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I print these images on enhanced mat paper with the same inks and attention to quality that is typical of my other work. Folded, the cards measure 4.25 x 5.5 inches. The entire 8.5 inch inside is available for writing. The card and a natural-white envelope are enclosed in a sturdy plastic sheath with adhesive flap seal.

Foggy San Francisco BayWalking the Marin Headlands during one of those exceptional days when fog blanketed the bay with another cloud layer above, through which shafts of sunlight formed light puddles here and there.

Fort Point And GG BridgeAn early morning sun softly illuminated the bridge and Fort Point.

AwakeningThe mother in this scrap metal duo created by dan dasmann is about forty feet tall. I placed the rising sun behind the mother's heart and voila!

Two FireboatsPoised dockside, these San Francisco fire boats await a call to action. I love this composition, and the wonderful tones a low sun creates on the water.

Civic Center Night LifeDestitute people wait in line for food in this moody photo, with City Hall in background.

Bay Bridge And Pier SevenThis classic composition has been one of my best-selling images for many years

Ferry Boat LandingI love the lines in this shot of a boat approaching the Ferry Building to dock.

North Beach PedestriansTaken at Green and Columbus looking towards the Transamerica building.

Sunrise On The BayStanding on Pier Seven with the sun rising behind Oakland, I captured that moment before lamps are extinquished, and when an airplane entered the scene top left, all was perfect.

SFMOMA Bus StopIs this graffiti found outside the art museum as interesting as much of the work found inside?

Crazy GirlsCaught this unposed shot in front of the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas. Three drunken home boys were taking turns mounting these stony gals. One of them invited me to join in, but I declined.

Street Life From VesuvioFrom my favorite table at Vesuvio. a wide-angle lens allowed my to capture a variety of North Beach street life, from the fallen drunks at left to the fresh life of a baby in her mother's arms.

Stone And GlassSitting at my friend Linda's kitchen table, I arranged a few objects from her vast collection of oddities. Once you get over the humorous olfactory shock, notice the exquisite composition.

Carol Doda RetiresNoticing a commotion down Broadway, I rushed to find Carol Doda giving a retirement news conference, surrounded by reporters and TV cameras. I knelt beside someone's legs to get my own shot.

Tom, Dick And HarryThis fellow does not look amused, but I found him amusing with the naked buts in the background.

Haight Street CafeFor me, the body language in this photo, the fortuitous angles of the arms, make it a classic street shot.

Stormy WeatherA stormy sky makes a dramatic backdrop for this shot of North Beach from Aquatic Pier.

Distant San FranciscoI took this photograph from about half-way up Mount Tamalpais, with San Francisco sharply delineated in the distance by a setting sun.

Farm Workers

This is back-breaking work, picking strawberries on a farm fronting the Pacific Ocean just north of Santa Cruz.

Head CastingIt was Valentine's Day when I woke in a Pismo Beach hotel and set forth to photograph amorous couples. Photographed these two unposed as they connected before a "NO OVERHEAD CASTING" sign.

Death Valley SedimentAfter each infrequent rain, new and interesting patterns appear in the sediment beds of Death Valley; the lone tumble-weed skeleton testified to the stimulating barrenness of this playa.

Black Oaks

I like the simple composition and mood of this photograph.

Muir BeachMuir Beach is found in the first cove in the coast north of the Golden Gate.

Mountain FogIn the mountain valleys of northern Mendocino county, fog rolls sensually above the South Fork of the Eel River.

Black Oaks

Taken in Northern Mendocino Mountains

Bay Bridge ReflectionI like the broken planes in this window reflection of San Francisco's Bay Bridge

Sentinal BuildingBought by Francis Ford Coppola in the late 70's, Zoetrope Studio is found inside the Sentinel Building. Though I have taken many recent photos of it, my favorite is this one taken in 1991.

Foggy Golden GateA lone hawk soars over Foggy San Francisco Bay.

Saint Paul HotelPerhaps it is because I was born in Saint Paul Minnesota that I made this composition with the Transamerica tower and Sentinal Building, home to Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Studio.

Gandhi Walks The WaterfrontThis statue of Mahatma Gandhi graces a plaza behind the Ferry Building, next to where the ferries dock. Placing the morning sun behind, and shooting in raw format, I was able to create the halo.

Ferry Building ReflectionElements came together in an instant when I took this photo at Embarcadero Plaza in San Francisco.

Mammon And SpiritI took this photo of Saint Peter And Paul Cathedral and the Transamerica Pyramid with a 300mm lens, which compressed the space to make an interesting composition.

Crocker Galleria ClockI love the melange of shapes and tones in this image.

Baudelaire And KerouacThe Baudelaire mural has been replaced by another, but this photo of City Lights bookstore as seen from upstairs at Vesuvio tavern is special to me, as it evokes an era when I arrived in San Francisco to establish myself as a poet.

Grafiti And BridgeThis perfect composition of the Bay Bridge and pier structure is hauntingly disturbed by a grafiti face.

Unable To CommunicateThis unfortunate schizophrenic man lived under a tree at the end of Market Street for several months, and adorned his and adjacent trees with fascinating, undecipherable signs

FritosI found this homeless woman to be quite creative in her dress and approach to panhandling.

ChessI often ask people if they can guess what this fellow is doing before they learn the title. A perennial open-air chess game on Market Street allows for interesting picture taking.

Wired San FranciscoImage says it all. Church spire in background is one at St. Peter And Paul's cathedral in North Beach.

Street ArtistMy friend Dolores selling her jewelry (including her famous piranha fish necklace!) on Union Square.

Kidnapped Wife!Seen around Market Street for years, his sign was always the same, except sometimes it read 76 or 82 cents or some other number.

White On BlackThis photo, taken in 1991, was inspired by noticing my friend Ron Taylor reading a magazine while sitting on a concrete bleacher seat. The woman's head and Ron's where proportionate, and I asked him to lie down and place magazine over face.

Street PreacherInsulting women all day long, calling them whores and worse, this always cheerful San Francisco street preacher would land in jail in most cities for his calumnies, but here he is accepted as just one more colorful eccentric.

San Francisco TwinsI have photographed Marion and Vivian several times when encountering them on the streets, but this is my favorite.

Ghostly TugboatI came upon this historic, spectral tugboat while walking the San Francisco waterfront on a typical foggy morning.

Observe The TimeThe message on the facade of St. Mary's Church, which largely survived the 1906 earthquake, was intended for the Johns who in early days frequented the prostitute stalls in an alleyway opposite.

Sandra Graces Mt. TamalpaisVisiting from Switzerland, we had scheduled a studio shoot for Sandra, but it was a glorious day and we ended up in a forested glen on the Western slope of Mount Tamalpais.

Last MigrationI found this haunting poem painted on the concrete of Aquatic Pier in San Francisco. I believe that it is tribute to an ailing or deceased grandfather on the part of a young Asian boy.

Angelique ReachesI asked Angelique, my lovely model, if she would reach to the heavens in thanks for this glorious day as we walked the sand and rocks near Stinson Beach.

Bell Springs BuddhaMy personal Buddha, sitting before my cabin on Bell Springs Ridge in Mendocino County. When I sold the land, I left the Buddha; it would have been a travesty to remove him.

CalaAfterRain

Death Valley Sliding RockOff of the Norhern end of Death Valley is a playa called "The Racetrack", where stones fall off the canyon wall and somehow slide across the bed during fierce windstorms. No one is known to ever have witnessed the actual sliding.

Inside Giant RedwoodThis young woman had recently arrived in San Francisco from Boston, and when I invited her to hike with me in Muir woods, she invited me to photograph her inside a giant Redwood.

LauraLaura was performing in San Francisco with her all-girl band, having driven up From LA. She saw my work and asked if I wanted to photograph her. The result is a classic nude. There is no substitute for a naked body when attempting to capture the most subtle essence of light.

Tree DancingI asked my model friend if she would dance under this lone, wind-bent tree on the Western slope of Mount Tamalpais.

Barbie At Yosemite

Vacationing in Yosemite Valley with my girlfriend, I borrowed her young daughter's dolls and risked my life climbing off-trail half-way up the valley slope to get this perspective, with Yosemite falls in the distance.

Golden Gate North TowerView from Marin Headlands.

Golden Gate From MarinI was preparing to do landscape photos, but had a few frames of portrait film in my Pentax 67 from a previous shoot. The resulting color makes the Golden Gate truly golden.

Heart Of North BeachI thought that I was the only one who ever saw this photo possibility, before I began to notice other interpretations. I still think that mine is one of the best.

Golden Gate And Fort PointOn a Sunday morning just after sunrise, the soft light beautifully embraces the bridge and fort point. Hardly a person is seen at this hour in the normally congested area.

OceanBeachSunsetWalking along Ocean Beach in San Francisco, I was lucky to experience that elusive moment when the setting sometimes flases green then yellow.

Ferry Building And WomanPuddles form on Embarcadero Plaza after heavy rains, inviting reflection photography. I captured this weary shopper in my frame as I was concentrating on photographing the Ferry Building reflection.

SFMOMA Sky LightShooting straight up from the atrium floor of San Francisco's Museum Of Modern Art, I found this pleasing combination of light, shadows and color.

Jazz MuralA magnificent music mural covers an entire four story residential hotel at the corner of Columbus and Grant in North Beach. The sun-drying laundry in the window adds an earthy tone to this image.

Cut FlowersFreshly cut flowers adorn a kitchen window sill of this typical North Beach apartment building.

Snowy Joshua TreeThis snowy sentinel at Walker Pass shows the graceful poise of a ballet dancer.

Lost CoastThis coast in Nothern California's Sinkyone Wilderness is called "lost" because it is usually shrouded in fog. I was lucky to be there when it temporarily lifted.

Willits AutumnThis was a glorious Autumn in my adopted home town of Willits, CA.

Snowy EgritI photographed this Egrit at a house boat flotilla in Sausalito. It had just lifted its foot, breaking the plane of water and allowing viewer to see perspective.

Tomato AngelThe tomato, tomato flowers and angel are from my backyard garden.

Siren IrisThis iris seems to beckon us toward some unimaginable pleasure.

Spring Cala SpiralAs it unfolds, this Cala draws us spinning into its interior.

Red Tulip

A tulip is a tulip is a tulip.

Calas And Tulips

I love the passionately red and chaste white colors against the green leafage.

Willits ReflectionThis peaxeful, reflective image was found alongside a road in Willits, CA.

Cherry PeachOne of a series combining different fruits and vegetables, some have seen a subtle sexual content here. Not intended, but who can deny that that these colorful plants enjoy a beautiful sex life?

Pier SevenThis lovely pier, once a bustling terminal for commercial cargo boats, was re-designed in 1991 for pedestrian and sport-fishing use.

City Through Golden Gate BridgeAccomplished this attractive composition by using a long lens and shooting directly through bridge from a Marin headland.

San Francisco Fire BoatWalking by the maritime fire station beneath the Bay Bridge just after sunrise, I was lucky to be invited in through a usually locked gate by firemen just changing their shift. The sun reflecting off the boat side onto water is indeed fiery.

Golden Gate SunriseFishing boats are heading out to sea under the Golden Gate Bridge just after sunrise.

Full Moon North BeachA majestic view of North Beach under a full moon taken from the corner of Hyde and Leavenworth steets.

Down Town AbstractSometimes I like to walk through the city-center streets of San Francisco just after the sun has risen, looking for compositions that are made interesting by light bouncing down the concrete canyon corridors.

Golden Gate From BelvedereEarly morning, and I drove up a twisting narrow road to find myself at the top of Belvedere headland, where I dared walk across a lawn fronting a mansion in this gated community to find this point of view.

Grasshopper ShadowThis ode to the salutary effect of a good drink or two can be found on the alleyway side of Vesuvio tavern in North Beach

Artist's PastelsWalking in San Francisco, I asked a street portrait artist if I could photograph his chalk box.

Ammo BunkerBelow Fort Mason at Aquatic Park, I found this WWI ammunition bunker built into a retaining wall. The wonderful color and texture have made it one of my best selling images.

Ferry BuildingI took this photo from the eleventh floor of the Hyatt hotel on an exceptionally clear day.

Ancient Truck DetailI found this detail of an abandoned truck in Panamint Valley, East of the Sierra mountains.

Disabled Volks BusI found this abandoned volkswagon bus in a parking lot near the Marina District in San Francisco. It tells a grim story.

Moms And BabeSitting in the De Young Museum Cafeteria in Golden Gate Park, I noticed through plastic sheeting these two moms meeting up. I love the colors and the distortion of this image.

Light House RailingIt was only after I viewed this image close-up on my comupter screen, that I realized the worn layers of paint on the Point Reyes Light House railing knob closely resembled an earth globe.

Red PeppersSeeing red? This image, from a walk through a farmers' market, has proven to be one of my most popular images.

Eagle LakeA rugged 1.5 mile hike up from Lake Tahoe's Emerald Bay, this pristine basin lake invites a cool swim and walk-around.

Mt. TamalpaisSpring Lupins cover the meadows of Mt. Tamalpais in Marin County, with a view of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Point Reyes BeachStanding at the base of the Point Reyes light house, I used a little soft flash to highlight these Red Hot Pokers, with Ten Mile beach in background.

Dutch LightI spent two December days in the Sacramento Delta, searching for that fabled light seen in so much of historic Dutch painting, and thought to be caused by the reflection back up of sky light from wetlands.

Mattole River ViewThe cattle pen marks the end of 26 miles of wilderness beach, backed by the precipitous King Mountain Range, and accessible only by foot. A great wilderness experience. Permits required.

Secret CoveI found Secret Cove on the Nevada shore of Lake Tahoe. I risked my camera to get this low POV, capturing the setting sun on wavetops. Prevailing westerlies and deep water create ocean-like waves.

Iris AsparagusI tucked some iris flowers behind asparagus to create this hybrid, one of a series. I love the color combination.

Sunflower StrawberryTop view of hybrid.

Strawberry SunflowerSimply placed a strawberry in a sunflower to make a delicious hybrid. Of course, I used a macro lens.

Poppy Eggs

After picking these California poppies alongside a road, I took eggs from my fridge and photographed the bouquet against a black cloth. These poppies pop!

Mt. Tamalpais

Spring Lupins cover the meadows of Mt. Tamalpais in Marin County, with a view of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Olive Ranch

Approaching Petaluma from the Sonoma coast, I found this immaculate Olive ranch against the cloud-darkened valley ridge.

Mendocino Headlands

Walking the rugged headlands fronting Mendocino town, I spied a distant couple contemplating the sunset.

MilanoVinyardsI like this small organic winery in Mendocino County for the way it decorates its vinyards; in this instance, decorating the surrounding fence with Autumn-blooming Christmas berries.

Green TomatosGreen tomatoes grown by a Basque gardener friend. I love the color combo.

Calla LillyA break in the rain, with a soft sun filtering through clouds allowed me to find this simple but beautiful image.

Crazy LightI have always been fascinated by tree-branch formations, especially oaks. I photographed these black oaks on a mountain ridge in Mendocino County.

Point Reyes Lighthouse

I used to take bearings on this lighthouse when serving as a navigator in the Navy. It is one of the windiest places in California.

Point Reyes Waves

Powerful waves are generated against the shore of this peninsula, extending twenty six miles from Olema into the Pacific ocean.