Horses on the Trail

Did I tell you I had 4 entries to the festival? Well, I've only shown you two. So here is another one. I am actually very proud of this one because I was driving through the Silverado Trail and I didn't really want to take the same picture as everyone else. You see, the subject was to take images of the Mustards in bloom and so instead of taking it of just the flowers I decided there should be another subject in there. So I saw the horse on the right and had to stop (in the middle of the Trail I must add) and take a picture of him (her?). So I get out of my car and I couldn't believe it, there were TWO horses grazing! Very exciting!!! So how did I get them to look at me for the picture? Well, I guess photographing any animal is the same because I just started to make random noises and they look right at me!!! 

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Napa Valley Mustard Festival

This was another one of my submissions. I was driving through Highway 29 and this was taken near St. Helena, CA. I love driving on Hwy 29 because you can see all the vineyards along the way. You always hear about the Napa Valley and the wine industry but it's a totally different experience actually being here. I love stopping at Taylor's Refresher in St. Helena because according to one of the travel channels (I can't remember which one) they have the #2 best hamburger in the country!  I don't know if I believe that but I love stopping there anyway. Their shakes are to die for and they have free water which is always great after a full day of photographing the beautiful landscapes!!!

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Napa Valley Mustard Festival Stamp!

I recently entered the Mustard Festival Photo Contest. This image was one of my submissions. I was driving through Yountville, CA when I saw wonderful green house surrounded by Mustard Flowers (they bloom every Spring in the Napa Valley). I think this is a vegetable garden the French Laundry uses for some of their food. For those of you who don't know, the French Laundry is one of the best restaurants in the world. My brother says it has 3 stars or diamonds and that is supposed to be fantastic. He is the chef of the family so he would know. I also submitted three more images and I am very excited about them. I'll let you know the outcome of the contest!!! 

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WELCOME TO MY BLOG!!!

It's been a while since I've written a blog. Actually, the last one I wrote, was when I was circumnavigating the world on good old Semester at Sea. I had many avid readers at the time and I think it was mostly because my shipmates never called home so it was nice to at least have someone's perspective of the world. That or they loved my writing and witty sense of humor. I go back now and I can't believe the amazing trip I had! It just brings back wonderful memories.

Now, on to the REAL WORLD. My world. Photography. I absolutely love what I do and couldn't be more excited to relaunch my website! 

I recently won a Portraiture contest here in the North Bay with the image you see at the top of the post and I got a free tripod out of it (which is very exciting considering I had lost my old one). So thanks to Elliott I won a prize!

ENJOY!

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