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Crispy Fried Zucchini with Tzatziki Sauce

August 11, 2015Posted in Photography6 Comments

It looks delicious! If it wasn’t fried I’d be all over this. I gave up most fried foods in my early twenties. I splurge with French Fries once or twice a year. Maybe there’s a baked version? If so you two are the ones to find it and make it delicious! I hope you do cause I love zucchini!

Fabulous Fare Sisters

One of my favorite summer vegetables is zucchini. Don’t be surprised if you see several zucchini dishes from me over the next few weeks. I have 5 zucchini plants producing right now and boy are they producing. This is one of my favorite dishes with zucchini. I served it as an appetizer on this occasion because it is so good. The tzatziki sauce with the fried zucchini creates an excellent flavor profile and is great for a meatless meal too.

Crispy Fried Zucchini
1 large zucchini
2 egg beaten
1/4 cup half and half
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup olive oil
2 tsp granulated garlic
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper

Slice the zucchini into pieces about a centimeter thick and set aside. Set out three separate shallow dishes or bowls. In the first bowl, beat the egg and half & half together with 1/3 of…

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Monochrome Madness 2 21/52: Harbor Seals

July 28, 2015July 29, 2015Posted in Photography7 Comments

It’s week 21 already for Monochrome Madness 2! Time races onward no matter what we Humans are doing, or are hoping to do each day, week, month, or year. I present my contribution to Leanne Cole’s MM2 project.

I spent the morning with several friends out in Elkhorn Slough photographing wildlife from a Pontoon Boat. It was good to hang out with my friends, and get out on the slough. These young Harbor Seals were enjoying the beautiful sunny morning on the warm mud bank. Nikon D300s| AF-S Nikkor 300mm| Hand-Held| CS6 & Silver Efex Pro 2

This is an image I made while out on Elkhorn Slough on a Pontoon Boat with 17 other members of a Favorite Photography Meet-Up group. It was a lovely morning for me, and a very relaxing Summer morning for these Harbor Seals who are on the bank basking in the morning sun.

Nikon D300s| AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/4| Lexar Professional Digital Film| CS6| Hand-held

More to come…

Our Work Has Been Stolen

July 22, 2015Posted in Photography5 Comments

I’m reblogging this to spread the word!

iPhone Photographer | David Pasillas

I think I always knew this was going to happen. In fact, I caught someone a few years ago that had stolen one of my iphone photos and was distributing it to people that wanted to create composites. I wasn’t too upset about that because it wasn’t a great photo, and it probably wouldn’t have been used for anything since it was heavily edited. At any rate, a simple cease and desist worked.

This recent discovery is much more upsetting. It’s a bit of a rabbit hole that myself and other artists have been delving into the last few days. At first it looked like another poster website selling photographs that didn’t belong to them. A bit of research has lead us to believe its much worse.

I actually found some of your work on their site too. I’ll mention the names in a minute, but I honestly don’t want…

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Sunset over Santa Clara County Hills

July 13, 2015Posted in Lonely Trees, Photography, Santa Clara County, SunsetsTagged Graduated ND Filter, lone trees, Photography, Santa Clara County, Sunsets14 Comments

Another little tree alone on a hill. This is an image I made a couple of weeks ago. It was a lovely evening: warm, with a cool breeze, and the color glowed in the sky for hours; until well after dark. A rare thing around here.

This image is a composite made from two frames blended in Photoshop CS6.

More to come…

In the Rose Garden

July 3, 2015July 4, 2015Posted in Camera Gear, Marco Rail, Photography, San Jose Municipal Rose Garden, Santa Clara CountyTagged Camera Gear, Gear Porn, Macro Rails, Roses, San Jose Municipal Rose Garden, Santa Clara County11 Comments

The roses are at peak right now. I spent a little while making macro images before it got too hot this morning.

My rig with my macro rail and two images in the garden using my cell phone.
More to come…

Addendum: I have given the links to the 4-Way Macro Rail, Quick Release Plate, and Quick Release Clamp on an earlier blog post here. I am not an affiliate of any of the Vendors I have links to. I provided the links for reference, and to share the information of what I’m using.

Happy Summer Solstice

June 21, 2015June 21, 2015Posted in Golden Gate Bridge, Photography, San Francisco, Summer Solstice, SunrisesTagged Fog, Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, Summer Solstice5 Comments

This was taken on the Summer Solstice last year (2014).

I really wanted to meet my friend Anne and go back to this area and make another Summer Solstice image from

here, but I’ve been swamped moving out of two of our 3 bdrms. We’re down to 1 bdrm now. I fell into bed last night exhausted, and slept until 7:30 this morning! So, I didn’t go out with my camera for sunrise this morning and am reposting the image I made last Summer Solstice.

UPDATE on our Remodel: The construction crew are planning to break into the interior walls of the Master bdrm, front bdrm, and entry hall tomorrow (Monday June 22,2015), and demolition of our Master bathroom begins tomorrow as well. He-Man and I are almost completely moved out of our room and will be using the Living room as our room. Only our bed, and a few things in the closet need to be moved out today.

Baby Girl, and #1 Grandson have moved to the back bdrm that I’ve been using as my retreat for years.

The roof of the house was extended and roofers finished laying on the new roof yesterday, two of the new windows are in, but the door they’re waiting until this week to install. It’s really pretty, has glass, and they didn’t want to risk any damage to it while framing and putting on the roof. YEAH!

Here’s how the house looked on the 18th of June.

…and this is where it came from. Day of Phase II back on April 30, 2015

Staking out the new foundation day 1 phase II of remodel and addition

My Summer will be largely spent in disarray, and chaos with this remodel and addition, but it will be worth all the inconvenience when it’s finished I have no doubt. Today I’m excited because we’re entering the final phases of the construction, and getting closer to having the house done.

Happy Summer Solstice Everyone!

Nikon Df| Lumix DMC-Fz200| Hand-held

More to come…

P52 25/52 Fly

June 18, 2015June 18, 2015Posted in Family Fun, Mud, Photography, Summer Fun, ToddlersTagged family, Mud, Muddy Boots, Snapshots of Life, Summer Fun, Toddlers6 Comments

I’ve been spending some more time with my Bridge Camera the Panasonic DMZ-Fz200 trying to get better IQ shooting birds in the backyard, but that hasn’t worked out so well since when I’m out back #1 Grandson, and Diva Dog want to be out there too. Unfortunately, the birds don’t want to be out there sipping nectar or eating delicious seeds when nearly the whole family is out back.
But, as luck would have it #1 Grandson isn’t too keen on bugs right now so, he calls them out where ever and when ever he sees them…even flies! He quit playing in the mud puddle brought about by a broken sprinkler, and ran to me clinging to my leg for dear life proclaiming that there was a BUG!, and he very helpfully pointed it out to me. With camera in hand I assured him I’d take care of it. With #1 Grandson still clinging to my leg I cautiously approached the trespassing fly. When I got within the closest focal range to make an image I began pressing the shutter. I managed to get several images thanks to being in Burst Mode. A few were decent. The Fz200 can shoot 12 fps in Burst Mode! It’s one reason I bought the camera.

#1 Grandson now emboldened by my bravery thought he get a little closer himself , let go of my leg, and took a big step forward, then Poof! The fly got scared and flew away. 🙂 #1 Grandson looked up at me with eyes full of surprise and question…and said, ” Fly flew away!” I replied, “Yes, love it did. We have be very quiet, and can’t get too close or we’ll scare them. Stay by Gran and it might stay.”

The lessons of photographing, and loving wildlife are in full swing at my house!

Another reason I bought this camera was for the Leica f/2.8 fixed Aperture lens, and it’s 108mm lens which has a field of view equivalent of 600mm in 35mm format. I’ve seen some fantastic images taken of birds and wildlife with this little Bridge camera and I am hoping I can get similar results. Especially when traveling. I’m thinking about taking this camera with me on a cruise I have coming up in late Aug/Sept. There will be some opportunities to see some birds and wildlife I don’t have near me and I don’t really want to pack and carry my heavy 300mm lens. I’ll be testing this lens/camera out quite a bit in the next couple months.

Are you curious about how muddy #1 Grandson got this morning? I titled this image: A Broken Sprinkler, a Mud Puddle, and a Toddler= A Bunch of Fun this Summer Morning.

I stripped him and ran like mad to the bathtub when he was ready to go in the house. I wonder if I’ll get the mud and sand out of his clothes?

Broken Sprinkler brings about a huge opportunity to play in the mud! — He was just this close to drinking some of this muddy water when I caught him! If I drop my gaze for just one second I know he’ll drink some! It’s inevitable I know, but I have to try to stop it! 🙂

I’ve got a couple of more photos of him over on Instagram too. If you’d like to see those click here!

Panasonic DMC-Fz200|Lexar Professional Digital Film| Hand-held| CS6

More to come…

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