Bella Vista Sul Lago Tahoe Vista

My family and I were lucky enough to spend a few days at Bella Vista Sul Lago (beautiful view of the lake) in Tahoe Vista while I photographed the house. The owners hosted my sister's wedding at one of their other house's Bella Vista Della Valle (Beautiful View of the Valley). My family thanks you for all the great hospitality, we had a wonderful weekend and a great time at my sister's wedding.

The house as we drove up.

The formal dining room that seats 14 is the first thing you see when you enter the front door.

The entry way.

The great room.

A view of the hallway from the great room that leads past the formal dining room on the left and a full bath suite on the right leads to the kitchen.

The kitchen with plenty of seating.

The family room with a half bathroom.

The master bedroom with a balcony and fire place.

The master bathroom with a fire place, his and her water closets.

The second bedroom and bath.

The third bedroom and bath.

The children's room with four beds (two bunk beds) and bath. The children's bedroom sleeps eight including the four beds in the loft up the stairs. 

The children's bedroom showing the stairs (going to the "third flour") to the loft.

The loft has four beds

Another view of the loft facing the front of the house.

This is a view from the deck that is equipped with a hot tub and two barbeque's.

A view of the deck and the house taken from the sandbox for little ones.

The City From Twin Peaks (Panoramic)

This is an HDR panoramic image made from Twin Peaks. It is actually 10 separate shots processed separately and then stitched together in Photoshop CS6. The file is large enough to produce a 16X65 inch print.

Bella Vista Della Valle (Beautiful View of the Valley)

Here is the house where my sister's wedding was. I took a few HDR shots before guests arrived. The first four are multiple images stitched together for panoramic images. The first and third are three images stitched together. The second is six images stitched together. The fourth is two images, I shot the entrance to the house and could not get the chandler in the first shot so I tilted the camera back so I could get the chandler in the second shot, then I stitched them together.

My daughter was lucky enough play Paul McCatney's guitar located near the center of this image.

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.

Crater Lake

Crater Lake panorama. Prints are availiable for sale if you would like.