I was standing in the Hertz car return lot at LAX this morning enjoying being right under final approach. The sun was in the perfect position to cast the landing planes’ shadows right down on us. There was only about a three foot lateral variation in where each plane shadow was, it’s amazing how accurate these guys are lining up on the runway. Over the 20 minutes I stood there taking pictures the sun moved and the shadows slowly worked their way across the lot.

I asked our pilot later, and the landing speed of a 737 is about 150mph, so these shadows are going about that speed, or 220 feet per second. Good thing my Canon 40D can shoot at 6.5fps!

Yesterday I was hanging out on that lake, today I’m flying over it. Man, it looks desolate around there.

San Luis Reservoir, California

Shane, sitting on the boat’s transom just watching the water. He sat or layed there for at least half an hour while we had lunch just enjoying the view.

The weather was perfect at San Luis Reservoir today – moderate temp, no wind or clouds, and only one other boat and two jet skis on the entire lake. Did I mention it was a Tuesday?

A bit smaller than camels in the Sahara, and much closer to home.

My boys and me. We’re all about the same height now – yikes.

He’s one of my favorite subjects. Laying on the new patio this evening with his chewed up tennis balls. (I especially love the one on the right with the teeth holes in it.) He was very patient with me tonight – I shot a lot of pictures of him. Not to worry, though, treats followed.

The horses at Stanford’s stables love visitors. As I was walking past they all came over to see who it was, including this fella. I understand this is a flymask and that he can see through it, but I’m not a horse person and it looked like a blindfold to me, so I cracked up when he came over and stared right at me.

We’re doing a bunch of work in the backyard, which includes putting a new bottom on the pool. It’s been hot here lately and a big white hole in the yard isn’t helping at all.

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.