Fog

I have a love/hate relationship with fog. I hate when fog affects my job as a flight attendant. If it is too foggy, at times we cannot take off. On the other hand, as a photographer, I love it! There is something magical and mystical about it.

My friend and I decided to go shooting early in the morning in the foothills.  We were keeping our fingers crossed that the area where we wanted to shoot had fog.  It did!  We hiked down to the river, set up our cameras and started taking pictures. I loved the way the water was flowing around the rocks and wanted to experiment with getting the "soft" effect combined with the feel of cold environment .  Let me know what you think!

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Mio waiting...

Happiness is mommy returning home from her morning jog.

Fall Colors in Hope Valley

I decided to take a drive up to Hope Valley to check out what remained of the fall color.  The weather was supposed to be around 70 degrees and it was a beautiful day.  I had a goal in mind and it was to find the "cabin" that many photographers have captured as the subject of their images. I know, it seems so cliché, but I just had to find it. 


It was such a beautiful drive the entire way.  As I turned off of highway 50 onto 89, I started seeing Aspens with their golden leaves dancing in the slight breeze.  I had to get out of my car just to feel the warmth of the sun and the fresh mountain air on my face.  The sky was different shades of blue with wisps of white clouds painted throughout.  I felt so at peace as I often do when I am in nature.  


As much as I wanted to stay in the spot I had found, I had to get back in the car to find that cabin.  I turned onto highway 88 and Hope Valley opened up.  There were a few trees that had already lost their leaves but what remained were clusters of vibrant yellow amongst the evergreens.  I got out and took a few shots but I had to move on.  I drove a few more miles and there it was...the cabin!  The sun raked across the scenery and brought a feeling of warmth to the landscape.  While I was photographing, I envisioned this in a sepia tone as well as color so I have included both.  Let me know what you think!


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Fleet Week

I have always loved planes...airshows, fighter jets, vintage planes, anything that has to do with flying, so when my sister invited me to San Francisco for Fleet Week, I was totally excited! Not only did I get to see my family, I was going to see the Blue Angels in one of my favorite cities. My family was staying at Cavallo Point, a former military base known as Fort Baker which is located in Sausalito.

The views from Cavallo Point were incredible. The city was spread out before us just across the bay and the Golden Gate Bridge was off to our right. The Blue Angels played and danced gracefully above the water and I thought that it must be such a rush being able to pilot an F/A-18 Hornet.  It was such an incredible site watching them stay together as a unit, split off and then come back together...what precision!  Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to be a fighter pilot and imagined what it must feel like having power and control over such a beautiful piece of machinery.

I was talking about the show and my love of the Angels with a fellow crew member this week when he casually said that his father used to be Blue Angel #5 in the 90s for a couple of years. "Wait, what?" was my response, followed by "That is sooooo freaking awesome!"  I asked him about a billion questions after that. 

I know I will never pilot a fighter jet, but someday, I will have command of a small plane. Watching them makes me want to hurry and finish getting my private pilot's certificate!

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A New Start

Well, I have finally gotten up the courage to start a blog.  I have always been a little hesitant since I really wasn't comfortable with putting my thoughts out on the web.  I recently have been reading fellow photographers' blogs and came to realize that I really enjoy reading them so maybe people will enjoy mine as well.  Here goes...

There are many things that I enjoy in life but my top three are family, photography and travel.  I am at a point in my life where I am at my happiest that I have ever been.  Why shouldn't I be?  I am engaged to the love of my life, have a job as a flight attendant for Delta Airlines and am based in NYC, have an incredible family and a photography business, Digital Wonderland Photography, in the Northern California region.

I have loved photography ever since I was a little girl, and have always had a camera around my neck.  This love goes hand in hand with my travels and family so stay tuned for adventures to come!