Picture of the Week #222 "A Bee On My TV" Bel Air, California 2013 Signed and Stamped

As I'm addicted to animal documentaries on TV, I was riveted to one about the Silver Back mountain gorillas of Africa. When suddenly this bee flies onto the TV Screen. I take a picture immediately. But I am not happy with the bee. So I photoshopped it out and then photographed another bee on my window and put that one exactly where the first one was. Somehow you're not sure what you're looking at on first glance. Then it all comes in to focus. And no gorilla or bee was hurt in the making of this image.

Picture of the Week #221 "Gangs All Here" Venice, California 2013 Signed and Stamped

Yesterday I thought I'd hit the beach and see if there were any pictures that make you smile just waiting to be taken. I found a parking spot on South Venice Blvd. As I was walking towards the water I had to wait to cross the street when I saw all of these motor cyclists waiting to cross as well. I quickly grabbed a couple of shots and then the light changed and one leaped out doing a wheelie. I had to turn the camera back on and grab the shot mid air. When I got home I decided to put three of the images
on the beach and I used the shadows on the ground to paint onto the sand. Somehow it looks as if they were really on the beach, but in fact they were a half a mile away. Thank you photoshop.

Picture of the Week #220 "Where Did I Go Wrong?" Valdes, Alaska 1976 Signed and Stamped

Of course I manipulated this image. Actually I took this picture of a piece of the Columbia Glacier in Valdes Alaska when I was making the movie "Pipe Dreams" with Gladys Knight. Now, here it is thirty-seven years later I spotted this GMC truck that I saw when we were driving my 100 year old mother-in law around and decided to meld the two pictures together. I like the color combination and the absurdity of the title "Where did I go wrong?"

Picture of the Week #219 "A Chorus of Cheetah" Masai Mara, Kenya 1997 Signed and Stamped

This is a manipulated image where I added various pictures I had taken of Cheetah to compose this shot. There is something that feels almost real unless you take a moment to realize that you will never see this many Cheetah in one place at one time. They are magnificent creatures and we were lucky enough to not only get close, but to actually touch and pet one that was a rescue. Going on safari is still the best excursion one can take, and the memories are everlasting.