I need a $3500 camera to keep taking pictures of cats

A pretty cat. And in other news the Canon 5D MIII was announced. If I only had $3,500 laying around...
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/03/02/Canon-5D-Mark-III

Work

My revision of the Micello maps 'Places' page. Now with social media integration and directory.

http://www.micello.com/places  -  Find out what's happening at one of our mapped venues in your area.

2012

My social media app for micello.com/places showing activity at CES this week:

Web Design, the meantime, etc

I've been busy working at my internship and spending very little time updating this blog. I remember leaving 'RobertsonExposure' open-ended on purpose, leaving room for the content to evolve a little and still make sense. Get ready for RobertsonExposure web development ... the three of you can feel free to unsubscribe at any time.

I'm still shooting wedding photography when people ask me to, but my primary focus has been web development. I've been helping friends get together basic websites by using a lot of the background I received from my classes at Foothill College in Javascript and PHP.

A few screenshots and links if you're interested:

Introducing: www.tomliuphoto.com

My photographer friend Tom Liu and I put together this site featuring his work. I really enjoy his eye and I encourage you to check out these galleries.

Next, my good friend from Chapman University, Luke Rutherford, has recently launched a new company, Trestle Street Partners. I can't explain what they do because I know nothing about commercial real estate, but check out the site for more info if you own commercial real estate in Orange County: www.trestlesp.com


I have an internship at Micello Inc., a company that makes interactive indoor maps for use on the internet and mobile devices. Take a look at what we're up to here: www.micello.com

Here is a screen shot of a new developer tool I made for them:


It allows people using the Micello API to conveniently get information about map entities, and see examples of how to find map information via javascript. Indoor navigation requires indoor maps, think about it. Micello.

Ok, now wedding photo update:

Shiela & Neil - 10/22/2011

This is the little sister of one of my oldest friends. This wedding was a blast. I'm reading a Steinbeck book right now so it was fun to get to drive around the various parts of Watsonville.

 

And finally, a picture of me eating it on water skis. Sometimes my friends do take really good pictures of me.

Corinna in SnapMatter Magazine

Some of my shots of Corinna made their way into Vol. 4 of SnapMatter magazine.  If you've never heard of the magazine, neither have I.  I'm not wild about the way they cropped my shot and filled the extra space with a banner, but I guess it's cool to be published.

It's a compliment to be featured next to some of the other photographers in this edition, so if you're interested check it out here:

http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/263061
Click the big picture and you'll see what I mean.

I would hate to let this moment pass without recognizing it:  Not being paid to be published in this unknown magazine might be the closest I'll ever get to accomplishing my dream of shooting for Sports Illustrated. At least I realize it.

Gordon Prill composites

The end-product of my work for Gordon Prill.

Tomatoes & Basil

August garden update

While other things may be more important... here is the August garden update.

Heirloom Tomatoes

Small ( Grape or Cherry? ) tomatoes

Anaheim Peppers

Other Tomatoes

A Tokyo cherry blossom bonsai, 1 1/2 months old.

Finally, my only sunflower. It's about 7 ft tall and just starting to bloom. This was the only of 12 seeds to sprout.

* To be clear - all the vegetables are my mom's work!

Sonoma Springs & Lagunitas Brewing Co's

I took a little trip up to Petaluma on Saturday to visit two great breweries.

First we stopped by Sonoma Springs Brewing Co. and sampled the four beers they were pouring. Almost all of us had a Groupon in hand for a growler full of beer, so we left with several gallons of great beer.

This was the 'Dark IPA'

This is really the whole place. It's a small setup.

I have no pictures of Lagunitas, but I promise that it was worth visiting. To me it's the closest thing to Stone Brewery that exists in Northern California. ( Except even more family & dog friendly. )

Tomato Update