THE PIE LADY

This was one of my shots entered at the Bay Area Photo Club under the August Honor's Night assignment of "AMERICANA".  Dianne and I built the set and she posed as the "The Pie Lady."  The judges liked the shot and awarded it with a Gold award and enough points to make it high for the night.  I shot it with my tripod mounted OMD-EM1 and a 12-60 f2.8 lens in mostly late evening light.  I did add a little light from the lower right of the shot to help brighten Dianne in the shot.

KALE AT AN ASTROS GAME

Here's a shot of my grandson Kale taken a couple of months ago at an Astros game at NRG field.  This was another candidate I was considering for Thursday night's Honor's Night program under the assignment of "Bokeh."  In a couple of days I'll have a better idea about whether my choices were good ones!

LONE PHOTOGRAPHER

This was a shot of fellow photographer on our National Geographic workshop recently in Seattle, WA.

HALEY #2

This is another shot of my niece Haley taken at my wife's family reunion in Sweeny, TX a few weeks ago.  This was a technically tough shot because I had to mirror her jump while taking the shot!

HALEY

This is a shot of my niece taken in Sweeny, Tx at a family reunion a couple of weeks ago.  We took several photos of her that day for a series that her mom wanted that had a "Texas feel".

PIKE PLACE PIANO MAN

I watched this guy play the piano off and on for an hour or two.  I don't know how long he plays each day but someone in our Nat Geo group took a closeup of his hands and all his fingers had band aids on them!  He plays on Pike Place in Seattle across from the market.

RODEO FOOD

This was my second shot for the BAPC assignment "Flash Photography" last Thursday night.

BIG CHECK

Last weekends Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo saddle bronc winner leaves Reliant Stadium with a big check for his efforts.

FIVE FRIENDS

These five friends posed for a quick photo at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo before the Saturday matinee.

ANIKA SWINGING

I took this photo of my niece this morning at my sister's house with my 50-500mm Sigma lens mounted on my Olympus E-3.  The shot was handheld with available light.

Solitude in the City

This shot was taken at Discovery Green a few weeks ago.  I entered this in last weeks Bay Area Photo Club under the assignment of "People"..

Herman Cain

Another shot of Herman Cain at Saturday's Saddle Up Texas Straw Poll. As he took the stage he said that "against the advise of his campaign officials, he wore his hat because it was still OK to be cool".

Yepez Vineyard Karaoke

One of the karaoke singers at the Yepez Vineyard Grape Stomp this pas Saturday.

Yepez Vineyard Face Painting

This little girl needed a little help from her mom to stay still enough for this face painter to do her thing.

Friday Night Lights_4

One of the highlights of the halftime show was a performance of the Galena Park Jacketeer's famous high kick routine that included current and alumni Jacketeers. The Galena Park class of '72 led the alumni participants in numbers with five ex Jacketeers performing, including my wife on the left side of the photo.

Friday Night Lights_3

Another shot from Friday nights football game.

Friday Night Lights_2

I thought this young man had a serious look as he prepare for the band to march at Friday nights game.

Galveston Rock Stacker

This young man was joining in on the current fad of building rock sculptures out of the riprap along the seawall when I snapped this shot on Saturday evening.

Trinity Bay Fishing

A shot from the archives of a fisherman trying his luck in November of last year.

Memorial Day 2011_4

One more shot from Saturday's Memorial Day service....