Vanessa and I used to be coworkers, but she said goodbye to us Long Beach labor and delivery folk and ran off to be with Jason,  her true love,  in Colorado. I can’t say that I blame her, either.  She invited Tim and me to her pretty new state to photograph their wedding, and it [...]

My friend and I recently threw a ladybug-themed baby shower, and we decided to go with handmade black, red, and white decorations. Instead of buying real flowers, we put together some tissue paper flowers for the table centerpieces. Once we figured out what we wanted to do, they were so simple! Here’s how to make [...]

Carter had a very particular request for his 4th birthday present this year. He called me specifically to ask if I could make him a “Merry or a Pippin costume from ‘Rord of the Rings.’” Not your typical request from a four year old, but I decided that I was up to the task. Carter finally [...]

Bob and Debbi invited me to document their “matrimonial luau” with my camera, and their pictures are now ready to be viewed by you!  Watch the Slideshow, then click to View and Order Prints.  Enjoy! Click here to View all Photos Slideshow Sneak Peak:

Here’s an interactive 3D tour of our hike down Hermit Trail that Tim put together in Google Earth. You can watch the entire movie from beginning to end, or you can use the controls to move around yourself. You can pause the movie and click on the small pink dots to see more about our [...]

This is an article that I recently published on Associatedcontent.com If you are an avid backpacker, you probably already have a system for planning snacks and meals for your trips. But, if you are like me, you have done plenty of day hikes and camping, but only a little backpacking. You may benefit from what my [...]

We hiked the Hermit Trail to the bottom, which is considered a threshold trail. This means that it is somewhat maintained, but not as much as a more popular (and easier) trails such as Bright Angel Trail. Tim tells me that Bright Angel, which he’s hiked down, is like a big wide road compared to [...]

We spent one day at the bottom of the Grand Canyon before we hiked back up. Here are the pictures from all our exploration: There used to be a camp set up at the bottom. A few remnants can still be see, and this old cold cellar is now used as a storage room. The history [...]

We have about a bajillion photos to share from our recent backpacking trip! We hiked Hermit Trail to the bottom of the Grand Canyon…and back up. I decided to separate the pictures into groups for easier viewing. : ) Here are our landscape and flower pictures. Pretty light in the late morning: Hiking through the slot canyon [...]

Tim thinking that it’s just about time to go grab the “surfer’s special” burrito and horchata across the street from the pier…