Yes they do look like what you think they look like.

Wrigley Field

A panoramic picture composed of 6 or 7 vertical shots taken while watching a Cubs game from the rooftop of a building across the street on 5/5/07. Not a great exposure. Sky is blown out but it was a pretty overcast that day. A little chilly for a boy born and raised in Los Angeles.

LaSalle-Jackson

Taken 5/5/07 while on a business trip to Chicago while walking from The Hilton Chicago to The Sears Tower at intersetion of La Salle and Jackson in the financial district (I think) of Chicago. This is color photo converted to B&W. Due to street construction I was able to stand behind a barrior and get a good perspective without endangering my life.

Taken today 4/30/07 at Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge, CA. Although done prior by the masters of photography, I just consider this my crack at it. Very little manipulation. I look the photograph with the dark background on purpose. I did however darken the background. The print looks awesome as well.

No Water

Taken 1986 at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. I was doing interviews at the college radio station KXLU for a story I was writing on radio stations that played blues music. I got to the school early and had time to kill. I noticed this courtyard area and wanted to shoot it but didn't have a tripod. So I placed the camera on a table used in classroom with shiny surface which afterward looked like water in the print.

Bell Tower

Bell Tower

This is a scan of a print I made in 1986. The print is a bit over contrasty (kinda my style back then. I didn't know that perhaps I should keep the detail inside the highlights.) This bell tower is at a church in North Hollywood, CA near Riverside and Tujunga. This print hangs in my house to this day. During this period I became instructed in photographing churches and the like. I was hoping to post more but my scanner has a hard time isolating frames when everything is black.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

Inside Tree

INSIDE TREE

Taken during the 1986 period as well of the underside of a tree looking upward at Northridge Mall. This is my one and only shot. Unfortunately a bit off center but still I feel a compelling image. I always wanted to shoot this again but never did. I think a few years ago I looked at these trees but they weren't cut like this any more. This a scan of a B&W negative with the contrast pumped up.

Freeway

FREEWAY

Another from my 1986 batch. This is the transition ramp from 405 north to 118 east and west. If I remember correctly I was standing on my car with my tripod to get this shot. I really like the way the light just slightly peeks out from the left ramp. For being my early days of photography this is a pretty good composition. This a scanned from black and white negative that I developed myself. I developed all of the early B&W film and made my own prints. I really miss the printing but boy did it get expensive and a hassle without a darkroom.

Rainbow

End of the Rainbow

Taken 10/15/05 form my backyard after a sudden rainstorm. Not the greatest compostion but how often does one get the opportunity to capture a so well defined rainbow. Although this was the end of the rainbow, there were no reports of gold.