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A Snowy Telluride Morning

Bahia — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:46:02 +0000

I recently went on a road trip with a dear friend of mine to Telluride, Colorado. She was going to be assisting at a Ashtanga Yoga workshop, and I wanted to hit the road and do some shooting.

This lovely morning I woke up to a dusting of snow on the sidewalk and it was on!
I hope you enjoy these photos as much as I did taking them.

New T-Shirt and New Cause

Bahia — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:17:08 +0000

As many of you know, I was a volunteer in Thailand after the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004, and was there for a year helping build houses amongst other things.

And when I heard about the earthquake off Samoa and the impending tsunami that was likely coming, I could only think of the destruction I saw while in Thailand and knew what was in store for the Samoans.

In light of the damage that has happened to Samoa and American Samoa, I have decided to offer a $4 discount on all T-Shirts and apparel at my CafePress store through November 1st.

And what’s more, 100% of the profit will go to the Red Cross in Samoa in an effort to rebuild.

The prices are already adjusted, so please feel free to go and look around here: http://cafepress.com/williambay

There you will see the newest photo in the collection, pictured here, This was taken in White Sands National Monument, in New Mexico last winter. It is of a Lone Yucca plant in the dunes of White Sands with the Sacramento Mountains forming a dark sliver of a line to the East.

I hope you enjoy the shirts, and enjoy the contribution you make to helping rebuild a community half-way around the world.

Epic Saturday

Bahia — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:55:10 +0000

My dear friend Marne and I had a great time this past Saturday out in the mountain area of San Diego. She was feeling the itch to get away from the city for a bit, and I having spent the last 4 1/2 years where there are no mountains, I was up for it too. We started out with a great hike along the Pacific Crest Trail up near Mt Laguna. The views down to the desert from 6,000 feet are captivating.

Afterwards, we were considering another hike, but I was starting to get a couple blisters. I had been wanting to go back out to Valley of the Moon for years since my first visit, and we were close enough, so we went out. The road in to the Valley is a bit sketchy (sketchy = fun if you have an X-Terra and like to let it loose), at one point Steve McQueen, my X-Terra, was up on three wheels about to do a frontwards wheelie coming down the hill into the Valley.

We found an excellent group of boulders to scramble up, and hung out in the sun, soaking it in for a while. It was great to be outdoors, and one with the elements. On the way back Marne used her camera to catch a video clip of the road conditions, as well as me singing along with some Pearl Jam (can you tell who’s voice is whose?).

And here are a few pictures:

And we finished the Epic day with an Epic beer!

Mike and Erin’s Wedding on YouTube

Bahia — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:51:10 +0000

I’m starting to love YouTube! I know… I’m just now catching up with the 21st century. Maybe I’ll even get one of those Cellular phones everyone is talking about now.
Here’s a slideshow of a recent wedding with Mike and Erin I just uploaded to YouTube. If you’re a regular reader you may remember them as the couple with the tandem surfers in one of their photos at their beach wedding.

This is the kind of slideshow that all my clients receive. (but much higher quality, and on DVD).

Enjoy, and let me know what you think.

Heeding My Own Green Advice

Bahia — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:47:27 +0000

With my recent blog topics on Greening the Photography Industry, I’ve decided that I should practice what I preach. I have never made claims to be a Green Photographer, to the contrary, I have outright stated that I wasn’t and I’m very open about not being a very eco-friendly person. But the more I thought about the topic, the more it occurred to me that I may be losing people with my message, by not practicing what I preach.

I wasn’t looking for anything more than a gripe session and being critical of others in my first post about the subject. However, this is actually a topic I care about deeply, so I’ve decided that I would take on “Greening” my photography business and my life. Actually “Walking the Walk.”

My goal will be a challenging one, and one that I’ve given myself a year to complete. I have decided to aim for a “Gold” designation from the standards I have loosely drawn up in my last post. No doubt, I will find additional parameters that should be part of those standards and will incorporate those on the way. First order of business will be to find a solar powered webhost.

On top of that I am giving some thought to beginning a “100 mile diet” where I will focus on eating only locally produced foods from within a 100 mile radius. I will be researching this one for a couple months before I actually jump in though.

So… I encourage you to read along, and share your thoughts and comments as I begin my journey to making my existence a light footed one. Maybe I’ll see you at a beach clean-up soon.