Rain

Originally I wanted to get a nice reflection of people walking by this puddle with their umbrellas. When that didn't work, I just focused on the raindrops. I love how the colors came out.

Stuff from Jan-Feb

This was for a neighborhood snapshot, and I happened to get a photo of this local preschool group holding hands and looking before crossing the intersection together.


This was from a story about different technologies that are being developed to help the brain in different ways. The wii was included, and I got this fun photo from covering a group of vets trying out the bowling game at the VA.


This set of 3 photos was for a story about pending high speed rail routes that might run through the core of Palo Alto. The bottom two here were taken while riding on the train in Palo Alto to show the proximity of homes to the tracks currently, and how they might have to be demolished completely to make room for extra HSR tracks if the plan is approved. I thought they were kinda cool and abstract, almost makes me want to do a series of photos taken from the train.


By far my favorite photo of the year so far. Believe it or not, the blue ribbon was actually me waving my cell phone on a 3 second long exposure.


Local author

this was for a story about singles in Palo Alto. I like the colors and how it's mostly all dudes in that portion of the bar checking out the scene.


Palo Alto Baylands


A training session showing volunteers the differences in normal tungsten lightbulbs to CFL's.
One of the 3 large oak trees that fell during the last rainstorm. It totally crushed the side of this house, took out power, and smashed the car parked in the driveway. But I really like how the guy from the city cleanup team stood out so much from the green and the grey.

January

Happy New Year!

And to continue on from the last post, here's some of my favorites from January so far...EPA peace march

Protest against Israeli attacks in Gaza

Car crash on the 280 -all minor injuries
The girl on the right was the driver and is being comforted by her mom.

Photographer whose work focuses on oak trees in danger of succumbing to sudden oak death

Ice Skating at the Winter Lodge

1st day of new student registration

New mural at Addison Elementary

Stanford students rehearse a dance piece called "Crash"

Rehearsal of Chinese Nutcracker

It's Been Awhile

I know, I know, it's been awhile since I posted on here. Maybe it's because this column I read back in October on Sports Shooter made me a little discouraged (just look for reason #2) : http://www.sportsshooter.com/news/2082
Or maybe I just got lazy after picking up work full time at the Weekly and didn't feel like posting anything after work or on the weekends. Or maybe I was just being my usual procrastination-prone self and kept putting off posting photos until wait, it's January already? Anyways, here's some of my more favorite photos from Nov-Dec -and I don't care if no one is really interested about my blog, I'm doing it for me!

This is a follow-up to an amazing story that was first published in the Weekly in February 2008. The boy on the left is Shawn, a ten year old who had been waiting over 2 years for a heart transplant and finally received one in July. In December, after a rollercoaster recovery, he was finally able to return home to Alaska. Former Chief Photographer Norbert Von Der Groeben did an amazing photo story and slideshow about Shawn when he was waiting for his heart. You should check out the link here: http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=8870#slide_show
this is from a feature about a local bus driver who is a hero and got her children to safety when a drive-by happened while she was driving the kids home.

this photo really reminds me of my middle school, MBI, and how we used to have to run the morning tv program. Zero period sucked.Thanksgiving feature...poor turkey made quite the feast I bet.

At Deer Hollow Farm

Fall features

Banjo from WWI

Detail of a mandolin from a story about the Museum of American Heritage's musical instruments exhibit

Sophie and the Enchanted Toy Chest (or something like that) performed for patients at Stanford Hospital in Dec.