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One of the first things I noticed about this area after I drove up the first time was how dramatic the leaves were changing color. I had missed fall living in LA.

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While waiting for an interview today I wondered around the Presidio in San Francisco. This picture is from underneath the 101 before it goes up the the Golden Gate Bridge. The ground was slanted and a path had formed on the side of the hill. When I looked at it closely I saw that the feet that made it were tiny. Pigeons had made it. Further on down the path I encountered a group of pigeons moving in single file down the path. We all moved by each other quietly. It reminded me of how people act when you pass by them while hiking, eyeing you carefully and then nodding in acknowledgement.

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My free days are winding down. It amazing how fast time can go by. I think I will try and spend the last few days hiking and photographing things. I did a lot less of that than I wanted to the past 6 months.

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<previous December 14 2004 - 01 Sea World, San Diego, CAnext>
I went to the premiere screening of the new "Aliens of the Deep" IMAX film. It's a documentary about studying deep sea life in order to understand the possibilities of what life might be like else where in the universe. It was a unique experience to be in a room filled with filmmakers and scientists who worked on the film. Everytime one of the deep sea crew appeared on screen there were cheers. It was all introduced by the directors, James Cameron and Steven Quale. You could hear Quale choke up a bit as he thanked everyone in the room for their parts in the film.

To see your own work on screen is really something. Its one of those things that... once its happened you just want it to happen more. I worked on a sequence which was called the "jovian flyby" during production where we move around the moons of Jupiter. Blur's crew on it was great. It was a very calm and relaxed job.

Its funny... there is a lot of press out right now about the stuff I have done over the past year. It seems like it hit all at once. Its all kind of strange, really. Its like reliving the past year over again.

If you're curious as to what I worked on.. there is Blur's short called "In the Rough" about a caveman who finds life "rough" on his own.

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You can find more info on that at Blur's site: Http://www.Blur.com Just look under "animation/shorts". Blur gave me the chance to be the lighting and compositing supervisor on this one.. I loved it. I got to have a lot of influence on the "look" of the short.
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and then as I was talking about earlier... I did some work on "Aliens of the Deep"... Its official website can be found at:
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/aliensofthedeep/.

Sorry for the non-photographs.. but these images were part of my life during the last year as much as any of the photographs were. I like keeping this site photography only most of the time.. just thought it would be good to show you other images I have been making over the past year.

As for the top picture... its a snapshot from my birthday last year when Ocala and I went to Sea World. There... I am all PR-ed out. : )

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