Laurel insisted on showing me the flowers she had recently pulled from a nearby plant. At first, I acknowledged how pretty the flowers were and kept shooting. Suddenly it hit me and I asked for the flowers and promptly placed them above her ear.

When I told her I was going to take a picture of her with the flowers, she was all for it. How could she pass it up!

To achieve the bright face without a flash I bridged a large silver reflector from the back of a chair to her lap which illuminated her face quite nicely with natural light. I managed to squeeze two shots before she decided she had to once again touch and mangle the flowers. The other image is of her looking up to her left. Didn't come out nearly as well. The nice blurry background is the result of a wide aperture of f/2.8.

Here's the image. I hope you like it!

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Nikon D200 50mm at f/2.8 for 1/45 second.

The location is Lake Arrowhead, CA. I lived here for several years back in the 90's. Great to live here during the summer, awesome to visit during the winter!

This image was taken around noon while the clouds were breaking up and making way for sun shine. This cloud was creeping up over this roof. Roof? Yes, that is simply a roof covered with snow. I'll post another from the same batch of images soon. I pulled this image off of my Facebook account. As a result I don't have the exposure data.


Nikon D200 70-200mm Lens

On Sunday the 22nd I had the opportunity to shoot this excellent band. The band's name is Zhono and their myspace page is available here. Zhono

This brick backdrop is part of the building where they practice. The band members are standing a landing and I am several steps up shooting down.

From left to right
Moe (Bass), Chris (Keys), Pao (Vocals), Alonzo (Drums), Angel (Guitar)

Here is a capture of the Mickey & Friends parking structure adjacent to the Disneyland resort in Anaheim, CA. Rarely do you get to see a bridge network like this. Couldn't resist. This shot was obviously taken at night. I used the railing as a support for the camera.

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Nikon D200 70-200mm at 70mm for 1/30 sec

My family and I were visiting relatives in Lake Arrowhead, California. There is an outdoor shoping mall by the name of Lake Arrowhead Village, I know very creative. Anyways, walking along the main stretch and my sister-in-law Jonie spots this super cool dog. Very well behaved as well!


Nikon D200 - will add camera data soon