Butterfly

Lizard

Think this is a gecko, but I don't remember what kind. I took this at the California Academy of Sciences.

Age is Just a Number

A very cool Vogue article you should check out: the same model with different hair and makeup to look like she's 10 to 60 years old.

Here is the link.

Rain

I got to the end of the day and realized I needed to post something here. Since it's raining in San Francisco I thought I'd take a shot out of the window. Since the room was so much brighter than outside it's mostly a reflection shot (you can see our two elephant heads from Thailand behind me), but some of the street comes through as well.

Alcatraz

This is an old photo, taken almost exactly three years ago inside the old prison at Alcatraz. If I were to take the same picture today I would probably compose the shot a little differently, but I think this illustrates a good point: even point and shoot cameras can capture beautiful light. My camera at the time was a little Nikon E5200, and it was fully automatic. But it still took some pretty nice pictures.

Backlit

After almost two months away from the cat, it's nice to see her again, although I think she prefers the warm climate of Thailand to the damp cold of San Francisco. At least it makes her more friendly, she's always trying to climb into our laps to warm up!

I shot her lying on the back of the couch in front of the window, so this is really shooting against the light. I'm not sure I totally love the effect, but I am working on getting better at handling backlit situations, so I figured this was good practice. And it is certainly a different look.