Too soon to talk about Spring?

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Old Fashion Frontier Hold-up or, The Bad Kids from Bodie

It's not hard to act out a Ghost Town Hold Up with your own kids when visiting the old mining town of  Bodie.
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Just a Bucket of Bolts - Stock Photo For Sale

Stock photo image of a bucket of old rusty nuts and bolts in an old coffee can...
Plenty of room at the top of this vertical aligned image for copy text.

Libby Riddles - The first Woman to Win the Iditarod Sled Dog Race

Winter 1980 - I had been working as a cook for a geophysical research crew out on the ice of the Beaufort Sea and

I think my schedule was something like 6 weeks on and one week off.  It was a fascinating experience full of

24 hour daylight, single engine airplanes on ski's and 60 degree below zero wind chill's.

I was just getting into photography at that time and was reading a lot about it and experimenting and taking lots of

pictures. I was also writing away for information from Brooks Institute and Art Center College of Design,

hoping eventually to pursue photography as a career ;-0

One of my breaks coinsided with the start of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race that year and it happens that I was

spending my week off with a friend who lived in Wasilla.  So, on the day of the start we decided to go and watch.

I had a new Canon AE-1 35mm camera and was excited to play around with the concept of "panning".

That's where you use a slowish shutter speed and pan or "follow" a moving subject with your camera.

When you get it right, this creates a sharp subject with a movement blur in the background.

The sled dog race was perfect for trying this out! So there I was panning away as the race contestants came swooshing by.

It just so happened that while panning, I got a pretty clear shot of Libby Riddles as she went by.

1980 was her first Iditarod race and in 1985 she was the first woman to win.

Kids on Cellphones - Stock Photo Images Available

There's a lot of talk out there about what age kids should be allowed to carry and use a cell phone.  These Stock Photos are fully model released and available for immediate license and download.  Just click on an image to purchase.  White background, clean studio box light.  Two heads on the background and one key box light above camera.  Fill card front, center and angled up under the chin - filling shadows.

Old German Handwerck Doll

Stock Photo Image of an Old Heinrich Handwerck Doll in a Cardboard box all in pieces. 

Boo! Happy Halloween Everyone!

Stock Photo Image of a young Boy with Joker Make-up on, getting ready for school. Fully model released.

Feeling Frisky?

Being silly with a wide angle lens after shooting actor headshots.

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Canon FD 28mm f/2.8 Lens

Going to Work at 30 below in the Artic Winter

A Catskinner runs through blowing snow and sunshine to get into the cab of his D7 Caterpillar Tractor. 
While working out on the ice of the Beaufort Sea you will experience some wild weather.  
Here, the wind is blowing along the surface of the ice, picking up snow and ice particles on its way.
Just 10 ft above the apparent "storm" the sky is clear and blue.
This is a common weather phenomenon out on the ice, north of the coast of Alaska.
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Should Your Baby get the H1N1 Swine Flu Shot?

There's a lot of information out there about whether your kids should be vaccinated.  
Fully Released Stock Image of Mother holding her Baby while the Baby is being Injected.
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Tomboy, Pigtails, Fitness and Dance

This is a Fully Released Rights Managed Stock Photograph of a Dancer in Torn Jeans.
This looks like it was shot in the sun but I used one "bare bulb" strobe to capture this photograph.
Notice the hard shadow against the wall just like you would see if this were shot outside in the sun.
The shadows are nicely filled because the room has white walls and a white ceiling which allowed the light to bounce all over. No fill or bounce cards needed!

Halloween Pumpkins in a field near Ojai California

After driving past Santa Paula Creek and on up into the hills and farms around Ojai California, I found several fields of pumpkins. 

Got Fired?

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