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In The Mesa.

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Hard by the San Jacinto Mountains west of S. Palm Canyon Drive, The Mesa is a surprising oasis of disparate visual pleasures.

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Usually you can find us wheeling around on our bikes, grabbing shots and saying hello.

But after this season’s tests of fortitude, we’ve slowed it down and have taken to walking. 

Seeing, hearing and feeling the world around us.

Letting the shots reveal themselves.

We find a calm that is greatly needed.

Our advice? 

Unplug and take a walk. 

And don’t forget the shadows without which everything is just flat and boring.

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Walking, digging the sights, and shooting on the old Nikon D200 with the 50mm lens.

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When Trader Joe’s is STILL outta chocolate- make a pie!

Home for New Years Eve and it feels so good.

Happy New Year to all!!!

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Goodbye to 2021.

Hello 2022.

Pragmatically optimistic here. 

You be too.

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Greensboro, NC

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Tell those you love, you love them.

NOTICE: ALL PARTIES ARE CANCELLED. 

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Teen chilling’ by the fire pit at Melody’s party, at Skylark Sands, Indian Wells.

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Get yer ass outa’ bed while it’s still dark. 

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Just got back from a wedding in San Francisco.

Congrats to Ben & Nathaniel. Absolutely adorable.

Hangin’ w/Chrissy, Mrs. Lady, so many others. Too much fun.

Stayed overnight in Pismo Beach on the return trip.

Today and tomorrow we’re up in Joshua Tree shooting for decorator/stylist Michael Walters. 

That’s Michael rushing through the shot styling up a beautiful storm.

Kudos to his partner Lee for keeping us cool, calm, and collected.

We’re also celebrating our 29th wedding anniversary this fine December 7th.

Like we said: always having a ball.

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A monumental structure originally constructed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition.

It is the only structure from the Exposition that survives on site. 

The most prominent building of the complex is a 162 feet high open rotunda.

It is enclosed by a lagoon on one side, and is neighboring a large, curved exhibition center on the other side, which is separated from the lagoon by colonnades.

It was conceived to evoke a decaying ruin of ancient Rome.

Here it is, in all it’s beauty under cloudy San Francisco skies.

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The lights on Broadway after dinner at Tommaso’s with “The Family” and friends.

10:37:34 PM, San Francisco.

Shooting from the hip: Pismo Beach Barber Shop.

We don’t shoot weddings- that’s a car crash in slow motion.

We don’t shoot class photos or sports teams.

But we do shoot what attracts our eye, and it’s not always a beautiful home, interesting people, a fabulous restaurant and amazing food, or exotic vacation locations.

We also shoot what intrigues us, tells a different story, or leads us to wonder, “what is going on here.”

This is one of those ‘other’ shots.

Enjoy.

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We’re usually grabbing shots on the fly riding the bike.

Today, we slowed it down; we took a walk.

The world is different at this speed.

Seeing different things in places we pass everyday.

We recommend taking the time to see more, to feel more.

Cheers and Happy Thanksgiving.

Where the ideas begin-

Where the creativity hums-

Where we work together doing what we love together-

The Garden Office at Anthony-Masterson Photography at The Biltmore.

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Thank you Chris and Keith of Canyon View Estates for participating in The Portrait Project.

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Keith grabs a shot of the photographers during Portrait Project shoot number 27.

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Striking a regal pose in his Canyon View Estates home.

Thank you Lok for participating in the project.

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Dane, natural light, unretouched, shot with the Nikon 50mm lens at f/1.4 

It’s our favorite lens.

What more can we say?