Monthly Archives: February 2011

Chris’s Steps – at Stanford

I remember one day walking with my late friend Chris Gulker here in the Rodin Sculpture Garden at Stanford. I had totally missed this perspective on the shadows from the two hand rails – one jagged, the other very smooth. … Continue reading

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Stanford Quad – Memorial Church in HDR

Spent a delightful hour this morning at Stanford – shooting HDR with my Canon 5D Mark II. This photo, of Stanford’s Memorial Church, was shot using a 28mm lens just below the front face of the church with the 5D … Continue reading

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Trey Ratcliff and the Way to San Jose!

This afternoon I headed down to Adobe HQ in downtown San Jose to attend Trey Ratcliff’s talk in Adobe’s Distinguished Lecturer Series. Trey’s the author of the very popular StuckinCustoms.com travel photography blog. A year ago, I really enjoyed photowalking … Continue reading

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Three Brothers in Yosemite – An Editors Pick on HDR Spotting!

Wow, I was surprised to learn last night that my Three Brothers photo taken in Yosemite last fall was an Editors Pick on the HDR Spotting web site. This was the first time one of my photos has “won” anything! … Continue reading

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Slow Coffee!

This week’s New York Times Magazine included an article titled “Coffee’s Slow Dance” by Oliver Strand. Strand writes about how he “started buying gear — a grinder, a drip cone, a pouring kettle — that was simple, functional and beautiful. … Continue reading

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The Campanile at UC Berkeley in HDR

We stopped by the UC Berkeley campus this afternoon and captured a few shots of the Campanile (Sather Tower) – post-processed as single-shot HDR from the RAW photos taken with my Canon PowerShot S95. It was another lovely day in … Continue reading

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Blogging, Crowdfunding, Kickstarter and The Glif

Yesterday, I attended the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (BAIPA) meeting in San Rafael to hear Joel Friedlander’s presentation about “Author Blogging.” Joel’s an independent book designer who we worked with at Glenbrook to design our book “Payments Systems in … Continue reading

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A Revolution in My Pocket!

“There is something in the soul that cries out for freedom.” Wow, what a day for Egypt! Watching the events unfolding in Egypt over the last 18 days has been both compelling and seductive. Thanks mostly to Aljazeera English, I … Continue reading

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The Power of Oven Roasted Tri-Tip!

I’m always a bit amazed by the statistics as to how readers arrive at my blog here. All of this is strongly influenced by the search engines – what they think is important here coupled with what searchers are searching … Continue reading

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Equestrians at Stanford Red Barn

Frankly, I’m not much of a sports fan – so I headed over this afternoon – on Super Bowl Sunday – to Stanford looking for some opportunities for HDR photography. It’s been a glorious weekend here in the San Francisco … Continue reading

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