Ventura Art Walk

This was taken last night at the Ventura Art Walk. I showed my work at Cara Mia's boutique on Main Street in Ventura. It was fun, we had this photo station set up to get some fun pics of the people that came by. It's all about great food, music, shops and of course ART! If you have never been--you should check it out. A ton of the downtown shops open their walls and windows to artists and thousands of people walk the streets checking out what they may want to hang in their homes. I highly recommend checking it out. I think they do it like 3 times a year.

I love this kid...

Joey!

Now that I see this photo big on the blog I think
I am going to start posting my images LARGER!!

Santa Barbara City College

I spoke at the Santa Barbara City College (Linda Lowell's fabulous class) with fellow friend and photographer Kristen Beinke. We had fun sharing what we've experienced in starting our photography businesses. Linda was actually one of my teachers at Brooks Institute of Photography my first year. I gotta tell ya--that lady was TOUGH! I remember going to her after class because I had an image I thought was good and it got a C and I just could not figure it out...she said "it's good--that's why I gave you a C" and then she said "you took this picture like everyone else would have--what makes it special and unique". It's so true-it takes seeing something different to make an image great! I loved that and I still hear her in my ears as I shoot. Thank you Linda for that great lesson!

Joey's 1st Birthday!

We had Joey's first birthday party yesterday at the Arneil Ranch Park in Camarillo. It was a wonderful sunny, friend filled day! Joey loves cake and apparently sand and sticks.