The side audience to a great band playing on the street by the Santa Monica Prominade. I think the shot would have been better if I was about 2 feet lower.

1 second exposure, hand held, using on-camera flash to get a feeling of motion.

There’s something about signs in the harsh noon light that I like. This is part of a series of pictures I took in Redwood City this afternoon.

I like the progression of the arrows, which seems counter to the message they are trying to convey.

Shot from the pier. There were half a dozen guys out there, but this is the only one of them who was consistently catching waves.

Cropped a bit, otherwise straight from the camera.

Frank Gehry’s Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles has been photographed a million times. Its distinctive architecture makes it a pretty captivating subject. I’m not sure how unique my shot is, but there are endless abstract possibilities there.

A night shot along the Russian River in Healdsburg, CA. This from the first set of time exposure shots with my Canon 40D. I tweaked the color and did some luminance smoothing in Lightroom. The shoot ended when the patrolling police officer informed me "Technically, the park is closed after sunset." He was really nice considering it was 11:30 at night.

The San Francisco Bay has a number of great spots for kiteboarding. This is at the end of 3rd Ave. in San Mateo, just under the flight path for planes landing at SFO. I was planning to do some kite aerial photography, but the winds were too strong so I shot the kiteboarders instead. I love this image with the San Francisco skyline in the background.

I think the Spaniards stayed at the Safari Inn in Burbank when they were traveling up and down California looking for nice places to put missions. Or maybe the Beach Boys stayed here in the early 60’s and lobbied for the sign to include a neon surfboard. Either way, it feels like this place has seen LA grow up around it.

Seen on the side of a building on Market Street in San Francisco. The sign to the right of Jesus is for Market Street Cinema, which is probably one reason that he’s pissed.

I was exploring around Treasure Island (in SF Bay) during magic hour. It was a clear day and the light was stunning. This rusted spiral stairway goes up the side of an old water tank.

I was using a Canon 40D for the day. This image was shot as a jpg (I usually shoot RAW now), and is completely untouched – straight from the camera.

Seen in Venice, CA.