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Over the weekend, I was talking with my mother about social networking, it’s many benefits and many pitfalls.  She runs a small business providing in-home senior care and just recently started to venture out into the world of social networking.  As most people new to social networking, she is completely overwhelmed.  My mother took the […]

Over the past few years, I have been wanting to make a trip down to San Diego (where my parents and grandparents live) and surprise my dad and grandpa with a visit and tickets to a Padres game. Well, I finally made that happen this year, though, it didn’t end up being a surprise due […]

Description: Another photograph from a random page in my Flickr photostream.  I don’t really have much to say about this particular image, so I’ll leave it to the viewers to come up with their own filler. Location: French Quarter/Financial District, San Francisco Date Taken: January 13, 2009 Camera: Canon 20D Exposure: 1/6 second Aperture: f/2.8 […]

Description: For today’s picture share, I decided to choose a random page from my Flickr photostream and post one of the pictures from that page.  I’ll probably do this again from time to time.  It really helped me find a deserving photograph that I had missed previously. This particular photograph was taken while waiting for […]

Back in October, during a photo walk in Sacramento, Thomas Hawk handed out new business cards to his fellow friends and photogs and I remember thinking to myself, “Wow, these look and feel awesome!”  I asked Thomas where he ordered them from and his answer was Moo.com.  He was totally jazzed about them, mostly because […]

Description: Okay, I’ll admit it, I love black and white photography.  For every photograph I process in color, I almost always check to see what it would look like processed as black and white.  In a previous post, I argued that the true beauty of the subject does not come out in a color photograph, […]

As advertised on the San Francisco BART system over the past few weeks, the Take Steps for Crohn’s and Colitis walk was this past weekend.  For the 3rd year in a row, I donated my photography services to the cause and as usual had a great time doing it.  For the second year, the event […]

I finally had the opportunity to rent some gear this past weekend for a wedding I was capturing.  I must say, renting gear is a lot of fun.  Renting really gives anyone plenty of  opportunity to try out new stuff without breaking the bank.  If you are local (in the San Francisco Bay Area), for […]

Last Friday, I had the privilege of capturing the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) display of Nick Cave’s art exhibit, “Meet Me in the Center of the Earth,” to a private reception of YBCA’s top donors. The event was rather short and sweet, but still very interesting.  You can read more about the […]

Description: How many different ways can the Golden Gate Bridge, one of, if not the most photographed structures in the world, be captured?  I don’t think that number can be determined.  I’ve tried my share and I doubt I am even close to done. Friends of mine are not big fans of my converting my […]

Description: This photograph is actually hanging on one of my walls in my apartment.  I made this image a few years ago while walking around Chinatown.  I remember thinking to myself when I saw this person standing over this poster that the poster must have some meaning behind it (though I didn’t know much about […]

Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photowalk is back again this year and scheduled for July 18, 2009!  I attended this walk last year and had a great time. At this time, it looks like there are two San Fransisco walks setup.  One is already full and the other just opened up for registration.  If you don’t live […]