This was a different sort of photo challenge: all I wanted was a photo of his brightly colored coleoptera. But this guy decided he wanted nothing to do with my camera. No matter which direction I tried, he kept scuttling sideways around the stem, so that all I managed to shoot was his underside and his legs. In this battle […]
I was on my way to Japantown in San Francisco when I came across this row of beautiful old Queen Anne Victorians on Sutter Street. I’m sure all these houses would have fascinating stories to tell, but only one bears a sign naming its first — and possibly most famous — inhabitant, Captain John M. Cavarly. Captain Cavarly enjoyed a very […]
The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Vibrant colors.
Zoo standards have changed an awful lot in the past few decades, thankfully. I’m also very thankful that my new scanner has made it possible to share the photos I took at the Sacramento Zoo as a fourth-grader in 1970 — the original prints are so faded and blue-toned I was embarrassed to publish them, but after a bit of […]
The former First Congregationalist Church building in San Francisco now serves as campus for the Academy of Art University — Liberal Arts. I walked past these steps several times during my stay in the city, and I couldn’t resist the urge to photograph them.
