Well, it's been quite a while since I've posted anything here and I'm determined to resurrect this little blog. I've been very busy shooting and I have a ton to post. But I don't want to overwhelm you with photos! So we'll go by month.
Today I have December's highlights for you.
One of my first posts here was of the National Charity League debutantes ball. I shot them again, and it was as fun as I remembered.
Along with December comes, of course, ice skating at The Lakes in Westlake...
And visits from Santa, this time to a school in Somis, with his motorcycle buddies in tow.
But some kids just don't like Santa. This little guy at the Janss mall in TO wasn't thrilled about taking a picture with Santa.
Camarillo held their annual Christmas Parade, even in the pouring rain (note the raindrops on my lens!) I was soaking wet, but managed to keep my gear fairly dry.
Since it doesn't really freeze here, the Moorpark Water Polo team had no problem playing in December. These were shot during a practice at the Moorpark Athletic Club.
Also in Moorpark, big news - the Moorpark Post Office finally opened at the end of High Street, near the Moorpark Library.
And another highly anticipated grand opening, the Moorpark Skate Park.
It really was a gorgeous California Christmas, complete with sunny skies, a dusting of snow on the mountains, and blooming poinsettias in Camarillo.
We have plenty of fall/winter color though, and fallen leaves. Here's a family enjoying the warm December weather at Conejo Creek Park North in TO.
And at the RSRPD winter camp in Simi Valley....
Although they did have to truck in some snow.
There are always a few productions of The Nutcracker around the holidays, like this one in Thousand Oaks.
And after Christmas, families come out to play with all the new toys. These guys were at a park in Moorpark the day after the holiday.
December came to a close with a fundraiser to try to save the financially strapped Tutu's Hawaiian Ice Cream Shack in Simi Valley, but it was sadly unsuccessful. Tutus closed its doors at the end of the month. But the fundraiser was great fun, and the owner, Scott, had a good time despite the circumstances.
Finally, I finished December by shooting the Newbury Park High School basketball team, taking a day off from practice to stretch and relax at a gym across the street from the school.
Thanks for visiting the blog! Highlights from January and February coming soon.
This year I was pretty sick for the grad season. First a throat/head cold of some sort and then the kicker, a stomach flu immediately following. So I don't feel that I did as well as I had hoped. I was quite dizzy and hacking through most of them. But anyway, here are the results.
I've put them into a slideshow to make it easy on the front page. You can also find a direct link to the set on flickr here.
The next post will be all graduations outtakes, the shots that I didn't submit for publication. Some photos I just don't have the graduate's name, some photos are detail shots, some photos are just silly. These are usually my favorites. Coming soon! :)
Also, in other news, I get my nose pierced on Monday! I've been trying to do it for months, but first vacation, then being sick, then schedule problems... it's finally all worked out. I'll get Joe to shoot it, of course. We have to document what a sissy I am around needles.
