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San Diego Moon Travel Guide Cover

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

San Diego Moon Travel Guide Cover

This photo was from our trip to San Diego a little over a year ago.

Magazines and books often select more then one photo to mock up for cover consideration.  We had been on a bit of a losing streak lately missing out on what could have been exciting covers for National Geographic Adventure and Via Magazine.  Maybe now our luck is changing!

San Diego Wildflowers

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

San Diego Wildflowers

San Diego wildflowers.

This is another colorful burn area in San Diego County.  The purple flowers you can see along with the California Poppies is Parry phacelia.  Parry phacelia if a fire follower.  

Poppies!

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Poppies

California Poppies.

O my gosh, these hills are amazing!  These incredible hills are a result of the San Diego wildfires this past fall.  The burnt hills around San Diego are very colorful right now, and will probably get better in the days and weeks to come.  I was fortunate enough to visit the Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve in 2003 which was a peak year - frankly, these are better, partly because of the shear numbers of poppies, but in addition, these hills are much more photogenic full of rocks and other cool subject matter.

I have two people who I owe a big thanks. (more…)

San Diego Skyline Panoramic

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

San Diego Skyline Panoramic

The Borrego photo I posted a couple of days ago was the second best sunrise from our recent trip- this morning in San Diego was definitely the best! (more…)

Key-wording Woes

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

Imperial Beach Pier, California

This dark, gloomy photo of the Imperial Beach Pier kind of summed up my mood when I realized I some how lost the extended keywords to about 400 images!  Key-wording is about the only aspect of being a photographer that I don’t really like.  I now discovered something worse; re-key-wording the same images!  LOL.  O well. 

Giant Panda

Monday, February 12th, 2007

Giant Panda

Giant Panda at the San Diego Zoo. (more…)

Peacock Photo

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

Peacock Photo

This is a Peacock at the San Diego Zoo.  And I thought the Wood Duck were colorful!  (more…)

San Diego Zoo

Saturday, February 10th, 2007

San Diego Zoo

A visitor and gorilla share a brief glance at the San Diego Zoo.

Imperial Beach Pier

Friday, February 9th, 2007

Imperial Beach Pier

The Pier at Imperial Beach, California.  I had all but given up on sunset when this bit of color appeared just before dark and saved the evening. 

San Diego Skyline

Thursday, February 8th, 2007

San Diego Photos

This is the San Diego Skyline captured a little before sunrise this morning, just a few hours ago.  We have made two other very short trips to San Diego in recent years, and are hoping to add to our coverage of San Diego Photos on this trip.

Chula Vista Sunset

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

Chula Vista, California

Enjoying the sunset in Chula Vista, California. (more…)

Raccoons!

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Raccoon photo

Having spent most my life in Alaska, a place without Raccoons, I must admit I had never seen this common mammal. (more…)

Santee Lakes Recreation Preserve

Monday, February 5th, 2007

Santee Lakes Recreation Preserve

Yep, while camping at Santee Lakes, we even took the time to rent a paddle boat.  Yeah, we’re dorks, but they were fun.  As you can see we kept the life vests in a very safe place - couldn’t have them getting wet!

Great Egret photo

Sunday, February 4th, 2007

Great Egret photo

I did find time to photograph other birds at Santee Lakes beside the Wood Ducks, including this Great Egret. (more…)

Wood Ducks

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007

Wood Ducks

I have been trying to capture photos of these colorful guys in colorful reflections - I love bright colors, but this might be color overload! 

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Wood Duck Photo

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Wood Duck Photo

Getting a photo of a Wood Duck was high on my wish list for this trip.  Today I captured many! (more…)