Engagement Karaoke Party

Because we didn't have any wedding celebration planned here in SF, and because we've accumulated some friends here, we decided we needed to do smoething with them to celebrate the then upcoming nuptials. Karaoke was the natural choice. The only other thing I need to say is that I missed a couple members of the party, because they were sitting next to me; Demetrius and Christine, sorry about that.

two more portaits

Man, portraiture. The world at large may have infinite variety and beauty (see, e.g., all of the work of Adams, Weston, the other Adams, Paul Caponigro, etc, etc) but man, to me, people are so much more interesting and dynamic. There's so much depth to a portrait, so many things that people automatically read and project onto the work that doesn't happen with landscape pictures. It's more difficult, because in addition to managing the light, the exposure, the framing, composition, and timing, people move all the time. I have a feeling that some photographers gravitate toward static subjects because they can't deal with the difficulties. Having said that, I just spent two hours glued to the plane window, shooting pictures of the passing mountains and clouds. I do both, because I can't refrain from taking a picture when I see one.

last ride in the daylight

As the winter makes the days shorter, my rides ended closer and closer to sunset, and then I'd arrive at the beach at sunset, and then finally, the last couple times, it's been dark when I got there. This was somewhere in the middle of all that, near dark with the fog rolled in. Just fantastic. Can you tell I'm looking forward to getting back?

Evil Party

Whoever came up with this idea, it's amazing. For Gina's birthday, we all had to dress up as villans. I went as Dr. Evil, and Sophia did a mean poison ivy. I'm obligated by our marrige vows to post the picture of her in the mask, I think. Also, for anyone who was wondering how to look at a camera, Jamie is showing you how in that 2nd to last photo.