Photo: "Swaying Sun"

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I got back to San Francisco this morning after a weekend in San Diego visiting family for the holiday. 

I drove most of the way last night, camped out in the Subaru and finished the drive this morning. The first hour of the drive was a bit boring, but I happily arrived in Santa Nella, one of the few decent stops along the I-5, during blue hour, so I picked out a spot along a farm road and shot the sunrise in the cold crisp air for an hour. It certainly helped to break up the early morning drive. 

Photo: "Midnight Sunset"

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Can I kiss your lips

and watch you light up the sky

with fireworks of infinite colors

like a sunset parading across the night

a dance in slow motion

syncopated in your eyes

the only way to run from the world

escaping the madness in life

and if only for a moment

nothing else matters

you erase the sense of time

I become swallowed by the beauty

in your eyes.

Photo: "A Wet Sunset"

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Sunset, Santa Cruz County

I shot this image last night on a quick trip south to meet up with a few friends for a sunset shoot. This image was shot moments before getting drenched by wave spray as it snuck out of the crack in the foreground. 

Photo: "Zig Zag"

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Overcast skies. 55 second exposure. Shot with a 10 stop ND filter.

During my trip to Portland last weekend, a few of the local photographers took me up to one of their favorite spots, Zig Zag Falls. As a California native, who hasn't been to the Pacific Northwest sinceI was a kid, I can honestly say I immediately fell in love with the greenery and the stunning fall colors.