There are some that believe the Fulton Mall should be bulldozed so downtown Fresno can finally become a vibrant street scene. One the other hand there are also those that believe it is already a vibrant street scene. While cruising for Cinco de Mayo photos I spotted the boots in the window and the reflection of the crowd in the background and made this picture. The mall was a wild scene with thousands walking, eating tacos, listening to music, and just enjoying the day people watching. After all, if the mall is bulldozed, where else will Fresno celebrate Cinco de Mayo? Woodward Park maybe.
Just an interesting juxtaposition between the wall, the plant, and the sign in Fresno's Chinatown in late afternoon sunlight.
Shot the anticipated Drake concert on Thursday for the paper and Mike's blog. As I was getting ready to go out there I kept thinking of that Seinfeld episode where the gang goes back-and-forth on whether the "love" or "hate" the Drake, a neighborhood character.
Trying to find a excerpt of that episode I found that I wasn't the only one thinking that way.
But after shooting the sold out concert and having my eardrums banged in by music that really isn't my cup of tea, I gotta say I think I side with George on that one.
Fresno State sophomore Bree Farley of the women's basketball team straps on her face mask upon entering the game against La Tech at the Save Mart Center on Thursday, March 1, 2012. Farley has been wearing the mask to protect her nose after it was broken in a win against Oklahoma on December 8.
I think it would be cool if the mask was black.
I have driven by this house on Fruit Ave. between McKinley and Olive many times and was always amazed that someone took the time and effort to cultivate the behemoth. I have a tiny hedge at my house and I get exhausted just thinking about having to trim the thing. Not to mention having to get up on a 10' ladder to do anything is taking your life in your hands. And while I'm at it what about that window light?....ahh forget it... These folks must just love that hedge, so I'll just have to accept it.
This is a photo of the wash basin in my laundry room. I bought it new over 20 years ago and over time it has developed an interesting patina. But is it art?
It seems almost every day we are asked to get a "weather picture". I guess people love weather, talking about it, seeing pictures of it, walking around in it, farmers dream about it. It is more relevant now that there is instant access to these things via the internet, smart phones etc. you can see the weather as it happens right now. Even when we were just publishing on paper there was a fascination with weather. I was never quite sure why people wanted to see the weather as it happened yesterday...but they did.
Broken glass makes an interesting pattern after Fresno Fire Dept. broke some plate glass windows in a building at the San Joaquin Gardens they were using for training. It was slated for demolition and the owners allowed the fire dept. to do anything they wanted to the building....except burn it.
I'm not usually a fan of any kind of lens aberration but in this case it makes an interesting pattern. I shot the sun rising through my living room window with my iphone at around 7:25 am.
High winds drive a storm front across the wide open space on the westside of the San Joaquin Valley, at Five Points, California. (Nikon D3s, 20mm)
It's all about light and timing...I've been along this stretch of road north of Clovis, but never seen it like this. A sliver of light cut across this little valley just as the sun set as a storm cleared. (Nikon D7000, 70-200mm)
Luck does play a role now and then in what we do...the nice cross light cast across this candlelight vigil shot, was purely by chance. With the slow shutter speed used, I caught the flash of another photog across the yard. (5,000 ISO, Nikon D3s)
A frozen Rancheria Falls is quite a site. It is a rare winter when you can hike in to see the frozen falls as opposed to snowshoeing or skiing. Usually the trail is covered in snow. A word of caution, the trail is extremely slippery and icy, so stick to the areas where there are fallen pine needles for traction. When you come to the falls I DO NOT recommend getting off the trail since the footing is very treacherous. To make this photo I had to bump the contrast to almost unnatural levels in order to see the detail in the ice. The light was extremely flat and very blue in the canyon that gets no direct sunlight during the day, hence the frozen falls.
I finally get a page one worthy basketball photo and it gets bumped because teammate Rosie Moult hit a Fresno State record nine three-point shots. Fresno State's Ki-Ki Moore dives for a loose ball against Seattle University's Daidra Brown in first half action on Jan. 11, 2012.
No this is not some exotic script discovered by explorers on the walls of the Temple of the Great Carnac. It is simply lines of tar from repair work done on Fresno Street underpass between G St. and Van Ness.
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