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Graceful
It’s another Friday… a real winter Friday here in Sunny California. Luckily, for us drought-weary folks, it’s a rainy winter day with moments of sunshine thrown in. The clouds are flowing by in a graceful way. Not like that uber-darkness … Continue reading
Photo Challenge: Ambience
Another Friday in my little office that lacks ambience. Jeff Golenski challenged us to look at, “…the atmosphere of one’s surrounding environment.” He focused on lighting that adds to the environment. I went back and found that I must not … Continue reading
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Tagged ambience, Image, images, millbrae, Millbrae sign, Photo Challenge, Photo Challenge: Ambience, Photography, sign
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Photo Challenge: Resilient
The countdown clock is ticking on 2016. It has been a year to learn about resilience. When Ben Huberman proffered the challenge to, “…share a photo of something that says ‘resilient’ to you,” I immediately thought of an old tree … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Daly City, Image, images, Pacifica, Photo Challenge, Photo Challenge: Resilient, Photography
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Photo Challenge: Path
Here it is… year-end 2016. Cheri Lucas Rowlands asked us to, “Consider the journey you’ve taken this year (or where you hope to go in 2017)…” The year 2016 taught me about the fragility of human life. My blogging career … Continue reading
Photo Challenge: New Horizon
You probably know the old saying, “Sometimes you can’t see the forest for the trees.” That well-turned phrase is a good metaphor for my life this past year. For 2017 I resolve to see the trees AND the forest. Here’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, Image, images, Landscape, new horizon, new year, Nikon, Photo Challenge: New Horizon, simile, sunset, tree, trees
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Photo Challenge: Magic
Another Friday rolls around. This week we’ve been challenged to, “…find some magic, and charm us with it.” My question to the author of the challenge, Jen Hooks, is have you ever seen the mythical wine flower? Have a great … Continue reading
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Tagged D7000, graphics, Image, images, magic, Nikon, Photo Challenge, Photo Challenge: Magic, Photography
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August, Ah, But a Memory
Finally got my hands on August 2016 SF Bay Area Median Home Price Data. Most of the nine Bay Area counties have seen median price declines since June when the Bay Area median figure hit an all-time high. I keep … Continue reading
Vintage Data
San Francisco Bay Area employment data for August 2016 is summarized here. It was vintage “high-tech rules” in August with Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Francisco Counties showing employment gains along with a seasonal/harvest-time boost for Napa while the … Continue reading
Frame (in Frame)
The concept of using a frame in a frame is an old one in photography. There are times it works well and then there are times that the inside frame may be superfluous. The first frame is your viewfinder (or … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative, challenge, frame, frame in frame, Image, images, Photo Challenge, Photo Challenge: Frame, Photography, Postaday, San Francisco Bay Area
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Morning
If Cheri Lucas Rowlands offered up a photo challenge to share a selfie from the morning mirror it would scare a very large percentage of the population. Yet, I remain young at heart. My morning breakfast is pretty well unchanged … Continue reading
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Tagged berries, breakfast, cereal, fruit, Image, images, morning, Photo Challenge, Photo Challenge: Morning, Photography
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