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The past couple of weeks I’ve enjoyed the following articles, blog posts, podcasts and videos. I thought I’d pass them on to be enjoyed by those who check in to my blog regularly. Enjoy! Earth Hour This past Saturday was Earth Hour, an event to highlight the worldwide need to address global warming. Landmarks, city skylines, local communities and individuals dimmed non-essential lights or turned them out

Conservatory of Flowers Valentines Day Lighting in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco It’s been a while since I’ve photographed the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, but this past Valentines Day I was able to stop by and was pleasantly surprised to see the dome of the building glowing a fitting color. I wonder if they’ll make lighting of the dome a regular occurance like the lighting of the

Borrowlenses.com has been kind enough to make available a free week long lens rental (excluding super telephoto lenses) to be given away here on the JMG-Galleries blog. In order to be eligible you need to (updated 3/27/09): Contest open to only those in the US. Lens rentals cannot be shipped to other countries. Be located in the United States. The lucky winner will place the order online at BorrowLenses.com and they

Golden Gate Bridge & Surf at Sunset The interesting thing about San Francisco is that summer time weather is never during summer. It’s in the spring and fall. During the summer its cold and foggy. I ramble about this because I often see so many tourists on the bridge in shorts and t-shirts during the summer and it brings a tear to my eye. Ok maybe it doesn’t bring me to tears, but I feel for them. I s

When I first started out in photography it took a while to learn one of the best kept secrets…  rather than buy expensive lenses you can rent them. With the popularity of the Strobist it should also be noted that this is true of lighting equipment as well and numerous professional photographers prefer renting lighting equipment rather than owning. Ultimately renting photography equipment is one of the best ways

As an artist I am constantly reenergized when viewing the work of others. Artists who print, publish and show their work share a kindred spirit in finding outlets for their passion. This passion not only reveals a subject, a concept, technical expertise or vision it reveals their essence of being. With each viewing of the creative work of an artist you learn a little something about who they are as a person as well a

This photo could sum up the past couple of weeks nicely. Life has been coming at me fast and furious as of late. Taxes, a variety of projects and recently my dog Moe (dressed as Batdog) having some unexplained seizures. All is well with Moe fortunately, but I’m keeping an eye on him. Other than being severely sleep deprived staying up with him late at night… we’re both faring well. The same could be

Tuesday evening began with a beautiful moonrise here in San Francisco. For once I was available to take advantage of this event and the weather was nice enough to get out to try and photograph the moonrise over downtown. For the astronomy inclined I found out this wasn’t the right time of year for the photo I wanted, but before I realized this I crossed paths with two local photographers. First while setting up

The weather this weekend turned out to be incredibly beautiful here in San Francisco.  Before getting sucked into an enormously fun day of tax prep I decided to head out and enjoy some sun on Saturday. In the process I decided to set up my camera for some time-lapse photography of a local artist, Andres Amador, running a workshop down on Ocean Beach. The result of an 90 minutes worth of work is summed up in the follo