California Tsunami Threat

As many us now know Japan had a horrible 8.9 earthquake yesterday early evening. Being on the west coast events such as this always seem to make there way over in some form of warning or alert. This morning I woke-up to news reports of the West Coast was at an alerted tsunami state. After hearing this news I do what any photographer does, grab the camera and head to the source of the "action".

After getting several phone calls from friends and family to get my first hand account of the alert, I headed to Balboa Pier.



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I took the ferry across and everything seemed like a normal slow going morning at the beach. I had a little chat with some ferry workers while digging for some money and they didn't seem to have any worries about getting across. Just another day at work for them.


The Newport Beach showed up to make sure no one did anything stupid. Pretty quiet, he didn't even leave his van.




There was a barrier setup to keep people from the end of the pier. No chance of getting breakfast at Ruby's this morning.


Lifeguards out doing their thing.



I think this was a news copper.



Nice guy out taking pictures. Can't remember his name but he was nice to look at.



Tsunami waves?



Before you knew it, families were out on the beach playing with the kids.



Some more guys I met while waiting. The guy in the beard, is from Holland.




This guy had the right idea.

Overall it was just another morning at the beach.

Feb 18. 2011

Here are a few things I saw today.

Taking pictures of balloons not the easiest thing to do in the world.

Happy Valentines Day!

I have been thinking a lot about my trip to Europe lately. I though it was only fitting that I posting some pictures from Paris to celebrate today.

Star Wars

Happy Birthday Mason!

There is something special about Star Wars that both young and old enjoy this classic tale of good vs evil. The boys, even though they have never seen the movies, love sword fights and pretending to be space rangers saving the universe (saving Baby O from Annie the German Shepard).

I even got into the game for a little while being a bad guy and chasing them around the yard with a Light Saber. Take a close look at the size of my Saber, yes it is a total of 6 inches long, and the boys had ones that were almost as tall as me. I felt a little ill equipped at times, to say the least.


I think the age range on the helmet was for 7 year olds.





May the force be with you Baby O.









I can't believe I actually got a smile out of her.

Nothing better then a good tummy rub.

Net Neutrality

After reading a blog posting this morning I thought it was important to shed some light on a topic that I have been following for a little while now, net neutrality. Net neutrality is the idea of keeping the internet speed and access open to all no matter who your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is. The FCC came out with a ruling that will help maintain this freedom. The following is a quote from from that ruling:

"Now is an exciting time. Web developers, companies, governments and citizens should work together openly and cooperatively, as we have done thus far, to preserve the Web’s fundamental principles, as well as those of the Internet, ensuring that the technological protocols and social conventions we set up respect basic human values. The goal of the Web is to serve humanity. We build it now so that those who come to it later will be able to create things that we cannot ourselves imagine."

To read more about the FCC ruling on net neutrality visit http://insideria.com/2010/12/the-state-of-the-web-2010-net.html

Happy Holidays!

If this doesn't say Merry Christmas I don't know what does. I would give my clients a special thanks for all the smiles and laughs they brought me this year, thanks guys!




PS. Mason and Alex you are not allowed to grow any bigger, I can't bare the thought of loosing my snuggle bugs. Love you guys.

Holiday Mini Sessions

I know I know I have been terrible about posting lately. I ended up going to Seattle for Thanksgiving and haven't had time to stop since coming home. Here are some pic's from some holiday mini sessions a did a few weeks back. Some of you might have seen these on facebook.












This was such a fun day. All of you were a dream to work with. So great to meet all of you. I look forward to capturing future memories with all of you!