Diana on Cahuenga

West Hollywood as Paris

Statue through window and drapes

Neon sign

Chandelier

Chandelier in a shop window on Melrose.

Broken Glass

Broken glass I found on the sidewalk on La Cienega.

Took the image and duplicated it, and flipped the second copy horizontally.  Moved it sideways until the bokeh lined up the create this awesome spider-looking creature.  If you look in the spider's face you can almost see two little fetus-type figures too.

Pacific Design Center

Yellow flower

And still one more macro shot.  I absolutely loved this little flower.  It's just one of those little dandelions you'd normally walk right by, but look at it from one inch away with the equivalent of a 112mm lens and there's so much more to it!

Sweet

One more macro shot.  Love this one.

Some macro shots

Took these out in front of my house yesterday.

Painting of Blimp

So this isn't a real painting.  I took a picture of a blimp with my phone, and then painted over it in Photoshop.

Photos from cell phone in Big Bear

Here are some photos I snapped with my phone.  I didn't want to take my big camera hiking, 'cause a)  I'd have to carry it, and b) it was snowing.

Just east of Big Bear is this amazing view of the Lucerne Valley:

Me in front of Lucerne Valley:

Patrick and I hiked up to where this trail intersected the PCT:

Patrick at the PCT Junction:

Snow on pine needles:

The terrain at the crest we hiked to.  It was snowing lightly and there was this heavy fog rolling through most of the time:

Snow on this cool, purple-colored plant:

Staci Jumps

Staci shows off a very cool jump at the cabin in Big Bear.

I love how, at the end, her arms sort of parallel the mermaid's in the painting in the background.

Larger version.

Patrick on jet ski

We found this jet ski and saw a fun chance to play with perspective a little bit.

I also blurred all the background elements a little to create some artificial shallow depth of field.  I had taken the shot at like f16 or something, so everything was in focus.  Creating that blur in the background made Patrick stand out more.

Big Bear Lake

Taken from the shore with the camera about an inch off the ground.

Baldwin Lake

This brown meadow is actually Baldwin Lake.  It doesn't really look like a lake this time of year, but I guess there's alkali water in there in slushy deposits. Loved the mountains in the background, though, and the low clouds.

San Bernardino at night

Shot this coming back from Big Bear.  20-second exposure at f16, ISO 400 on my 28mm lens.

Store in the Valley

Took this a long time ago, and found it when I was looking for something else.

 I think it might look better, though, flattened out like this:

Actually, no: I think the first one's better.

Camera in mirror

Picture of my camera in the mirror (flipped it so the words would be correct).  Thought the reflection of me in the lens was cool.

People in Hollywood Hills; Sunset

This is this spot up in the Hills where you can get fairly close to the Hollywood sign and take pictures with it in the background.  Shot these folks towards sunset.  It looked fine sharp, but I kind of like it better out of focus: they're less specific people, and more archetypes of relationships between people.

Another shot of Hollywood Reservoir

Another shot of Hollywood Reservoir.

Hollywood Reservoir

Was amazed to find this man-made lake so close to me.  It's only about a mile, as the crow flies, from Hollywood and Highland.