Here are some fun pics that Maggie and I took the last time it rained….
On this wonderfully wet day, I pulled on my rain boots, dressed Maggie in a sweater and dragged Brett out for some pictures. Honestly I look for any excuse to wear my rain boots. If a neighbor left his sprinklers on to long and large puddles appeared on the sidewalk, I would be up for putting on the rain boots and taking advantage of the broken sprinklers. Fortunately and unfortunately that never happens. Today was a legitimate rain boot day, and Maggie and I went splashing in puddles.
Poor Maggie got to close to the splashing.
I heart rain boots and puddles!
From Maggie’s point of view I must look pretty funny.
Here are some moodier photographs we have been working on from our drip to Death Valley this last spring. We had two very different photographic visions while we were out in Death Valley One was colorful as seen in our previous post, and the other vision was much darker. There is an eery and desolate beauty in many areas of Death Valley. Mines, gas stations, and homes have been built and then left to rot, rust and fade back into the desert. Those are just the beginning to the strange things we saw along our trip. At the Race Track heavy rocks leave long trails in the dry lake bed. The general feeling we got while wandering the miles of dry cracked lake bed in pursuit of rock trails was very ominous. There were random bursts of incredibly strong winds, biting through our clothes and attempting to knock us over. Then nothing, no wind, no sounds from desert animals, not even a fly. Seeing the rocks with their zig zagging trails also gave us a magical yet off kilter feeling. There are theories as to how the rocks appear on the dry lake bed and slide around making their trails, but no one really knows what happens out there. We don’t alwayas get a lot of time to work on
Where did it come from? and where is it going?
This marks the crossroads to the racetrack. Campers right their names on their teapots and leave them here for others to see. We wanted to leave one with all our names on it but none of us actually brought a teapot with us. Next time.
Dune sunrise.
The beauty of the dunes never ceases to amaze us. This time of year we discovered a new friend out in the dunes with us, Bees. The Creosote bushes were covered in these cute little yellow flowers and the Bees were courting them for all the nectar they could get. The Bees however got a little confused while we were wandering their dunes and kept following us around. A couple of them even landed on Brett. Their low buzzing made for a nice symphony accompanying our sunrise.
We found these on the old dirt road out or Darwin.
The fair is a place for demonstrating your manliness by winning your girl a stuffed animal, eating funnel cake followed by cotton candy followed by a carmel apple. Almost loosing it all on a ride that spins to fast, and then jumping on swings that fly! For photographers the fair is a play ground full of bright lights, colors and movement. Its a place to open up your shutter and see what happens. We had a blast this summer running around at the San Diego County Fair taking pictures of what ever struck our fancy. The great thing about the fair is that you never know what your going to end up seeing while your there. This year we were witness to sheep wearing spandex! Anywhere else I would have been frightened, but at the Fair it’s just amusing.
Sheep in Zebra Clothing!!!!
These guys decided to coordinate outfits for the competition. I think they mean business!
So many people…
We took this one with our IR camera. The camera picked up some interesting light going on above the swings on this shot.
We ran into our long time friends Nacole and West. They are so cute, West wins her a new stuffed doggie every year. This year’s pooch makes #9
We sometime entertain ourselves by making faces. This time we were waiting for our photo booth pictures. It felt like forever before that little strip of 4 images popped out.
Recently we joined Nacole Gray the creator of Rich Skinny Pretty at the San Diego Polo Club for the opening day of Polo Season. Nothing starts of a polo match better than a glass of champaign and some pretty girls. This year Nacole was asked by the SD Polo Club to style their opening day fashion show. She paired up with Gerhard Boutique to outfit her girls. To find out more about what the girls wore check out Rich Skinny Pretty. On Opening Day we showed up early to get our tickets and take some photos of the girls getting ready. When we entered the Tiki Club, where the girls were getting their hair and make up done the room was full of excitement, champaign and hairspray! It is always so much fun to be a witness to the creative process of styling. The polo matches were really fun to watch. I was amazed at how many times each player had to exchange his horse for a fresh one. It was mind boggling when one player kicked his stirrups free lined his horse up next to his fresh one and leaped from his tired horse’s back into his fresh horse’s saddle with out getting off and touch the ground. Not all the players felt the need for such a show. We can’t wait for the next polo match. But I think next time we are going to try the tailgating section and bring our own chairs.
So many colors to choose from!
The Rich Skinny Pretty girls!
Here are a few of our favorite outfits from the fashion show.
Brett insisted that we stop and check out all of the planes lining the field.
