I did something I never do. I entered a photo contest just for the heck of it. It was a fireworks photo contest, and I entered the above photo.

Some Great Fireworks in our Neighborhood this year. Very thankful of the show our neighbors put on.

So - Amy and I had a night to ourselves up in Tahoe. Had a nice dinner, etc. We ended up at Zephyr Cove beach after dark. We took a blanket and I had my camera - so I snapped a couple of shots of the stars (see below)

At Lake Tahoe this past week, and we had some crazy weather. It went from 70 to 45 degrees in a matter of minutes accompanied by dime size hail, lightning, super rain, and flash flood warnings. This lasted about 45 minutes. After it cleared, there was about a half hour of light left. These were some of the sights we had after the storm.

For the last 6 months, my tool for working has been the Fuji X-T1. I usually don't talk about gear, and this isn't really a review (if you want a good review of the camera go here or here), but I have to say that I love

We live in a neighborhood where one of our very generous neighbors sets up a fantastic fireworks show. On his own, and out of his pocket. And it's awesome. And I don't mean just the fireworks. The entire neighborhood comes out, and it's a great time to connect with people. My kids love it. My dog even loves it. Thank you to our neighbors for putting this on!

Well, more like forty-five minutes at the beach. I had a break in between real estate shoots, so I snapped some shots towards the end of the day.