Oak Glen Road

I orginally went up to Oak Glen to do a photo shoot with some fellow photographers. But as I couldn't find them, and didn't have cell service up there. I ended up just shooting on my own. I had just gotten Nikon's 10.5mm DX fisheye lens which I am renting for the week. It was a lot of fun experimenting with that lens. Being able to see so much is something that I just love. Whenever I have the money, I am definitely going to have to buy an ultra wide angle lens.

While I do not have the pictures I intended to bring back. No people. No apples. I had fun, and saw life through a new perspective. Cheers to fall colors and sunsets.

Tim (graphic artist by day, cartoonist by night)

I am starting to develop my photography beyond just taking pictures. Part of that included creating a watermark that would start developing my branding. My good friend Tim is a graphic artist so I asked for his help in drawing up my logo.

I gave him a couple of ideas, lots of creative space, and he took and ran with it. He gave me three rough outlines from which I picked one. Then I specified exactly what I wanted. I like the end result, but feel that it has room to grow. There are just too many options and ways to do things.

A big thank you to Tim for drawing up my logo. I love it!


As always, (l)ive (Y)our (l)ife!

Apple Dumplings!

Fall is here! Well it was here last week anyways. Today feels like it belongs to summer but got lost somehow and ended up being today. That being said, it was the perfect time to make some apple dumplings. Many years ago after watching Disney's Apple Dumpling Gang I was inspired to make some as they looked so good. Now that I have had time to tweak and taste. I can tell you they taste best with a little vanilla ice cream on top. Here you can see the process of making them.




Peel those apples!




Kneading the dough.




Make sure you put plenty of sugar and spice in those apples!