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Shelter from the Storm

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Texture as a Subject

May 23:
The subject for our virtual Photo Crawl in May was "Texture as a Subject." The challenge is to compose a picture where the surface texture is the main focus of…

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A Presidents Day GetAway

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It was imperative that I get out of town for 36 hours.

The last three day weekend until summer; to allow it to pass without capturing a single pixel would mean the terrorist have won.

I grabbed my camera, my toothbrush, and a change of…

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Seattle Site Seeing

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Work will not blow itself off; you have to take an active role.

October was my last chance to get out of town for the year. A road trip up north is an excellent way to bring the fall to…

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Sierra Safari

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Summer Shooting Safari in the Sierras

“Time to get Mono!”
No…

How about “Oh Lord, Stuck in Bodie Again”
Blech!

Maybe “Shoot in the Sierras”
Uuuuuuug!

Most importantly, if there is an unmarked road with questionable paving, for god sakes TAKE IT!…

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Off the Subject

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Details in the Scene

This month's photo crawl from the San Francisco Photography Workshop and Portfolio Builders MeetUp (#SFPhotoCrawl) challenged us to find a "hidden detail" in the frame..

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Fudge and Loathing in Christmas Town

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Oscar Wild's timeless Christmas classic

A faithful re-telling of Oscar Wild's timeless Christmas classic, where a simple craving for chocolate becomes an all-encompassing quest for the perfect holiday treat.  Return to the magical adventure of shopping for ingredients, shaving unconscionably large chocolate bars and stirring...…

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Splitting Image

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Finding Two Pictures in One

This month's photo crawl from the San Francisco Photography Workshop and Portfolio Builders MeetUp (#SFPhotoCrawl) challenged us to put two [or more] pictures in one frame which requires a new way of thinking about composition since I mostly try…

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Angles in the Plaza

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Finding a unique slant in Levi's Plaza

The San Francisco Photography Workshop and Portfolio Builders MeetUp (#SFPhotoCrawl) gathered in Levi's Plaza to compose photos using the angles in the environment.

This was a fun study of the way tourists and locals interact with the…

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