the ferrari also has some nice lines and curves

Metrolink Characters 10.31.07

tinikling

beam me up, scotty!

consumed by consumerism

house finch

rock-jacked

back to school

canadian geese

gaslamp quarter

natasha

Focal Length: 42mm

Digital VariProgram: Portrait

Metering Mode: Multi Pattern

1/6-F/5.3

ExposireCom: 0EV

Sensitivity: ISO 800

Gentle Equus

I was the designated photographer at this year's polynesian/tahitian dance recital. It was such a great opportunity to cover this event because it brought me joy in capturing moments like this!

Rock & LOL!

A Piece Of Aeronautical History

The above photo is the Apollo 11's capsule. You probably remember that, don't you?

"I'm all ears, Buddy!"

Unidentified Flying & Perching Birds

(in my backyard)

A female house finch checking out her nest.

The above photo was identified byBob Kaufman ( http://ornithographer.blogspot.com ) . It's a male house finch.

a time we'll treasure through the years

we'll remember always ......graduation day!

that's a couple of lines from a song popular in the 60s..forgot who wrote and sang it.

Canada Geese

Nikon D402007/05/20 16:02:15.4JPEG (8-bit) NormalImage Size: Large (3008 x 2000)ColorLens: 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6 GFocal Length: 55mmDigital Vari-Program: AutoMetering Mode: Multi-Pattern1/400 sec - F/10Exposure Comp.: 0 EV

The Teen Party

Temptation And Restraint

The Bird

I just got out the shower and was drying myself with a towel when I heard a bird chirping. My gut reaction was to check this bird out and get a snapshot. With the spike of adrenalin, I rushed down the stairs armed with my camera and stepped out to the backyard. I crouched down low like a lion ready to take its prey and moved closer to my subject, the bird. I knew I had to move closer due my lens limited focal lenght before the subject takes a flight or fight reaction. So I took s series of shots......all of them crappy! hahaha but hey the experience was well worth it.

I'm not an ornithologist but my closest guess as to the identification of this avian friend is American Robin. You are free to agree or disagree.......check it out here>>

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/American_Robin.html

Try wildlife photography with just your underpants on and see what you come up with!

The photo was taken last weekend in Burbank during a graduation ceremony. The moment I saw this dude with his canine friend, I just knew that I should not let this pass uncaptured.

The couple on the right, in my opinion, makes the photo more interesting .

Shooting Philippine Wild Birds

I stumbled on a gallery of Philippine Wild Birds here>> http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/root .

Romy Ocon, the Phillipine Wild Avian Photographer, certainly deserves

all the accolades for putting up this magnificent gallery.

cero cero siete

Woodbury's University's 43rd annual fashion show held at Beverly Wilshire Hotel last Sunday featured the fashion collection of the class of cero siete School of Fashion Design. More photos of the sholarship fund raising event here http://pbase.com/datupanot .

Let the Good Times Roll

The above is one of the photos I shot at the monthly meet of the custom muscle cars club in Rancho Vista. The photo's titile is "c'mon Betty... I'm late for my date".

Blanco y Negro

La foto de mis hijas fue tomada Junio de 2005, durante vacaciones en el Cabo San Lucas, Mejico.

D40

Nikon D402007/04/20 00:20:29.3JPEG (8-bit) NormalImage Size: Large (3008 x 2000)ColorLens: 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6 GFocal Length: 55mmDigital Vari-Program: AutoMetering Mode: Multi-Pattern1/40 sec - F/5.6Exposure Comp.: 0 EV

Photography is one hobby I placed in the back burner for years. I could say that I've finally graduated from the old slr 35 mm film to a point and shooter digital to digital-slr. The nikon D40 kit comes with a 18 to 55 mm f/3.5-5.6 nikkor zoom lens. I've always enjoyed taking photographs of people, places and events.

Nikon D402007/04/21 02:54:02.2JPEG (8-bit) NormalImage Size: Large (3008 x 2000)ColorLens: 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6 GFocal Length: 46mmDigital Vari-Program: AutoMetering Mode: Multi-Pattern1/80 sec - F/5.3Exposure Comp.: 0 EV

"Let today embrace the past with remembrance

And the future with longing"

Khalil Gibran

Parallel Universe

That is the theme for my daughter's fashion collection presented last night at Woodbury University as a pre-requite for graduation for BS in FineArts major in Fashion Design. This was some sort of a thesis presented before a panel of nine judges from the various fields of the fashion industry. Rina was one of the 25 senior fashion design students who succesfully presented her collection and will be marching for graduation this spring.

A related article by the VerdugoMonthly magazine can be accessed here: http://verdugomonthly.com/article.php?id=121&IssueNum=10

The Clutter Princess




I've been evicted and forcefully relocated from my home office by my soon to be college bound daughter to the dining room area.














That's my home office claimed and turned upside down by my daughter. I can't believe that i'm actually going to miss all the clutter, mess and the cleaning up after in a few months!

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjeiDWLIP0U

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN_NjQ3UZd0&mode=related&search=