Frame the Day 12.15.10
A country Christmas...
Guess what, chicken butt
Sometimes you get an assignment that doesn't go the way you think it should go. On Wednesday Dec. 15 I had one of those. I was sent to photograph a red tailed hawk that had been shot in the leg, rescued by a good samaritan, rehabilitated and set free. My [...]
Frame the Day 12.16.10
Sometimes the light bends in the most unusual ways. Thursday was one of those days. My wife says it's spiritual light. My son thinks it's a big eyeball with eyelashes. Director of PD Photography Chad Surmick thinks it looks like The Eye of Sauron on the tower of Barad-Dûr in [...]
Frame the Day 12.09.10
The Press Democrat has covered the toy give away by Piner Students at Monroe Elementary School for years. As that is the case, photographing children when they receive their presents donated by the Piner ASB is truly inspirational. -Kent Porter
Whoops
How many times have we driven under the Bicentennial over crossing traveling south on Highway 101 and not noticed that Steele Lane was misspelled on the directional sign above us? Well somebody did and I was assigned to tromp through pouring rain to get a simple...but effective picture. If I [...]
The color of rain
Fall colors are vibrant in the sun. At times, overcast rainy days make the best fall pictures. There are no harsh shadows, the colors resembling a bright watercolor painting mixed with pastels. December 8, was one of those days. -Kent Porter
Frame the Day 12.08.10
Four people were burned while working on a septic system when it exploded at Redwood Alliance Conference Center in Camp Meeker Dec. 8, 2010. Fire agencies from Monte Rio, Camp Meeker, Occidental and Cal Fire helped to stabilize the group with burns that ranged from third to first degree. [...]
Frame the Day 12.06.10
It snowed on the Windsor Town Green Monday night. I was told the snow was actually "flaked" water. Still trying to figure out the flaked water thing. Anyway, through January 7th 2011, "snow" will fall at 5:30 and 7:30 every evening in the middle of the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree [...]
Frame the Day 12.04.10
It was a dog day afternoon on Saturday as I was assigned to photograph pets having their pictures taken with Santa Claus in Sonoma. During a lull in the action, a living Christmas tree appeared. -Kent Porter
Frame the Day 12.03.10
Nothing like shooting football in a small town under the lights. The Middletown Mustangs played the Healdsburg Greyhounds in a NCS semi-final tilt in Middletown Friday night. -Kent Porter
