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.