A few years ago, I was in Park City, Utah during the Sundance Film Festival when I passed the film crew for the HBO series Entourage. At the time, I hadn't started to watch Entourage and didn't even know what it was about. I grabbed a couple shots and moved on (later getting a couple pictures of Rita Wilson and Glen Close). This shot shows actually two camera crews - the one in the foreground and a camera on a crane on the balcony of the red building. I haven't seen the episode that this occurs in, so I'm not sure if the crane setup is part of the scene or shooting the scene on the balcony.

Handheld, 1/1000 sec at f/3.5 on ISO 800, 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6 lens

Caviar technically comes from the sturgeon, but many companies label other fish roe as caviar. Each has a distinctive taste (some briney, some fishy, some earthy - all fairly complex) and texture (some crunchy, some mushy). It's always fun to try different kinds of caviar (to compare and contrast). In this case I tasted a variety from Tsar Nicoulai at the Fancy Food Show (they most easily found everyday at the Ferry Building in San Francisco).

Handheld, 1/180 sec at f/1.8 on ISO 200, 28mm f/1.8 lens

Most of the photographs that I see of Half Dome (perhaps the most recognizable landmark in Yosemite National Park) don't convey just how wide this slab of granite really is. I took this photo from the surface of Mirror Lake (frozen over).

Tripod, 1/160 sec at f/5.6 on ISO 200, 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 lens

A great place to eat in San Francisco is Bushi-Tei in Japantown. Chef Waka (Seiji Wakabayashi) creates Japanese-French fusion haute cuisine while keeping the prices on the low end of the fine dining scale. Every dish served tastes ultra-fresh and this soft shelled crab was no exception.

Tripod, 8/10 sec at f/4.0 on ISO 100, 17-35mm f/2.8 lens

More green… this one is of a fern frond unfurling (say that three times fast!). I took this picture while in a fernery in Christchurch, New Zealand where they have many ferneries and gardens (MANY).

Handheld, 1/90 sec at f/4.0 on ISO 400, 17-35mm f/2.8 lens

Sometimes just because I have a camera in my hand, I'll take pictures of stuff just because it exists. In this case, the maple leaves were green, uniform, and attracted my attention.

Handheld, 1/45 sec at f/4.0 on ISO 100, 17-35mm f/2.8

I never really thought of it (especially since bananas in my grocery stores are sold two or three at a time) but I guess bananas grow in circles… I've seen pictures of bananas while they are still on the tree/plant in a giant cluster, but for some reason I didn't think about how they must be connected together to form that giant cluster.

Handheld, 1/50 sec at f/2.8 on ISO 400, 17-35mm f/2.8 lens

I have a lot of photos of the San Francisco Skyline but this is one of a few that I have taken from within the city capturing both the imposing Transamerica Building and the first span on the Bay Bridge. The shot was taken from a rooftop in just north of Chinatown.

Handheld, 1/1000 sec at f/4.2 on ISO 200, 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6 lens

While at a church picnic at Cuesta Park in Mountain View, California, a bunch of us watched a hawk sitting in a tree eating a squirrel. Later, the hawk flew around a little until it was harried by a robin. I grabbed this shot as they flew past.

Handheld, 1/250 sec at f/5.6 on ISO 200, 70-200mm f/2.8 lens

I believe I took this picture while pulled over on the side of the highway waiting for the roads to clear on the way to Lake Tahoe.

Handheld, 1/80 sec at f/4.2 on ISO 200, 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6 lens