Photography is one of the things in life I have a real passion for. I could spend every day taking pictures all day. I am making no attempt whatsoever to make my living at it however. But I sure wouldn’t mind. I have been paid to do it a few times and it felt pretty [...]

When Dani & I started Present Day Pictures a few years ago, this is one of the first things we did together. It’s a little profile of infamous photographer Justice Howard. Justice is a true one of a kind. A real artist. And these words I use not lightly. She’s also a hell of a [...]

When we visited in July I think it was only half done. So I took some pictures when we passed through last week on our way home. Mike & Cherri Carver (and Cherri’s brother Monte) are some of my oldest and dearest friends. I’ve known them since I was six years old and could fill [...]

In case your new to this blog, this is Danielle Jacobs, my partner in crime. I snapped these during our recent 5 day production push. Dani is a brilliant actress as well as an accomplished producer and director. It’s pretty much always a safe bet that she’s gonna be the best looking person on set, [...]

Technology really is wonderful. I shot this yesterday in about 15 minutes. Then spent about an hour doing this little edit. All in less than 2 hours. It’s fun to play…. For the more technically minded reader, here’s what I used. A Nikon D90 w/50mm f1.4 lens – I had the ISO at 1000 and [...]

I became aware that for the last several weeks I have been obsessively checking the calendar and the weather on my iPhone. I’m talking like six or eight times a day. I check the weather here in Sandpoint and then compare it to the weather in Valencia where I call my home. And one of [...]

Sometimes something comes along that is so wonderful you can’t even comprehend it. No, its not the cool new Macbooks that were announced today. Those will be obsolete and no longer cool in about a year. This is the coolest thing I’ve seen is quite some time. And long after a year from now it’s [...]

I watched this movie 2 nights ago. I cant really recommend it enough. This is a fantastic & brilliant work of cinema. I don’t use those words lightly. Here is the movies website with lots of pictures and cool stuff. I don’t want to say much more. Or give a synopsis or anything. Just go [...]

Over the summer, one of Azure, Dani and I’s favorite evening pastimes was to make these little fish out of sculpey. We spent hours and now have a shoebox full of all kinds of sea creatures both real and imagined. Hours. And had a blast. Azure made the most. Dani made the most detailed. And [...]

It’s hard to believe we’ve been in Idaho for over 5 months. Time just fly’s by. The leaves are changing every day. In southern California we don’t really get seasons, it’s hot and sunny, then it cools off for a few months and rains a little and then it’s hot and sunny some more. So [...]