Backyard Bird Photography on the patio
Doing the shoot the other day with the Scrub Jays, I popped off a couple of the book on the patio. Glad I did.
David Hume Kennerly with Backyard Bird Photography and me
David has won the Pulitzer Prize and was President Ford’s White House photographer. Recently, he has been branching out into some nice bird photographs himself. He’s a photographer’s photographer. Thanks to Garvin Meehan for taking the photograph of Dave and me. 
Signing the Hooded Oriole piece for the RTPI show
One more for the road. The Hooded Oriole makes the big time. Just after signing the piece at my printer The Icon. Photo by Luis Diaz. 
Opening my box of 30 advance copies of Backyard Bird Photography
The book won’t be available to the public until August 5 (although you can pre-order it online discounted from $14.95 to $11 and change) since Sam’s Club bought out our first printing, but I ordered some extra copies from the publisher in advance. Lucky I did, since I can give them away to the nice folks who pose with the book. Opening the box of books right there in the garden where I took the photos was kind of neat. 
Interior Designer Lily Colwell poses with Backyard Bird Photography
Lily was a great sport to make a portrait with the book. 
Mandeville Canyon Fire Evacuation Drill
At the Mandeville Canyon Fire Evacuation drill yesterday at Paul Revere Middle School:
1. Fire Paramedic Larry Redden (left), Captain Tina Haro (right), LAFD Station 19, Brentwood, note helicopter flying upper right; 2. Engineer Leo Byrne (foreground), Fire Paramedic Larry Redden and Firefighter Paolo Sasso (background), LAFD Station 19, Brentwood; 3. Fire truck close-up, LAFD Station 19, Brentwood; 4. LAFD helicopter. 5. Fire Paramedic Larry Redden of LAFD Station 19, Brentwood, holds up my new book Backyard Bird Photography. What a great guy and a real hero. 
