Sometimes you miss the wonders that surround you.

I forget about how beautiful life is. There are so many ways to express it and countless more on how to interpret what you see. Art, like life, is subjective. Sacramento is a very conservative town and I still have to agree a great place to live and grow old. It holds very historical landmarks, waterways, and within driving distance, oceans, hills, forests, and the metropolitan life.

R comes after Q right?

I am having the hardest time adjusting to life right now. I'm trying to install Adobe Lightroom on my Mac and it's killing me. I have the Leopard OSX and running the Dual Intel processor. I have plenty of HD memory and am running into all sorts of walls. Luckily this is only a trial version for me. I've heard so much good stuff about what this program can do for my photos. Apparently, I never heard about the loading and installation end. Website after website for help, it's the same thing. Adobe takes forever to get back to you and this error/issue isn't anything new. Seems it's been ongoing since the start. What makes it worse, is that I have my 2 IT friends working on this issue with me and it's not flowing. I have faith. I tried to post a comment about the possible way to fix this on a site but the site requires you answer somethings to make sure you're human. One of the questions was, "What letter comes after Q"? It's R, R, R, R. I even sang the alphabet song, TWICE, and it won't let me post. lol
I know, I've lost my grip on reality.
Fast forward 2 hrs later; Talking more with Jeff, I tried the last option I could think of, creating a new profile account and opening it with the new account. OMG, it worked. I'm in the process of reverse engineering. I am reinstalling Adobe Lightroom in the guest account and opening it in my regular account. This should work now. Thanks Jeff.

I'm just looking forward to a camping trip this weekend and posting some photos when I get back.
Just an update on my health. The numbness in my leg is going away. I can't say it's all gone, but it's getting there. There is definitely more mobility and strength in it. It seems to be always tired 24/7, like a just ran a 10k. I have really great tone in the right leg. I've been icing it and staying home and not being to physical to limit it but have been doing the therapy doc says I need to. BTW, I blew my back out about 3 weeks ago. Diagnosed with Sciatica, not pretty. I seriously hope that I can recover in time to go to London and bring you some very interesting Architectural photos. I think I have a shoot today.

I love my summertime with friends.

Not being too active with the distracting injury, I thought I'd do my own rehab and join the gang for a little Kickball. Something we haven't done in awhile. I pulled out the Peleng 8mm fisheye to play. I got a shot of the Lodi Crusher. lol

Riding on the high

After the fashion show, I was intrigued once more on how I can push the limits on my camera and my skills. I headed out to Barcode. Asylum is Gothic night and a hangout I frequent. I love the crowd, very mellow, and all dressed up. The music is great. I got a hold of Bryan Hawk, resident dj for Asylum, and got in without a prob. I dumbed down the camera and put a small dedicated lens on for the night so as not to scare anyone. I used a Nikon AF 55mm f/1.8. Here's the results. If you goto my Flickr you can catch a glimpse into the shots I took for the night in the Asylum set.

In the beginning.

Hi,
I chose this medium to concentrate on the things that matter most to me. My life and photography. It's constantly changing, but these are what's in the forefront as of right now.
I've been out on work injury for the past 2 weeks now. This has given me quality time with the new camera, the Nikon D300. Let me just say, it has not disappointed me one bit and worth every penny i have sunk into it so far.
So just the other day, I get contacted from a friend I haven't seen or heard from in awhile. She, Anne Zavala, wants me to shoot for her. She was throwing a fashion event called, LUCID. It was her first, and there were other photographers as well. How can you not say yes?
I shot the prelaunch photos with a Nikon AF 55mm f/1.8. For the show, I opted for the Sigma AF 24-70mm f/2.8.



More of this set can be seen in my Flickr, here, LUCID