Photos as I Like It

I didn't make it far outside today, getting distracted by some activities in the house, I almost forgot to take my photo. So, I headed out to the garden and captured some macro photos of water droplets on a succulent. Sunday, January 18 Outtake of the succulent, still macro, but a little more plant to see. Molly's Image Sarah's Image

You find strange things when you go outside. I went to capture a photo of the fog on Grizzly Peak (see outtake below) and found a series of little figurines, houses, toys, etc. attached to the poles of the guardrail, all very random and eerie. Sunday, January 11 Outtake of the fog and sun fighting to take over. Molly's Image Sarah's Image

It's new challenge time, and this year, Molly , Sarah and I have decided to do a Year of Sundays. Following our theme last year of capturing photos at a similar time, we'll each photograph something every Sunday. Within that structure, we're each picking a theme for ourselves. I'm going with: "outside" and my first image is a brilliant sunset from Alameda.  Sunday, January 4 Molly's Image Sarah's Image

We've come to the end of this year's photo challenge, and it was definitely a great one. We all loved the connection of photographing at the "same time". Look forward to a similar challenge next year. Thank you to Molly and Sarah for being fun partners in photography. For my final photo, I went in search of Christmas lights in Santa Cruz, while at a sleepover at my Mom's with a couple nieces. I captured the Walton Lighthouse at the yacht harbor decorated with lights, a nice outline to illuminate it's shape in the dark. 11pm on December 13 Molly 11pm Sarah 11pm

We're approaching the end of our photo moments challenge. With that, my 10pm moment is the last in the San Francisco area, so I decided to go with the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. It was dark, cold and windy, but I'm happy I made it out there to capture the view. 10pm on December 1 And, I had to share a color outtake.  Molly 10pm Sarah 10pm

I've been waiting to take this photo of the Alameda Theater , so being home for the 9pm moment, I finally had an opportunity to photograph this beautiful Art Deco building. I really like how the antique light filter lends to the overall look of a classic street scene. Now I just need to go see a movie there. 9pm on November 3 Molly 9pm Sarah 9pm

My 8pm photo is from my visit to Yosemite last week. Let me tell you, it's very dark in Yosemite at 8pm at this time of year, with the sun long gone and very little moon, there was no natural light and very little other lights. I stayed in Curry Village in one of the tent cabins, which requires more bear safety precautions than I'd like. And, the bears are there, I saw a mother and cub in the middle of the day wandering across a creek (although I wasn't able to get a photo of them). I decided to capture the lights of the Camp Curry entrance sign, which is a nice combination of Hollywood lights with an old style structure. This sign has been there since 1914 .  8pm on October 22 Molly 8pm Sarah 8pm