New park opening
This afternoon I covered the opening of a new public park in Fallbrook. I’ve never seen kids so excited about a playground; the county officials had a very difficult time containing the kids until the ribbon cutting was completed.
A tall, spinning cage was a particular hit. The children had so much fun simultaneously piling inside [...]
Tree planting at Fallbrook High School
On Saturday, I covered a group of student volunteers as they planted several young trees on campus. This type of event can be difficult to cover since the subjects spend most of the time with their faces to the ground and the scenes are cluttered. Still, I was pleased with the results.
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Temecula Valley
I awoke early Monday morning to photograph the Temecula Valley at sunrise for an upcoming story in our newspaper. While it’s often a pain to get out of bed so early, I’m always rewarded by beautiful scenery and a peaceful setting.
The above image is one of my favorites from the take. It was made looking [...]
H1N1 flu vaccination clinic
On Saturday, I spent part of the morning photographing VaxAmerica’s swine flu vaccination clinic at Temecula Valley High School. I spent the whole time at the pediatric booths.
The kids made great faces as they were poked. I like this picture in particular because the mother’s expression matches her daughter’s.
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"Unity in the Community" parade
The city of Lake Elsinore hosted its annual Unity in the Community parade Saturday in the middle of downtown. As always, I was on scene making pictures.
The cast of characters was pretty similar to previous years, but I did find a few uniquely dressed dogs. I love that.
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Holiday food photography
Whew! I recently finished up two weeks of photographing various restaurant dishes for the upcoming holiday issue of the Village Lifestyle magazine. It was a lot of work, but also a ton of fun. I wouldn’t mind being a full-time food photographer.
Due to time constraints, I didn’t have the opportunity to sample most of the [...]
Dutch-American Heritage Day in Temecula
This week has been terribly busy. Along with many other Saturday community activities, I photographed the Temecula Sister City Association’s Dutch-American Heritage Day festivities at the Dutch Mill Trading Company.
It wasn’t long before I ran into two Dutch women in traditional clothing. I followed them around for a bit as they sold tulip bouquets from [...]
Veterans Day
While covering Murrieta’s seventh annual Veterans Day parade yesterday, I turned my back to the fanfare and looked into the crowd. It wasn’t long before I found uniformed members of the military, watching with their children.
After waiting over an hour to make a few frames of a father and his daughter, I walked to Town [...]
Temecula Rod Run
This Saturday, I once again found myself at the semiannual Temecula Rod Run. I couldn’t spend a ton of time at the event (due to other assignments), but I did meet and photograph a lot of people during the short time I was there.
I arrived just after the event was scheduled to begin and found many [...]