Tuolumne 2011 (Part 2) The Crowd

This is part 2 of Tamsen Donner Band at the 15th annual Tuolumne Blues. This post is of the crowd.

To see the band take a look at part one.

Tuolumne 2011

I photographed the Tamsen Donner Band at the 15th annual Tuolumne Blues. The band was incredible and everyone had a great time!

The guy who makes the weekend possible on bass Jim Vermeys!

Singer, song writer JD on guitar!

Also on the guitar the multi talented singer, song writer who also plays mandolin Perfesser Chris!

On drums also singer, song writer Dr. Dave!

Special guest on harmonica Joe Dills!

Also on drums Ex staffer Phil Coffin!

On the conga drum QB Williams! Also president of Williams & McKennie Music Academy a non-profit that teaches voice, choral singing, drums and percussion instruments. For more information on Williams & McKennie Music Academy go to http://wmmusicacademy.org/.

The Tamsen Donner Band has a web site at http://tamsendonner.com/. Check back for a later post of the crowd at the Tamsen Donner Band show at the 15th annual Tuolumne Blues. Also check back for a post of QB Williams teaching about percussion instruments in Tuolumne Berkeley Camp.

Jacob At Play

I think the remote control car is one of Jacobs favorite toys right now. Dad is having fun with it too. The print will be 12"X30" and will be placed in a custom frame.

Muir Woods

I've Seen similar shots of the redwoods without people. I have wanted to include people and I finally got a chance when I was at Muir Woods with my family and my daughters friend. Although it is not flattering to the subject (it makes the trunk of the body look large and the head look small due to the distortion) but I think it is an interesting shot.

In the shot above my daughter Emily and my son Jacob had to lean forward so I could see my sons face. So they look taller than my daughters friend Erin who stood up strait in the shot below.



I didn't know my wife took a shot of me. But here is what it took to get the images above. You can see how my daughter and son had to lean so my son would be visable.

Camping Mt. Diablo 2009

Its almost time for camping here is a poster I made from a camping trip on Mt Diablo. I had been wanting to light a tent with a flash for a background. The only problem is the tent is mostly grey. I did the best and made that part of the tent that was not grey central to one of the images in the poster. The girls were playing with a snake that I thought was a gopher snake. Upon further examination it was a rattle snake (a baby rattle snake at that!!!). The next morning Emily posed by a warning sign about rattlers. We also had racoons vist us the whole trip. I got many shots of the racoon, but I liked the one of him coming out of the garbage can. I made that one into a wanted poster. The bottom is a panorama of the view from our campsite.

Look Who's Walking

Jacob Has actually been walking about a month now, but my schedule has been hectic. We have a shot just like this of Emily in the same chair in another house.