Looking back on Macworld...

Last week was the annual Macworld convention here in San Francisco. It went extremely well. ASMP was present at the Digital Photo Experience booth, where we had many of our professional photographers answering all kinds of questions to the Macworld attendees. There were many wonderful advancements in the computer world on display at the various booths and it was a pleasure to be able to be part of the show.
I was able to catch the Steve Jobs keynote (after waiting for two hours in the fog) and put my hands on the new Macbook Air. I see the new laptop as a nice solution for the photographer on the go. An appropriate compromise between the iPhone and the Macbook Pro.
As many of you may know, ASMP hosted New York Times columnist, David Pogue at Blue Sky Studios on Wednesday night. The event was a tremendous success. David gave a very entertaining presentation on "The Megapixel Myth". He discussed the tendency by camera manufacturers to propagate the idea that the higher the megapixels, the better the image quality. He had the room full of professional photographers rolling in the aisles. It was truly a wonderful event and we were very fortunate to be able to host him.
The following is a link to David's NY Times column on Macworld:

David Pogue on Macworld 2008

Thats all for now. I hope that next year's Macworld will be as great a success.

New Year, New Projects, New Events

I would like to welcome everyone into the New Year by wishing you all much success and prosperity. I hope that the holiday season treated you all well. I, myself, had a wonderful time with family and friends and now that the New Year is upon us, I am left with tremendous resolve to make this year the best one yet.
There are many exciting projects and events on the horizon and I will update you as they come along.
One of the first events that I am very excited about is Macworld 2008 in San Francisco. It is during the week of January 14th through the 18th. ASMP will be manning the digital experience booth throughout the week and we are all excited to have such involvement and enthusiasm from our members. I am particularly excited about the special event that ASMP has arranged during the week of Macworld. New York Times columnist, David Pogue, will be giving a special presentation at Blue Sky Studios between 6:30 and 8 PM on Wednesday the 16th. His presentation is entitled "The Megapixel Myth". For more information on the event you can visit the ASMP Norcal website.
There many more exciting things to come so please keep checking in for new updates, including a possible expedition to Antarctica.

Hello everyone,

I have been very busy since my last posting and wanted to take a break to share with you what I have been up to recently.    

In 2006, I had the pleasure of staging a keynote presentation to a group of IBM executives from New York and a few months later for the Cascadia Center for Urban Development.  It was a wonderful opportunity to present a photographic history of the city of San Francisco as seen through my lens.  San Francisco is a city with which I have a deep connection.  Following is a link to an article about the presentation:

http://www.thebarbarycoastnews.com/index.php?itemid=162&catid=3

More recently, I have been involved in local events in connection with the Barbary Coast Neighborhood Association.  One of the most interesting projects was the "Bridging Communities" event which created a human chain across the Golden Gate Bridge to support the Bay Area United Way.

And most recently, I helped organize a weekend getaway to Calistoga, CA which was sponsored by the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) and Bay Area Travel Writers (BATW).  As many of you know, I am a board member for the Northern California chapter of ASMP.  This trip was centered around the release of the new book Wine Across America - A Photographic Road Trip by Charles O'Rear and Daphne Larkin.  It was a wonderful event celebrating a beautiful new book.  For more information on the book you can visit:

http://www.wineviews.com

Thanks for taking the interest in my work and look forward to future postings about a limited release of my book San Francisco: City by the Bay.