shutter to think

missy in the rain

it rained. all day. and what i wanted to shoot using my stobes to produce some stock work turned out actually to be entirely something different so after warming up in an abandoned train depot in the Napa Valley, we embarked, heading towards the tracks and then eventually to the old-new mill. Its not a challenge for me to switch gears, but it was difficult to feel out what i wanted to photograph on the spot but eventually with all the thanks to missy we managed to figure out something fun!

foggy vineyard

The trellises in this vineyard look like crosses to me, particularly because of the dense foggy morning on Howell Mountain, in Angwin, Ca.

 

spring stock shoot

here's a recent shoot i did for spring time stock at Lake Hennessey -

Destination: Napa Valley for the SF Chronicle

Recent assignment for the SF Chronicle brought me to a beautiful property under the Palisades in Calistoga, Ca. Here's a clip and a couple outtakes.

Assignment: Crime wave in Vallejo for the SF Chronicle

A recent assignment for the SF Chronicle took me to Vallejo about a story on a recent crime wave of isolated incidents in a bankrupt city. the assignment was particularly challenging because of the nature of the story, that while I couldn't exactly show crime in one day, I tried to focus on the mood of its residents. Here's a clip, a couple of images that made the edit, and some outtakes.

banda aceh pages -

SF Chronicle assignments from the archive

I'm continuing my redo of my archive and I came across this assignment on a Chinese immersion program for all students of various ethnic backgrounds (not race, as I believe we are all one race), which oldest in the country, in San Francisco. The assignment was for the SF Chronicle. These two pictures are my favorite...

Assignment: winemaking in Lake County, Ca for the SF Chronicle

Story on Lake County winemaking ran on Sunday for the SF Chronicle. Here's a clip from my assignment, and below, a few outtakes.