Pumpkins

Pumpkins
Originally uploaded by Bill Walker.

I just wanted to show off the very diverse results of our Halloween pumpkin carving party. We managed to make a wolf, a cat, a Wallace, and a TROGDOR. And some very tasty roasted pumpkin seeds.

The 2006 calendar is done!

The 2006 wild birds calendar is done! I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Mary, Dan, Grant, John, Paul, and John for critique, advice, and encouragement. I'll be making more announcements about where to buy these in the SF bay area, but meanwhile you can order them on-line from my cafepress.com store.

We're going to New Mexico!

I have finally summoned the courage to sign up for Arthur Morris's bird photography class at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. I've heard he (pictured at left) is a great teacher. I've enjoyed his books and email newsletters.

So, this trip will mean many firsts -- first birding in New Mexico, first time travelling by plane with my enormous 500mm lens, first time shooting bird photos for three straight days.

Two Gentlemen of Verona preview this Saturday

Hi folks,

I'd like to invite you to the church this Saturday for some free theatre! A friend and I have been composing incidental music for this show, and I can honestly say the actors are fabulous. The director has done a great job of trimming the play down to an hour and making it kid-friendly. Thanks very much to University Church for letting us use its sanctuary. I hope you'll join us!


The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival presents:
Shakespeare On Tour's production of

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

- Saturday, October 15th, 2005, 2:30-3:30pm
- Free, Family friendly show, All ages welcome!
- Post-show discussion with the cast plus juice and cookies

Come join us this Saturday at the Church
1611 Stanford Avenue, Palo Alto, 650 758-9660


for more info about the show:
http://www.sfshakes.org/tour/index.html

Yosemite Fall Weekend

Yosemite
Originally uploaded by Bill Walker.

We had really enjoyed the mountains during a weekend at Yosemite for our friend's wedding. I spent some time on landscape photography, and even processed some of them in black and white. It's a stunning valley, and trying to capture it with a photograph is _so_ hard.

Late Sunday night we found a movie at the visitor's center about the career and working style of Ansel Adams, who knew a thing or two about photographing Yosemite valley. What I didn't know is that he trained hard to be a pianist, and judging by his playing in this film, he would have been a darn good one.

In processing the photos from the trip, I had one or two moments where I thought the black and white image looked righht, and those were electric moments. Perhaps that feeling was what kept him going, too.