Most of you who follow A Tuesday Night Memo or are friends of mine on Facebook know this about me: I'm an avid photographer.
I make it a habit to bring my camera (a Canon PowerShot A570 IS) with me wherever I go or travel. And, thanks to getting an iPhone three years ago, I now have two sources for shooting photographs.
As taking pictures has matured from film to digital, photography has become an easier and more affordable hobby. No longer do I have to buy and store film or worry about whether the roll of film I just shot of the Eiffel Tower or the Tower of London Bridge is in focus or not.
After becoming a digital photographer about 10 years ago, it allowed me to become my own editor. So, if I'm not happy with a picture, I can delete it and re-shoot it, then edit it for clarity. Thanks to social media sites like Facebook, uploading and sharing photos with a large group of friends has become fast and simple -- and, for me personally, it's become a daily exercise in sharing my photography with others through my timeline: "It's what's on my mind."
Each year, I take more than a thousand photographs of people, places and things. In revisiting the photo albums I've shot over the past 12 months, I've pulled together a group of photos that I'm pretty excited about. They cover a variety of things important and interesting to me: Flowers and nature, sports, music and the urban landscapes of cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle.
You may recognize some of these photos from appearing on my Facebook page or in my blog. Click on each photograph to see them enlarged.
I hope you enjoy the exhibit and I welcome your thoughts.
Cheers and Happy 2014!
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| I took this photograph inside of Haas Pavilion during a University of California, Berkeley women's basketball against Oregon last February. That's Eliza Pierre (No. 4 in gold) guarding an Oregon opponent. |
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| The magnificent beauty of a California redwood tree, which I photographed on the grounds of St. Clement's Episcopal Church in Berkeley last May. |
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| A giant diaper pin sculpture by Claes Oldenburg sits inside the garden of the de Young Fine Arts Museum. I took this photograph last January. |
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| The central fountain in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park located near the de Young Fine Arts Museum and the California Academy of Sciences. Much to my surprise, there was a a gull sitting atop the fountain when I took this photograph last January. |
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| Sharing the beauty of one of our calla lilies, taken last April. |
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| We have a raised iris bed in our backyard garden and each April our irises come to life, standing tall. |
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| Sharing the beauty of a rainbow colored rose from our backyard garden, taken during the beginning of November. |
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| A plate of poutine -- French fries topped with mushroom gravy and cheese curds, enjoyed at Beauty's Bagel Shop in Oakland. |
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| A bowl of Three Twins vanilla and dulce de leche ice cream and shortbread cookie from Comal, in downtown Berkeley. |
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| A window display of Chuck Taylor All-Stars on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, Calif., taken last July. |
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| The Central Garden at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, taken in July. It's a wonderful experience of sights, sounds and scents. |
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| Sharing the beauty of a Mr. Lincoln red rose, taken in our backyard garden last May. |
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| I met John Lewis, American civil rights leader and U.S. congressman, at a book signing event last June at the American Library Association conference in Chicago. |
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| The Cloud Gate, a 110-ton elliptical sculpture forged of a seamless series of stainless steel plates, created by British artist Anish Kapoor. It reflects the Chicago skyline and the clouds above as seen from Millennium Park. I took this photograph on the Fourth of July. |
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| The Stars and Stripes is draped over the side of the Wrigley Building facing the Chicago River. I took this photograph while walking across the Wabash Avenue Bridge heading towards the Loop in Chicago. |
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| A view of San Francisco's Alcatraz Island as seen through a "closed window" inside the Fort Mason Festival Pavilion. |
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| The beauty of a tall tree on the grounds of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park last summer. |
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| Inside Shakespeare Garden in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, taken in August. |
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| Sharing the beauty of one of our Queen Elizabeth roses from our backyard garden, taken last September. |
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| Our alliums bloom during the summer months in our front yard and share a garden bed with our Japanese maple tree. |
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| Seattle's iconic Space Needle was built for the 1962 World's Fair. I took this photograph last September while attending Bumbershoot, Seattle's annual music and arts festival. |
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| Enjoying the eclectic blues music of Duke Robillard last September at the Bumbershoot music and arts festival in Seattle. |
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| My season ticket to the University of California, Berkeley's womens' volleyball matches always provides a great view of photographing the action on the court. |
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| The Rotante Dal Foro Centrale, a bronze sphere by Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro. It sits near the western entrance of the University of California, Berkeley campus. |
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| Enjoying Los Lobos with guest Boz Scaggs at last October's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. |
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| A view of the central spire atop San Francisco's Grace Cathedral, taken last August. It looks like the spire is touching the clouds above. |
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| The beauty of an August full moon -- a "blue moon." I took this photograph standing on on our deck. |
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| Guardian dog sculpture inside SFO's Terminal 3, inspired by Japanese folk toys. |
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| A chilly but sunny Thanksgiving Day afternoon at Lakeview Park, Albert Lea, Minnesota. |
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| On a November Sunday morning, I came upon three turkeys just minding their business up the hill from my residence. |
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| Colorful Christmas tree inside the Fairmont Hotel, atop San Francisco's Nob Hill. |
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| Graced With Light, a ribbon installation project by artist-in-residence Anne Patterson, inside San Francisco's Grace Cathedral. I took this photograph during Advent season. |
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| The lovely beauty of a February sunset over San Francisco as photographed from Memorial Stadium on the UC Berkeley campus. |
