Bicycle Photography

What is it about bicycles that makes them so picturesque? I honestly don't know, but I do know that, if found in the right place, against the right backdrop, bicycles can be absolutely great subjects. Perhaps their beauty lies on their elegance and the wide variety of styles that exist? Again, I don't know, but I surely know I love photographing them!

Enjoy these photos of bicycles I took while traveling in Central Europe. For more fun photos, visit my website or go to my Etsy store.

Munich, Germany, where biked never seem to be locked!

Two bikes in the old Jewish Ghetto in Budapest

Vienna. A bike parked.

Munich, Germany

A bike by a canal in Munich

Fun for the Kid in Europe

Wow! We just got back from our first backpacking trip with our son, Hugo, and it was fantastic! We had a ton of good family fun AND I got a ton of good opportunities for photographing the gorgeous places we saw.

Anyway, here are a couple of photos of attractions we saw that only called my attention because we were traveling with a one and a half year old. I love that traveling with a baby gives you a different perspective and a fresher way of looking at the world!

More photos to come soon!

Vienna, Austria

Vienna, Austria

Bear Valley Road Beauty - 2015 Report, Part 2

Here's another post about Bear Valley Road. I took SO many photos that day and, in all honesty, most of them were simply gorgeous! You just can't go wrong photographing such a beautiful place with such rich natural beauty. Between the fields of wildflowers, deer, horses and the rolling hills, I got over 600 shots! Here are more of my favorites. Don't be surprised if there's a Part 3 in the near future!

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Bear Valley Road Wildflowers 2015

This past weekend (March 21, 2015) we drove north to Colusa County to visit Bear Valley Road in the hopes of finding wildflowers. Last year we made the same trip on early April but were disappointed when we didn't find the fields of wildflowers we had hoped for. Fortunately, this winter brought more rain than the previous ones and the flowers were back--some say that 2015 is the best wildflower year California has seen since 2010.

Words can't describe the beauty of this very remote place in Northern California, so here are some photos to give you an idea of what it's like: Horses roaming free, cows grazing, old barns, mountains on both sides, and all of it surrounded by beautiful wildflowers! Enjoy!

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Pink Fruit Blossom Trees - Magical Paths

These are, so far, my favorite photos of the pink blossoms I photographed on the last week of February. I love the paths and how they totally pull you in into this magical world of pink, green and brown!

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San Francisco Chinatown Red Lanterns

I love SF's Chinatown! It's lively, colorful and, whenever you explore it, you always find some new spot that amazes you! Here are some photos of the iconic Chinese lanterns that adorn some streets in what is the largest Chinatown outside of Asia. Enjoy!

Mustard Seed Flowers in Napa Valley

The Napa and Sonoma Valleys are gorgeous places to visit year-round. During the winter months of January and February, the mustard seed flowers seem to be in full bloom, blanketing the vineyards, turning them into golden fields. Here are some photos I took of the vineyards during a recent trip to Napa.