Merry Christmas 2009

Merry Christmas 2009, originally uploaded by Kirk Howard.

Merry Christmas everyone. I hope everyone is enjoying their day with family and friends.

Kathlene and I are enjoying Christmas in San Clemente this year. As you can tell from the image I took on Christmas Eve the weather is great.

Merry Christmas, and I hope Santa brought everything on your Christmas list.

Aloha

Aloha, we all made it back from Maui, Hawaii in one piece. I think I speak for all that went (Kathlene, Karla, Krista, Kirk) we are none too pleased to be back on the mainland.

Vacations no matter how long they are, they never seem long enough. It felt like yesterday we were on our way to Hawaii. Unfortunately all good things come to an end and so did our Maui vacation.

If you didn't know and you may not really care I have a travel blog on TravelPod.com. If anyone is interested to read more about our trip you can follow this link to the My TravelPod Blog.

Here is a little video I shot on Saturday our last full day on Maui. I had been snorkeling earlier in the day at Black Rock Point with Kathlene and Krista. During that snorkel session we saw some Green Sea Turtles. The turtles had surfaced for air while we were there.

I decide I would go for one last snorkel session during the evening before dinner. I walked to Black Rock and slipped into the water at 5:30 PM. I was the only person in the water.

I swam over to where I had last seen the turtles earlier in the day. I was pleased to see that one turtle was in his little hidy hole.

Now I would just wait for him to surface for air, which could be a 30 minute wait. Fortunately I only had to wait about five minutes. The turtle surfaced and then proceeded swim along the face of Black Rock...

I will let the video tell the rest of the story. I hope you can enjoy it half as much as I did filming it.

Mahalo

Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle from KiHo on Vimeo.

The BIG FOUR OH!

The BIG FOUR OH!, originally uploaded by Kirk Howard.

Guess who turned forty today? I made Ms. Bruen wear her birthday gift for the rest of the day in class. The Princess has her own Tiara.

Happy Birthday, I Love You.

Yosemite Night and Day

Sunday I drove to Yosemite just for the night. Just like last year in June I went to capture a Lunar Rainbow or Moonbow. This time I went in May on the night after the full moon. The difference from the two months June and May, May has a lot more water coming out of the waterfalls.

Here is a Shot that I took from the pathway in Cooks Meadow parallel to the Merced River. It was almost 2:00 AM and the Moonbow was starting to disappear.

This video was shot on the same day May 11, 2009. It is a 360º view from the highest point on Sentinel Dome.

Paddlin' Penny

Kathlene and I are in San Clemente for her Spring Break. We brought our Stand Up Paddle Boards. We invited Grandma Penny to come along the other day. It was a great day of sun, fun, and clever dismounts.

 

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Flowers for Grandma

Flowers for Grandma, originally uploaded by Kirk Howard.

Grandma Howard turned 92 years old today...

Happy Birthday Grandma,

We love you,

Kathlene & Kirk

Lomo Macaw - Featured in Diablo Magazine

Lomo Macaw, originally uploaded by Kirk Howard.

Diablo Magazine in their infinite wisdom has selected this photo for the Feb. 2, 2009 "Photo of the Day".
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In the September 2008 issue of Popular Photography, Digital Toolbox there was an article “Cheap Shots” that described how to recreate Lomography.

Lomography started about 17 years ago in Austrian photographers got their hands on some cheap Russian made plastic cameras called Lomo LC-A. This came gave them extra contrast, saturation and big vignette. Lomography has expanded from these cheap little cameras.

This is my version of the Photoshop remake of the Lomography PS tutorial.

Happy Birthday Colin

She Can Cook...

Crab Cakes, originally uploaded by Kirk Howard.

Crab Cakes...

My wife doesn't cook much so I took the opportunity of photographing tonight’s masterpiece.

She made Crab Cakes and they were delicious.