Mid afternoon while outside I noticed some interesting clouds and grabbed a camera bag and headed to Stagecoach Vineyard high in the hills above the valley; it’s a wild drive and a ruggedly rocky vineyard. Very cool to be there shooting autumn color.
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Kricket and Mike were married on Sunday monring in Capitola in a lovely ceremony. Afterwards a few photos above the beach and they were off to a small brunch with family and friends. Their reception will be in a few weeks at the Olymipic Club in San Francisco. Rather perfect!
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Getting away from the weddign party for a few mintues, Amy and Scott, slipped towards the vineyards near Brix Restaurant in Oakville.
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It started as a day off from running, I went to Alston Park here in Napa, did some speed walking on the hills, checked nearby vineyards for autumn color and just enjoyed being out. Weaving around and up and down the trails I suddenly looked up and saw amazing light across the bit of a valley and with so many clouds to the southwest and nearing sunset I knew I had little time so I took off running towards the light.
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Run, stop, grab the shot, got the rush, thought of the biathlon, cross-country skiing and rifle shooting, something I have always wanted to try; it’s on the DO list. Seems I created my own version as I the run the pasture like hills. The light, fleeting, would appear from behind the clouds and I’d take off trying for an angle, a shot. It was that edgy rush of the unknown as the ground was thick with grass, dried and newly green, there were holes and I didn’t know what with each step. Running, shooting, running shooting and I loved it. Here the first photo I ran for and my choice biathlon shot of the day.
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My family has a cabin nestled into the woods in north central PA and autumn is one of my favorite times there. Driving the road to the cabin was like driving in a kaleidoscope – totally amazing with color and with the rains the streams that edge the road were loud with the music of rushing water.
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I’m still doing some shoots in the east and this was last weekend, a very rainy weekend, near Philadelphia. Cool couple, Jackie and RJ, with a few private moments near the pond and lake between the huge rain storms.
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