I got a couple of the pieces framed to check out how they look. This is a nice size. It’s going to be an unlimited, signed edition of 6 x 9-inches images in frames and in mats with plastic bags around them. The Roger Tory Peterson Institute collection hits the road.
Recently a guerrilla artist put these umbrellas up in the trees. They were taken down by the city. The rain would make the umbrellas pull down the limbs and the coral trees on San Vicente Blvd. (one of the great avenues of the world) would be damaged.
Preparing for a show is always interesting. Here, at the printer The Icon in Los Angeles, along with Luis Diaz, who took these photos, we sized and test framed a couple of the hummingbird images for the Santa Monica Mountains Visitor Center next July. Yes, well in advance, but it pays to do things when you can. You never know when you might need the images, so I like to get it all together as soon as I can after getting the go-ahead for a show. Thanks to the Roger Tory Peterson Institute for giving my this show of 30 images earlier this year. These images are smaller than the RTPI show, as they are designed for point-of-purchase sales to visitors to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Great to be involved in nature and conservation, what I’ve always strived to do in my life. 
The umbrella trees appeared again but the city took these ones down too.
Me and my friend photographer David Kennerly the other day. Dave goes from photographing presidential candidates one day to photographing little old me the next. Weird.
