This is a wonderful place to get away and relax. Great snorkeling and diving, with easy access is just an hour away from the mainland.
A foggy New Years Eve at the park with my daughter.
Zooming around the Christmas tree…
Always look up…
“Midnight Tram to Humber.” Metro Photo Challenge winner. Here is a link to Joel Charlebois’ photos on flickr
midnight tram to humber, originally uploaded by uwajedi.
mud and tire tracks, originally uploaded by bphall.
Look up, look down, I see fractal geometry everywhere I look. Check out this great pbs series on fractals in nature. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fractals/program.html
I took this photo about 1988, while on a multi-day dive trip to the southern California channel islands. At the time what I noticed was the nasty smoke billowing out of huge tanker. I did not notice the name of the ship, until today, over twenty years later. The Exxon Valdez. The name of the tanker had no meaning at the time as one of the worst ecological disasters in U.S. history hadn’t occurred yet.
Low vision makes riding a bicycle difficult, and dangerous. Fortunately, here in Irvine, CA, there are many off-road bike trails where I can avoid getting whacked by an automobile. Off- road, I may eat dirt or pavement, but at least I will likely live to explore another day. On the morning I found this view, it was really foggy, and I felt like a madman attempting to travel the mile or so to get to the trail that leads to the upper Newport Back Bay. Slowly and cautiously I navigated the pea-soup morning and had a peaceful two hours examining the ever-changing scenery of this wonderful sanctuary in Orange County. On the ride back toward the bridge overpass at Jamboree Rd., I spied dancing light reflected off the water onto the concrete structure of the bridge. The scene stopped me in my tracks. I took the time to examine the pattern, shapes, light and shadow. At the suggestion of my wife, I flipped the image upside down which makes the abstraction far more interesting. Later, at home, I realized that every support on this structure had at least one wasp’s nest attached. I always photograph an impression, then see it again, and again.
Here are snapshots from my trip to the Insights Art Exhibition opening reception on October 21st. in San Francisco. The show, opening reception, and patron’s dinner in City Hall were a great success, and a total blast. I want to thank everyone at the Lighthouse for their work and support. A special thanks to Kim Shuck, Insight’s coordinator, Kari Orvik, and Ellen Lord for making the show such a success. And to all of the donors who make this possible, thank you. http://www.lighthouse-sf.org/events/insights/
The LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery are proud to present the 19th Annual Insights 2008 Art Exhibition — an international juried exhibition of works by artists who are blind or visually impaired.
October 2 – December 12, 2008
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
City Hall, Lower Level
Featured Artists: 2007 Elva Iacono Vergari Prize winners
Phoebe Barkan
Bruce Hall
Michael Jameson
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- Bruce Hall’s photography
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- Insights Patron’s dinner, 2008
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- table #5 photo by dfm
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- Patron’s dinner, City Hall, San Francisco
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- Kurt Weston talks about his work.
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- The Art of Possibility. aopstudios.com
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- Jonathan W. Wind, speaker at artist’s day, discussing how artists might approach galleries – for the Paul Mahder Gallery.
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- Kim Shuck, Insights Coordinator
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- Artist and friend, Pete Eckert with Clancy at Insights.
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- Man wearing hat…
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- Charles discusses his work during artist’s day at City Hall
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- City Hall
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- Charles Grover, photographer. http://www.grvr.com/
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- Anabella talks about her watercolor painting at Insights artist’s day.
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- Charlie discusses his photographic process at Insights artist’s day.
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- Pete discusses his photographic process at Insights artist’s day.
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- Bruce Hall, Insights 2008, photo by dfm
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- Bruce Hall, featured artist, Insights 2008 photo by dfm
