For My Birthday

{11mm; 1/100s; f/5.6; ISO100; 12/31/09: Liz, Mom, and I went to Yosemite for some Winter fun. On the New Year's Eve, we woke up early and went up to Badger Pass on the shuttle bus for a Ranger guided snowshoeing adventure. Very fun, like winter hiking in style.}

De Young Has Vs

{11mm; 1/13s; f/5.0; ISO100; 12/26/09: The De Young is composed of many Vs that extend in to the body of the main museum. Little did I know, but they actually have view ports at the apex in the museum too look out.}

Ornaments - Monkey with Noah

{50mm; 1/60s; f/1.4; ISO200; 12/25/09: I think the low depth of field of the 1.4 really makes for interesting ornament shots.}

Ann's Quilts - Log Cabin #2

{50mm; 1/30s; f/1.4; ISO400; 12/25/09: The second in the series.}

De Young Entrance is Cracked

{11mm; 1/250s; f/2.8; ISO100; 12/26/09: The entrance of the De Young Museum in SF has a crack which extends from the sidewalk to the main entryway. It was put in place to represent the fault lines in the Bay Area.}

Ann's Quilts - Log Cabin #1

{50mm; 1/60s; f/1.4; ISO400; 12/25/09: Liz's Mom, Ann, makes some amazing quilts. I took a few pictures of their "log cabin" (a quilt style thing) centers. I think I might do some more of this on other patterns.}

Ornaments - Young Liz

{50mm; 1/60s; f/1.4; ISO400; 12/25/09: Merry Christmas everyone. I thought this would be cute.}

Dragon Fruit

{50mm; 1/200s; f/2.2; ISO200; 12/24/09: Liz, Mom, and I went to Geary St. to get some last minute shopping done before Christmas. I thought this crazy fruit needed to be cataloged. I love asking strangers to help me take pictures.}

Molokai Lighthouse and Jumping Whale

{27mm; 1/125s; f/5.6; ISO100; 5/17/08: One from my last trip to Hawaii (I miss it). There is actually a whale jumping in the background (that little splash dead center).}

Essence of Foam

{55mm; 1/1600s; f/14; ISO400; 3/16/08: I've decided to start re-visiting some of my old pictures (mostly because I can't keep up). It's actually kind of educational because I can see that I wasn't as deliberate with my pictures (more of a spray and pray style). I hope these keep you satiated while I find more material and time to shoot.

This picture is my first favorite that I took with my DSLR. It was at the beach in Davenport, north of Santa Cruz and it was a foamy ocean day.}

Flowers Are For Everyone

{16mm; 1/60s; f/6.3; ISO100; 11/28/09: I think this will be the last from Bruno. I'm sorry for the sporadic updates. I've been hella busy with work, but I've got some great events planned for the holidays so I'm sure that I will be getting some good pictures soon.}

Hot Acid

{50mm; 1/125s; f/2.0; ISO100; 12/17/09: Ok ok, so it's blurry. I dare you to try to take a picture of some hot acid with gloves and a face shield on at the same time as pulling a watch glass off of the beaker. Sheesh.}

Sunset at Ray's Place

{14mm; 1/60s; f/5.6; ISO1600; 11/22/09: Can you believe I wasted a perfectly good shot by using 1600? So sad, but still good enough to share.}

Giant Camera

{11mm; 1/160s; f/7.1; ISO100; 12/6/09: The Giant Camera is a camera obscura right next to Cliff House. I want to go and see it!}

Liz is My Pretty Girlfriend

{15mm; 1/125s; f/7.1; ISO100; 12/6/09: I made her pose.}

Lady Gaga is Aptly Named

{16mm; 1/30s; f/5.0; ISO100; 12/5/09: Some poster of Lady Gaga. She's so weird, yet attractive in many ways.}

Ocean Beach - No Fires

{12mm; 1/125; f/11.0; ISO100; 12/6/09: On the way to Cliff House.}

Two Towers, a Transformer and the Moon

{11mm; 1/125s; f/6.3; ISO100; 11/28/09: The last from the top of Bruno.}

Viewfinder

{16mm; 1/640; f/2.8; ISO100; 12/6/09: On the way to bunch at Cliff House we got some nice pictures of the beach area.}

Cliff House

{12mm; 1/160s; f/11.0; ISO100; 12/5/09: Cliff House has a brunch that is to die for, including specially cut eggshells filled with butterscotch creamy delight. That and the endless champaign is enough to eat yourself sick, I tried.}

Shack and Vineyards in Sonoma

{16mm; 1/15s; f/9.0; ISO100; 11/22/09: The second from the set during the golden hour.}

Two Towers

{11mm; 1/60s; f/5.0; ISO100; 11/28/09: These are two of the towers on top of San Bruno hill.}

Portrait of an Artist

{50mm; 1/2000s; f/1.4; ISO100; 11/28/09: Ray likes to draw.}

Two Towers and a Transformer

{11mm; 1/125s; f/6.3; ISO100; 11/28/09: On top of Bruno there are towers.}

The City's Matron

{11mm; 1/15s; f/3.5; ISO100; 11/27/09: Somewhere in the Mission, she's looking out for the people.}

Top of Castro

{16mm; 1/100s; f/6.3; 12/5/09: Made it!}

To the Top of Castro

{16mm; 1/400s; f/5.0; ISO100; 12/5/09: Can I make it to the top of Castro on my bike?}

Pumpkin Tart

{50mm; 1/80s; f/1.8; ISO100; 11/27/09: When making pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving last week, I had some left over dough and filling. So, I took the dough and put it into a muffin pan (kinda low) and then filled it with the filling and made a festive little tart.}

Murderous Gremlins

{50mm; 1/800s; f/1.8; ISO100; 11/27/09: At least that's what they look like to me, any ideas on what they are? Maybe they are killer bunnies. This was found inside a shop window on Valencia. I think they are trying to be festive. Gotta love the City.}

The City and Tam from Bruno

{12mm; 1/20s; f/5.0; ISO100; 11/28/09: The view north to the city and Mt. Tam. I like how the polarizer strip draws the eye to the mountain.}

The Man in the Mural

{12mm; 1/30s; f/3.5; ISO100; 11/27/09: If you wanna make the world a better place take a look at yourself and ...}