rhododendron (rhodies)

"borrowed" some blooms from the park this spring and they are finally making it to the blog.

busting out

carmel, april 2013.

aloe

new personal work.

photography masters cup

two of my images won honorable mentions and four others were nominated at this years photography masters cup which is also known as the color awards.

this year there were 8,521 entries from 86 countries. both of the winning images were for projects for the seattle met and were styled by jean galton and art directed by andré mora. in addition to these winners i had another image nominated in the food category and three more in the still life category.

here is a link to the winners in the food category: http://bit.ly/UEiHca 

hats off the all the winners and nominees; it is an honor to be in such good company.

brown hydrangea's

just got around to deadheading the blooms out of our garden. last year the hydrangea's didn't turn completely brown which seemed a bit unusual.  

      

                                            2013.

                                            2012.

acrylic block study #2

pre-light

dried up limes serving as the perfect stand in for my pre-light test. also, a nice pairing to the lemons i shot last year: http://bit.ly/y9R9Vx