Creme Brulee" without hesitating a second. It wasn't always that way. When we were dating, we went to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse and I ordered a Creme Brulee for us to share. She promptly told me "I don't like custard" and I of course told her that this was not custard and she should try it becasuse it's delicious. She then told me "I'm not putting that crap in my mouth" which made me laugh. She did finally try it and the next time we went to Ruth's Chris, she said "Should we get a Creme Brulee for each of us?"
Sunday
Apr252010
My muse, my beloved
Sunday, April 25, 2010 at 10:53PM | in Balboa Park, Bokeh, Creative, Kathy, Lensbaby, San Diego, Travel 
This is my beautiful wife Kathy. While she really doesn't like being on the lens side of a camera, she let me take this shot of her while we were waiting for our lunch to be served at the Prado restaurant in San Diego's Balboa Park. It was a beautiful day and Kathy looked lovely. An amazingly talented photographer and graphic designer, you can see her work at www.tweakedpixels.com
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Feb252010
Do Not Cross
Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 7:44AM | in Bokeh, California, Chinatown, HDR, San Francisco, Travel 
This was taken on Commercial Street near the intersection of Grant. Kathy and I took a bunch of photos this night. The lighting was really interesting! We could smell something burning. Maybe a transformer exploded or something like that.
Tuesday
Jan262010
Wish you were here
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 8:54AM | in Bokeh, California, Creative, Lensbaby, Los Angeles, Olvera Street 
Olvera Street textures are vibrant and traditional. An explosion of colors and shapes can be found here.
Thursday
Jan212010
Her
Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 9:24AM | in Bokeh, California, HDR, Lensbaby, Pasadena 
Everything I see, whatever I do, wherever I go
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Jan032010
Animation Building
Sunday, January 3, 2010 at 1:24AM | in Bokeh, California, Disney, HDR, Lensbaby 
The animation building at Disney California Adventure is a hidden gem. Disney recently gave the building a face lift in an effort to draw more theme park visitors but I often find it fairly empty. This is the central hall and my favorite part of the attraction. Still images and video clips from various Disney/Pixar movies are projected on several huge screens in a constantly changing collage. Special lighting and sound enhances the mood.
Sunday
Jan032010
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Laying on the floor gazing up at our Christmas tree
Wednesday
Dec302009
Lagerfeld
There are just a few colognes that I like to wear. Lagerfeld is a favorite. I was looking at how the light on my headboard was reflecting inside the bottle and I decided to try a Lensbaby macro shot.
Wednesday
Dec302009
Focus on Christmas
I used the Lensbaby composer to create this unusual self portrait.
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