For Fun

A San Francisco Exhibit

December 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I visited my brother and his family in San Francisco last month in November, it was a great weekend getaway, just myself and I took full advantage of what the great city of San Francisco offers in terms of arts and culture. I visited the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and went to the Richard Avedon Exhibit. Avedon is a magnificent photographer who’s work spans from the 1950′s to 2004 when he passed away. If you have a few minutes be sure to check him out in more detail on his website.

All of these photos I took inside the exhibit..to show what stunning work he has accomplished.

This next photo is my favorite, I was sitting there watching this older gentlemen look at this photo of Marilyn Monroe and I knew I had to snap this. The angle almost looks as though she is peerly directly back at him.

A photo of another famous photographer, below.

One of his earlier images

A self portrait in the reflection, below.

A photo below of a man’s stomach with severe scars.

The detail in his portrait work is incredible…

This next photo below is 8 x 10′s of politicians and political figures from around the world that he was commissioned to do portraits of.

A self portrait of Avedon in his prime

and lastly, a series of self portraits of Avedon two years before he passed away

It was an awesome exhibit and I recommend to anyone who can see it, go! I believe it’s traveling around the country, just click on his website!

In other news, I have so much to post, I’m finishing up a fundraiser that I was a part of that I can’t wait to post images from, I’m working on a brand new wedding website for 2010 and trying to update my current portrait site!! Lots of plans in the making!! Keep checking in! XOXO

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December..

December 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment

A photo a day…

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walking out the door for the evening…my last chance at a photo for that day…desperate, I know…

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Went and got our Christmas Tree today, I love how it smells up the house!

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Mt. Olympus – The Summit

June 18, 2009 | 2 Comments

For my girlfriend Jill’s birthday this past Monday, three of my girlfriends and myself met at 7 am and hiked Mount Olympus. I have only been on this trail once and that was about 3 years ago, at that time we only hiked a 1/3 of the way up. But on Monday we hiked to the Summit!! Mount Olympus is a very difficult hike…in fact the last quarter of the hike is climbing boulders straight up. The base of Mount Olympus is around 4800 FT, it’s a 3 mile hike straight up to the Summit which is about 9800 FT at the top. It was by far the most difficult hike I have ever done. Making it to the Summit and sitting up there with three of my close friends was a remarkable experience and I was so proud of all of us for accomplishing this…I truly feel that when women get together whether it be friends, sisters, mothers and daughters there really is nothing we can’t accomplish together..

This first photo below on the left is of a mailbox surrounded by rocks that sits at the top of the Summit. Inside the mailbox is a pen and notepad..every person who Summits Mt Olympus writes in their name, the date and something they may want to say of significance. It was very meaningful.

You can see the boulders that we are climbing are huge! But then…we reach the top!! Here the girls are signing in their names…

One of the many views from the top – all of the Valley and beyond!

I encourage anyone who loves to hike to make it a goal to hike Mt Olympus, you won’t regret it!!

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May 5, 2009 | 1 Comment

Hello! I’m alive!! The last couple of days have been a whirlwind..I’m currently out of town in California for business and for pleasure…if you have emailed me, I will respond today. Thank you for your patience!!

Here are some images from the last few days..I still have more to post on my 365 project hopefully later tonight.

xoxo

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Lemon Cake

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A garbage can, I loved the color and the pattern.

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This view is about 50 yards from my parents front door…peaceful, isn’t it? What I miss most about living here are these rolling hills…Northern California is lined with these beautiful rolling hills and these gorgeous oak trees are my favorite.

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A Easter Egg Hunt

April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I have so many pictures from SF, so be prepared to be overloaded! On Friday evening my sister in law took me down the street to their local neighborhood park for a belated easter egg hunt for the kids. It was organized by some mom’s on the block and it was such a great time!! What a fun idea, right? The kids had a blast searching for eggs and running around.I really envy my brother’s neighborhood..everyone knows each other, they sit outside and talk and their kids play together, they organize fun events like this all the time. There is a strong sense of community in the neighborhood..which I think a lot of people are suprised by in SF..people think because it’s such a big city people kind of keep to themselves..but that is not the case.

p.s. images are film and digital. if you want a little fun thing to do and are extremely bored, ha! ha! go back through some previous posts, many of what I have been posting is film.

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