My dogs playing in the backyard. They are lab mixes, so they’re crazy about tennis balls. Photographed on July 27, 2008.

Just after I got to the wildlife refuge this morning, this northern harrier hawk swooped low over my head. Photographed on July 28, 2008.

Today I spent some time trying my hand at shooting still life images of food, using some organic produce from the local farmers market. This is my favorite image from the day, although it’s fairly conventional. I used natural window light and a bit of fill flash with a small softbox. If you’re wondering why the tomatoes look lumpy, it’s because they’re heirloom tomatoes of the Brandywine variety. Mmm, delicious! Photographed on July 26, 2008.

One of my dogs playing in the backyard. Photographed on July 23, 2008.

This is from the local farmers market last weekend. I liked the patterns and colors of the different berries. Photographed on July 19, 2008.

I liked the way the leaves of this plant looked when they were backlit by the sun. It’s actually some kind of weed that was growing outside my office. The grounds were about to be weeded, so I dug this one up and brought it home for a subject. Photographed on July 18, 2008.

I liked the way the leaves of this plant looked when they were backlit by the sun. It’s actually some kind of weed that was growing outside my office. The grounds were about to be weeded, so I dug this one up and brought it home for a subject. Photographed on July 18, 2008.

Just before sunrise, Mt. Jefferson and the Cascades rise above the lights of Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Photographed on July 13, 2008.

I went up to Mary’s Peak to photograph sunrise with the wildflowers. It was a little windier than I expected, so I decided to use a slow shutter speed and try to accentuate the wind. Photographed on July 13, 2008.