Category: Photography

Early morning, and surprisingly sunny in our yard for an early February day. I should have actually stopped down a bit: the depth of field here is so fierce that almost nothing is in focus. The misty aura? My own breath, strongly visible in the cold morning air.

Hellebore: not really a flower (technically they’re sepals, not petals), maybe the plant that killed Alexander the Great, but definitely in our yard, and decidedly greenish, pinkish and whitish. And it is colorful in January—a big plus.

I have launched a new feature on the site, for those of you who are willing to visit it—it won’t do anything useful for those who follow along using RSS. Individual image posts will now display in a bold, big template putting a much larger version of the photo on black. Enjoy! Here’s a nice photo of the pond in Laurelhurst Park to start things off.

I’m an awkward adolescent, coming to grips with the real power of digital imagery. It’s an amazing, scary time. I’m thrust into a world of possibilities, but sometimes in my naive enthusiasm I make the photographer’s equivalent of putting on too much makeup or trying to hide a zit with a hat. I’m asking for your patience and forgiveness. It’s like learning to drive, and sometimes I run into the garage door when I’m trying to park. Please don’t ground me. I will grow up, it will get better.

I had to get nigh well soggy to get this shot—it was pouring. This at the start of the long, drenching California storms of mid-January. Live oaks and hills of vines near Laetitia Winery.

We’re back now from our adventuresome, stormy travels. The weather caused some great skies and rainbows (multiple times) during our harried drive up I-5. Enjoy this nice rainbow, taken by David, while I cook up some Lyza.com content for the rest of the week.

What some are terming the “storm of the century” has made landfall on the Central Coast of California. Yesterday it was rainy and moody out in wine country, but today it is bucketing. We have to drive five hours to Sacramento shortly. I am hoping this will be an adventure and not just grief!

I’m traveling this weekend on the Central Coast of California. The weather is making a turn for the worse now, but the five-hour drive from Sacramento to Arroyo Grande in our bizarre and effete rental was not too bad. I’ve highlighted some other photos from this trip on my photos page.

Got funny looks photographing this well-used telephone pole in front of the Montage cafe the other day. Don’t care. Come to think of it I’ve been asked three times in the past two days what I’m photographing. Strange. But I seem to be handling it OK.

This was my entry to @dailyshoot for Jan. 12: #ds58 Someone once said "Music is what feelings sound like." Make a photo of something musical to illustrate the quote today.