To celebrate the introduction of my new book Colors of the Spirit, you can now save 20% on up to three prints of any size. Just navigate to rezphotography.com, choose your favorite prints and use this coupon code in checkout: ColorsSpirit.

My new book, Colors of the Spirit, is now available.

OK, it’s on. The measure for funding our state parks here in California has qualified for the November ballot. (Read Coverage in the SF Chronicle.) You can be sure the “anti-tax” folks will be all over this one. It needs our support as well as our vote. If it passes you will get into the parks for free( Well, California residents. Those of you from one of those other states will still have to pay but that’s as it is now- we don’t leave you in for free .). OK, there’s that $18 on your Vehicle License Fee but you go to a State Park more than three times a year, right? So it’s a good deal. You can read more about the Measure here. Watch for updates here.

I’ve been re-reading Freeman Patterson’s book, Photography and the Art of Seeing. I recommend it if you’re in to photography at all. In my case, it had been a couple of years – at least – since I read it and thought I needed to take another look at it since I’ve been somewhat in a rut photographically speaking. The pictures from the Presidio were done after I read the first chapter. Nothing earth shattering but I tried to follow the exercise in the book. All the Presidio pictures were made within a 50 meter circle. Just trying to look for things of interest. You can see some others on my recent work page.

I added some new flowers to the flowers gallery. You can see them at REZPhotography. Enjoy.

I have updated my Yosemite Spring Gallery with some new photos from this spring. (Yes, in spite of all that snow, it was spring.) Check them out on REZPhotography.

Today, the CEO’s from BP, Transocean and Halliburton all blamed the other guy for the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Now there’s a surprise.

It’s time to stop drilling in the oceans. See the article below for some links to ask Obama to drop the idea. Some bright person – I think it was in the SF Chronicle but might have been some place else – said we should keep drilling because “accidents happen.” Duh, that’s exactly the point. There’s no way to make the process safe for the ocean.

This is from “The Soup,” an electronic newsletter from the Surfrider Foundation

Just when you thought BP couldn’t get any more stupid…

In the wake of yesterday’s failed attempt to place a containment dome over the breach of the Macondo well (as they are referring to it now), BP is now proposing a new idea – something called a “junk shot.”

The effort quite literally involves taking junk – shredded automobile tires, golf balls and other debris – and trying to jam it into the opening of the leak to clog the flow of oil. That’s all we need…an ocean full of oil AND trash! Continue reading Disaster in the Gulf…

I ran into a little snow on my trip to Yosemite. It was turned out to be the best thing on the trip since the rest of the trip wasn’t all that great. Still, as the waitress said, “Yosemite is full of photographic opportunities, it’s up to you to find them.” And, then, there it was – an opportunity. You can see a selection of my photos from the trip at the usual place: Recent Work. Enjoy.

I just got back from a wild trip to Yosemite. Featuring fog so thick I couldn’t see the road to drive – try to stay between the yellow line and the white line – and six inches of snow last night. “You can’t leave, the roads are closed.” Watch for some new photos real soon. It was, now that I’m home, a great experience. While I was doing it, not so much.

I spent yesterday afternoon at the Botanical Garden in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Pretty much working on my “macro” skills. There were lots of flowers to work with. You can see some of my favorite shots on my Recent Work page.