Ramona, California

This was the setting for the very first Highland Valley Studios Music and Arts Festival, held in Ramona, California, on June 6, 2009. Several bands set up on the back porch of the house and had this view for inspiration as they played. Many talented artists, from jewelry makers to sculptors to painters showed their wares in the nearby barn. A lonely bull grazed in the fields nearby. A good time was had by all.

Surfer, Venice Beach Pier

I've been shooting with a Nikon Coolpix L2 for the last couple of years, a camera a good friend gave to me to help me get back into photography. Most of my equipment had been either stolen (in San Francisco) or destroyed (after I rolled my Toyota RAV4 in 2001 just 15 miles outside of Victorville). A few days ago, I purchased a used Nikon D50 digital SLR that will accept my two remaining Nikkor lenses, and I'm having a blast with it. Here's a shot of a surfer, taken from the Venice Beach Pier. He rode a wave, whipped around and slid down the backside.