Picture of the Week #431 "Eavesdropping on a Drawing" Paris, France 1994 Signed & Stamped

I love taking pictures and I especially love taking them in Museums. Here's one I took in the Louvre and loved the interplay between the inquisitive statue and the living artist absorbed in her work. Not to mention the lighting. It all worked in my favor. One day I will do a book of images from Museums, and I also want to do one on Churches from around the world. For a born again Agnostic I visit more Churches than most devout Christians. But don't let me digress, this is about people in Museums. 

Picture of the Week #430 "On three ... " Bangkok, Thailand 1989 Signed & Stamped

As usual I couldn't resist taking this picture. I have been focusing in more and more on "Pictures That Make You Smile" and working towards a show and a book and this fit right in. Obviously my titles add to the humor as I think it does here. This unsuspecting woman sitting there not realizing the sculptures were looking at her with rifles in their hands. I hope it makes you smile.

Picture of the Week #429 "Hop Scotch Heat" Santa Monica, California 2017 Signed & Stamped

While still recouping from the terrible flu and a  month later stomach poisoning that I have been going through since January 2nd and today is February 13th, I'm was fed up with this feeling as I'm constantly tired and chilled. I am hoping that I am in the last throws of this dreaded epidemic that so many of my friends have been going through. So, when I was feeling slightly better yesterday my gorgeous wife Ann and I decided to walk along the pathway above the beach in Santa Monica. As I was shooting the sailboats I noticed beneath me someone walking with what I thought was a head scarf. I quickly grabbed the shot and that was it. When I got home I noticed that the person wasn't wearing a scarf but had a towel draped over their head as they had probably just come back from jogging. And as luck would have it I framed this shot perfectly to align with the graphics of the sun splashing on the walk. I don't think I could have planned it better.

Picture of the Week #428 "You're Some Tomato" Los Angeles,  CA  2014 Signed & Stamped

I thought I I took this picture when we were in the South of France sometime in 2009 or 2010 or even 2011. But when I found the original file I noticed that it was taken in 2014 here in Los Angeles. There is obviously something erotic, and even phallic in this image. I also think it's funny. Definitely one for my "Pictures That You Smile" series. No matter where I took this, it still elicits a smile.

Picture of the Week #427 "Branching Out" Beverly Hills, California 2013 Signed & Stamped

There was something going on in Beverly Hills and as i was nonchalantly walking I noticed this strange character standing on the tree. I have no idea what possesses someone to dress up like this and parade themselves through a crowd. Is he protesting? Supporting? What is his statement? I believe if you are going through all the trouble of making an outfit and putting it on and parading through a crowd there is something you want to convey. I'll be damned if I know what it is, only that he made me smile.

Picture of the Week #426 "Carnivale Crowd" Venice, Italy 2011 Signed & Stamped

I remember standing on the bridge looking down to see the swarm of people coming towards me. I grabbed this one quick shot and love the woman with the floating eye as well as the masked reveler nearest to me. They make the shot in my estimation. The Carnivale is truly one of my memorable photographic excursions and I find it hard to understand why I am having such a difficult time in placing the colorful images into a gallery.

Picture of the Week #425 "Monster Mash" Beverly Hills, California 2016 Signed & Stamped

On my usual walk through Beverly Hills around the holidays I came across this window display. Frankly I didn't give it much thought, I snapped one picture and moved on. Now that I am working on "Pictures That Make You Smile" I thought this fit right in. I'm slowly trying to brand myself as a humorous photojournalist. I see things differently than most photographers. Hopefully my pictures bring joy and smiles to the viewer. I had said years ago that I was tired of portraits of dead celebrities, pictures of Half Dome and images from war, and I wondered why there couldn't be worthwhile pictures that make you smile. Well, maybe, just maybe these will catch on. Stay tuned.