This photo is not mine!  I wish it was but its not.  I wanted to talk about the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and see if anyone had the opportunity to be there and exactly how is it with all the people?  To be able to see and capture the beauty of Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show models like Gisele, Miranda Kerr, Adriana Lima and so many more.  This photo was taken by some other photographer who’s name I cant find but I must say he did an incredible job.  If maybe he would have waited a half a second later for her to get her right eye open.  The picture below was also taken from an anonymous photographer but I must say he did a great job.  If anyone would like to post their photos from the show or other favorite photos of the Victoria’s Secret Models, please do so.  I would love to see them.  Just make sure they are your photos.

This photo was taken with my Minolta Dimage 5 at Yosemite National Park in California. This is a photo of Vernal Falls. You can see how the tree seems to have grown directly from the rock. Amazing!

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This is a photo of Arnold Schwarzenegger signing my copy of Batman and Robin on LaserDisc.  He came to visit Firebaugh when we were at risk of flooding.  Luckily we had some very hard working California Conservation Corps working here to prevent the San Joaquin River from flooding.  I took this picture of Arnold with my Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT and my Sigma 70-300mm lens.  I knew he was going to be right there in the back of my house but didn’t know how close he was going to get so I used that.  It turned out he was practically right in the back yard. 

This photo was taken at the Los Angeles Train Station.  I used my Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT and my Canon 28-135mm lens.  I loved this train station.  It has a lot of history and interesting architecture in it.  The outside area is also very beautiful.

Well, I think it is official.  Wedding Season is over.  I don’t see very many weddings going on in the Fall and it is such a shame.  I think the Fall is the best time for weddings because of the beautiful light that is available.  It just seems that the light is cleaner and more brilliant during the Fall.  I usually get all of my wedding events booked during the summer but would love to do one during the winter.  If anyone is interested let me know and I can arrange a demo of my work. 

Anyone with wedding events coming up, I would love to see some of the work afterwards.

This is another example of proper lighting, aperture speed, and a steady hand.  I took this photo with my Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT and my Canon 28-135mm lens.  I took this photo at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in the Jellyfish exhibit.

I think that lighting is the key to every photograph.  If you have too much then your photos tend to be washed out with all the light.  If you don’t have enough then your photos come out too dark.  If you can master your camera and learn how it reacts with certain lenses to light then you can truly master the way you and your camera takes pictures. 

I took this photo with my Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT and my Canon 28-135mm lens.  I didn’t use any flash just the natural light that was there.  I had a bit of a long shutter speed so that I could get the effect of the Carousel spinning in motion.  I took this photo at the mall in Irvine.

This photo was taken with a Kodak Advantix.  I took this photo while I was in the Marines.  We were on an exercise in Kuwait and it was almost the end of the day and the sun was setting.  I was attached to 1st Tank Battalion - Charlie Company.  This photo was taken back in 1998.  Semper Fi!

I took these pictures with my Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT using my Canon 28-135mm lens.  I shot these pictures at a church service we had at the park.  I was running around taking some photos of the members and I noticed these nice juicy tomatoes on the table.  I took some of the onions, which I am not very fond of.