Picture: Scotty Barnhart playing at the 52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, California For nearly a decade my music tastes had reached a plateau. Years ago I was only listening to the radio; I hadn’t yet gotten an iThingy or loaded my music into iTunes. I don’t know what broke the camel’s back, but at [...]

Picture: Graffiti and reflection in standing water inside an abandoned building, Berkeley, California While I continue to be very busy, I at least wanted to poke my head above water to let you know about something I recently had the fun opportunity to document. I spent a day on my own, wandering around an old [...]

Picture: End of a railroad track built along the waterfront between Pier 24 & Pier 26, San Francisco, California. As I mentioned in my last post, I recently had a chance to visit the Pier 24 Gallery of Photography on the San Francisco waterfront with several friend photographers. One of the great things I love [...]

Picture: Woman looking at a photographic art display (Photos by Garry Winogrand) at the Pier 24 Gallery in San Francisco, California I had a great chance to start off the new year by doing what I love most, (when I’m not taking pictures) namely looking at other people’s photos. I had a chance to visit [...]