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Cheshire Cat Photo is a small business aimed at bringing a grin to editors who need stock photos of California and to everyone who has visited or dreamed of visiting destinations in the "Golden State".
California, with its promises of new opportunities and new beginnings, has attracted people since before the Gold Rush days. The natural beauty of California, from the Sierra to the Pacific, has been a central part of that attraction. California's businesses, from agricultural to high-tech, and California's rich multicultural history, have added to the draw.
At Cheshire Cat Photo, we focus on California - its natural beauty, rich history, travel destinations, cities, businesses, and outdoor recreation. Stock and Fine Art digital photos - of California destinations, businesses, cities, and people - continue to tell stories of the unique California Wonderland.
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05/30/2012: My image, "The Bicycle Race," 12"x 18" wrapped canvas print (and perhaps another print as well, if room!), has been juried into an exhibition called "Local Views" at the Bankhead Theater, 2400 First Street in Livermore. The public reception is on June 7, from 6-8 PM.
05/29/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Judith from Redondo Beach, California, USA, who purchased a postcard of Big Sur from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! (Yeah, that's the Bixby Bridge! :-) ) This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
05/29/2012: I added links to art4spaces on the Resources page and on the main Blog page (in the Blogroll section), for the company of my friend, Engela Olivier-Wilson, a gifted painter and muralist.
05/29/2012: See William Hackett's image, "Merced River, Winter" as a 36" x 24" print on canvas in the "Fresh Works" open, juried art exhibit at the Harrington Gallery, Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton, California, from May 30 through June 30.
05/29/2012: I placed the Patterson Pass Road video link below, for easy access. The video was shot from HERE with a view to the northeast.
(Click photo for the movie) View from Patterson Pass overlooking the Central Valley. May 5, 2012 ©2012 William F. Hackett
05/27/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Joseph from Littleton, Massachusetts, USA, who purchased a postcard of Altamont Windmills from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
05/20/2012: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with the Pleasanton, CA, Community Concert Band at its 2012 Spring Concert.
05/20/2012 Coming in the next 24 hours to the Outdoor Recreation section of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of a surfing couple at Manresa State Beach near Watsonville and Santa Cruz - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! These products have been published and are now in the Store. See them by clicking the links above. Many more styles and colors are available! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
05/15/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Wayne from Fullerton, California, USA, who purchased a refrigerator magnet of Morro Bay After Dark, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! These images are available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
05/13/2012: South African model, Joan Wilson, became a "California Girl" for a week in April, and we arranged a shoot! ("Wish they all could be California Girls...." [YouTube]) I uploaded 138 of her images from the session to the "People" Album of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly®, and I placed links to low-resolution images in the Stock Photo Table. I also put a few of her images on the "Informal and Model Portrait" page. Think "Cheshire Cat Photo" for your portrait and modeling photo needs!
05/09/2012: I replaced the slideshow on the Home Page with a QuickTime movie that I shot originally in 1080p high-definition with stereo sound on May 5 at the high point of Patterson Pass (Google Map), overlooking some of the Altamont wind turbines and the Central Valley. Click the photo for the movie. The sound you hear is wind turbine noise and a redwing blackbird. Note the hawk or golden eagle soaring in from the right and catching an updraft!
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05/01/2012: I uploaded 53 existing-light images of the Pleasanton, California Community Concert Band's Spring Concert in the Firehouse Arts Center theater to a brand new Album, "People," in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly. Links to low-resolution images of the Band are present in the Stock Photo Table, in the new "People" Category.
04/28/2012: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with Mission San José, in Fremont, CA. Here is an index to all of my photoblog entries on the California Missions, as an aid to schoolkids and others.
04/27/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Shelly from Stockton, California, USA, who purchased postcards of Santa Barbara Sailboats and the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! These images are available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
04/26/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Katherine from Del Mar, California, USA, who purchased a sheet of 20 stickers of this hallway at Mission La Purísima Concepción de María Santísima from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
04/20/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Jan from Pleasanton, California, USA, who purchased several 5x7 prints and magnets featuring images of the Pleasanton Community Concert Band from its Spring Concert, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
04/17/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Jenny from San Jose, California, USA, who purchased a postcard of the Bixby Bridge in Big Sur, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
04/16/2012: I had a good photo shoot with a talented South African model, M. Joan Wilson, last week. Weather forced the shoot indoors, but I hope for an outdoor photography session if we can coax her back to California! So far, the shots are looking really good!
04/15/2012: I replaced the slideshow on the Home Page with a QuickTime movie that I shot originally in 1080p high-definition with stereo sound on April 13 in Pacific Grove, California. There was overnight THUNDER in Pacific Grove (a rare treat), but the storm actually spawned funnel clouds in California, in addition to comparatively rare April rain! Click the photo for the movie.
04/15/2012: I delivered an electronic image of the Pleasanton Community Concert Band (the photograph on the right, below) to the Band this past week, which they have licensed for a variety of uses. The Band is a VERY talented organization, and I really enjoyed photographing them (and listening to them) at their Spring Concert at the Firehouse Arts Center in Pleasanton, California! I blogged about the experience HERE!
04/07/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Colleen from El Cajon, California, USA, who purchased two postcards of McWay Falls in Big Sur's Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, and one of a Sunset at Santa Barbara Harbor, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! These images are available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
03/29/2012: Love Santa Cruz! "Locals" know where to get the best images of California - Cheshire Cat Photo! Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Kim from Scotts Valley, California, USA, who purchased 8 postcards of Surfing Santa Cruz, 8 of the Santa Cruz Surfer Museum, and 8 of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! These 3 images are available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
03/25/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Joy from Denver, Colorado, USA, who purchased a postcard with this photo of Capitola, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
03/25/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Gina from Southfield, Michigan, USA, who purchased a refrigerator magnet with this photo of a Sunset at Santa Barbara Harbor, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
03/16/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Robert from Fresno, California, USA, who purchased a refrigerator magnet with this photo of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
03/11/2012: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with the Delta King moored at Old Town Sacramento.
02/29/2012: Photography by William Hackett of Cheshire Cat Photo, "Your Guide to California's Wonderland!™" is hanging with images by Paul Veilleux at the Panama Red Coffee Co. in Livermore, CA (Google Map) through March 2012.
02/29/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Dwayne from Arlington, Texas, USA, who purchased a postcard of this Santa Barbara Harbor Sunset, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
02/15/2012 Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Dwayne from Arlington, Texas, USA, who purchased postcards of Big Sur (including the Bixby Bridge) and of Yosemite Valley, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! These images are available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
02/12/2012 Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of a Sailing Regatta off Santa Barbara - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! These products have been published and are now in the Store. See them by clicking the links above. Many more styles and colors are available! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
02/06/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Daniel from Morro Bay, California, USA, who purchased two coffee mugs of Morro Rock, a ballcap of Morro Rock, a mesh ballcap of Morro Bay After Dark, and SIX coffee mugs of Morro Bay After Dark from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! Dude, you ROCK! Thank you for your business! These images are available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
02/06/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Jaclyn from Houston, Texas, USA, who purchased a postcard of Santa Barbara Sailboats from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
01/22/2012: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with a view of Lake Tahoe from U.S. route 50! Read more about THAT trip to Lake Tahoe in our Blog.
01/17/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Claire from Wind Gap, Pennsylvania, USA, who purchased refrigerator magnets of Mission San Juan Bautista and of Mission San Raphael Arcangel from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! These images are available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
01/15/2012: Just a reminder: Teachers and schoolchildren are welcome to use my low-resolution images of the California Missions (or any of my other low-resolution images) for non-profit use in education! To facilitate the use of Mission photos, I have placed the low-resolution Mission images HERE, in the California Missions section of the Portfolio. Here is an index to all of my photoblog entries on the California Missions, as an aid to schoolkids and others.
01/15/2012: Today we made the worldwide map of Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store Customers on our Shop Page INTERACTIVE! The embedded map from Google Maps can be enlarged to let you see the towns and cities of the worldwide customers of our online Store on Zazzle®! (We protect their privacy [and YOURS!] by never revealing their full names or precise locations.)
01/15/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Sonia from Santa Barbara, California, USA, who purchased THREE Jumbo Tote Bags decorated with Santa Barbara Sailboats from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! "Budget Totes" for as low as $13.80 and Organic Grocery Totes are also available! This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
01/14/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Kathleen from Milpitas, California, USA, who purchased postcards of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and of Capitola, California from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! These images are available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
01/13/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Robin from Wind Lake, Wisconsin, USA, who purchased a "Do I feel lucky?" California Black CAt card from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
01/13/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Noelle from Santa Barbara, California, USA, who purchased a refrigerator magnet of Santa Barbara Sailboats from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
01/10/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Mark from San Marcos, California, USA, who purchased a postcard of Santa Barbara sailboats and another of McWay Falls at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! These images are available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
01/07/2012 See William Hackett's photography of California in the LAA Winter Show at the Robert Livermore Community Center and in the "Show and Tell" Group Show at the Bankhead Theater!
05/29/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Judith from Redondo Beach, California, USA, who purchased a postcard of Big Sur from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! (Yeah, that's the Bixby Bridge! :-) ) This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
05/29/2012: I added links to art4spaces on the Resources page and on the main Blog page (in the Blogroll section), for the company of my friend, Engela Olivier-Wilson, a gifted painter and muralist.
05/29/2012: See William Hackett's image, "Merced River, Winter" as a 36" x 24" print on canvas in the "Fresh Works" open, juried art exhibit at the Harrington Gallery, Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton, California, from May 30 through June 30.
05/29/2012: I placed the Patterson Pass Road video link below, for easy access. The video was shot from HERE with a view to the northeast.
(Click photo for the movie) View from Patterson Pass overlooking the Central Valley. May 5, 2012 ©2012 William F. Hackett
05/27/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Joseph from Littleton, Massachusetts, USA, who purchased a postcard of Altamont Windmills from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
05/20/2012: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with the Pleasanton, CA, Community Concert Band at its 2012 Spring Concert.
05/20/2012 Coming in the next 24 hours to the Outdoor Recreation section of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of a surfing couple at Manresa State Beach near Watsonville and Santa Cruz - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! These products have been published and are now in the Store. See them by clicking the links above. Many more styles and colors are available! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
05/15/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Wayne from Fullerton, California, USA, who purchased a refrigerator magnet of Morro Bay After Dark, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! These images are available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
05/13/2012: South African model, Joan Wilson, became a "California Girl" for a week in April, and we arranged a shoot! ("Wish they all could be California Girls...." [YouTube]) I uploaded 138 of her images from the session to the "People" Album of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly®, and I placed links to low-resolution images in the Stock Photo Table. I also put a few of her images on the "Informal and Model Portrait" page. Think "Cheshire Cat Photo" for your portrait and modeling photo needs!
05/09/2012: I replaced the slideshow on the Home Page with a QuickTime movie that I shot originally in 1080p high-definition with stereo sound on May 5 at the high point of Patterson Pass (Google Map), overlooking some of the Altamont wind turbines and the Central Valley. Click the photo for the movie. The sound you hear is wind turbine noise and a redwing blackbird. Note the hawk or golden eagle soaring in from the right and catching an updraft!
e
05/01/2012: I uploaded 53 existing-light images of the Pleasanton, California Community Concert Band's Spring Concert in the Firehouse Arts Center theater to a brand new Album, "People," in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly. Links to low-resolution images of the Band are present in the Stock Photo Table, in the new "People" Category.
04/28/2012: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with Mission San José, in Fremont, CA. Here is an index to all of my photoblog entries on the California Missions, as an aid to schoolkids and others.
04/27/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Shelly from Stockton, California, USA, who purchased postcards of Santa Barbara Sailboats and the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! These images are available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
04/26/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Katherine from Del Mar, California, USA, who purchased a sheet of 20 stickers of this hallway at Mission La Purísima Concepción de María Santísima from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
04/20/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Jan from Pleasanton, California, USA, who purchased several 5x7 prints and magnets featuring images of the Pleasanton Community Concert Band from its Spring Concert, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
04/17/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Jenny from San Jose, California, USA, who purchased a postcard of the Bixby Bridge in Big Sur, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
04/16/2012: I had a good photo shoot with a talented South African model, M. Joan Wilson, last week. Weather forced the shoot indoors, but I hope for an outdoor photography session if we can coax her back to California! So far, the shots are looking really good!
04/15/2012: I replaced the slideshow on the Home Page with a QuickTime movie that I shot originally in 1080p high-definition with stereo sound on April 13 in Pacific Grove, California. There was overnight THUNDER in Pacific Grove (a rare treat), but the storm actually spawned funnel clouds in California, in addition to comparatively rare April rain! Click the photo for the movie.
04/15/2012: I delivered an electronic image of the Pleasanton Community Concert Band (the photograph on the right, below) to the Band this past week, which they have licensed for a variety of uses. The Band is a VERY talented organization, and I really enjoyed photographing them (and listening to them) at their Spring Concert at the Firehouse Arts Center in Pleasanton, California! I blogged about the experience HERE!
04/07/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Colleen from El Cajon, California, USA, who purchased two postcards of McWay Falls in Big Sur's Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, and one of a Sunset at Santa Barbara Harbor, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! These images are available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
03/29/2012: Love Santa Cruz! "Locals" know where to get the best images of California - Cheshire Cat Photo! Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Kim from Scotts Valley, California, USA, who purchased 8 postcards of Surfing Santa Cruz, 8 of the Santa Cruz Surfer Museum, and 8 of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! These 3 images are available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
03/25/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Joy from Denver, Colorado, USA, who purchased a postcard with this photo of Capitola, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
03/25/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Gina from Southfield, Michigan, USA, who purchased a refrigerator magnet with this photo of a Sunset at Santa Barbara Harbor, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
03/16/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Robert from Fresno, California, USA, who purchased a refrigerator magnet with this photo of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
03/11/2012: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with the Delta King moored at Old Town Sacramento.
02/29/2012: Photography by William Hackett of Cheshire Cat Photo, "Your Guide to California's Wonderland!™" is hanging with images by Paul Veilleux at the Panama Red Coffee Co. in Livermore, CA (Google Map) through March 2012.
02/29/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Dwayne from Arlington, Texas, USA, who purchased a postcard of this Santa Barbara Harbor Sunset, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
02/15/2012 Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Dwayne from Arlington, Texas, USA, who purchased postcards of Big Sur (including the Bixby Bridge) and of Yosemite Valley, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! These images are available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
02/12/2012 Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of a Sailing Regatta off Santa Barbara - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! These products have been published and are now in the Store. See them by clicking the links above. Many more styles and colors are available! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
02/06/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Daniel from Morro Bay, California, USA, who purchased two coffee mugs of Morro Rock, a ballcap of Morro Rock, a mesh ballcap of Morro Bay After Dark, and SIX coffee mugs of Morro Bay After Dark from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! Dude, you ROCK! Thank you for your business! These images are available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
02/06/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Jaclyn from Houston, Texas, USA, who purchased a postcard of Santa Barbara Sailboats from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
01/22/2012: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with a view of Lake Tahoe from U.S. route 50! Read more about THAT trip to Lake Tahoe in our Blog.
01/17/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Claire from Wind Gap, Pennsylvania, USA, who purchased refrigerator magnets of Mission San Juan Bautista and of Mission San Raphael Arcangel from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! These images are available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
01/15/2012: Just a reminder: Teachers and schoolchildren are welcome to use my low-resolution images of the California Missions (or any of my other low-resolution images) for non-profit use in education! To facilitate the use of Mission photos, I have placed the low-resolution Mission images HERE, in the California Missions section of the Portfolio. Here is an index to all of my photoblog entries on the California Missions, as an aid to schoolkids and others.
01/15/2012: Today we made the worldwide map of Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store Customers on our Shop Page INTERACTIVE! The embedded map from Google Maps can be enlarged to let you see the towns and cities of the worldwide customers of our online Store on Zazzle®! (We protect their privacy [and YOURS!] by never revealing their full names or precise locations.)
01/15/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Sonia from Santa Barbara, California, USA, who purchased THREE Jumbo Tote Bags decorated with Santa Barbara Sailboats from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! "Budget Totes" for as low as $13.80 and Organic Grocery Totes are also available! This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
01/14/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Kathleen from Milpitas, California, USA, who purchased postcards of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and of Capitola, California from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! These images are available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
01/13/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Robin from Wind Lake, Wisconsin, USA, who purchased a "Do I feel lucky?" California Black CAt card from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
01/13/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Noelle from Santa Barbara, California, USA, who purchased a refrigerator magnet of Santa Barbara Sailboats from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
01/10/2012: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Mark from San Marcos, California, USA, who purchased a postcard of Santa Barbara sailboats and another of McWay Falls at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! These images are available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
01/07/2012 See William Hackett's photography of California in the LAA Winter Show at the Robert Livermore Community Center and in the "Show and Tell" Group Show at the Bankhead Theater!
12/31/2011 Thank you, customers of Cheshire Cat Photo™. Your business in 2011 will allow us to continue to serve you in 2012. We wish you a healthy, happy, and prosperous New Year!
12/29/2011 Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of electricity-generating windmills (and little tiny cattle :-) ) in California's Altamont - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! The products have been published and will be in the store within 24 hours. You can see and order them now by clicking the links above. Many more styles and colors are available! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
12/27/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Blake from Del Mar, California, USA, who purchased a postcard of a Santa Cruz sunset from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
12/26/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Megan from Amarillo, Texas, USA, who purchased a postcard of the historic Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
12/24/2011 Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the productes. Many more colors and styles are available."Give the Gift of California!℠"
12/21/2011 Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of El Capitan in winter, in Yosemite National Park - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products. Many more colors and styles are available. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
12/20/2011 Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of the Queen Wilhelmina Windmill in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products. Many more colors and styles are available. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
12/19/2011: DECEMBER 20 is the deadline for NEXT-DAY SHIPPING by Christmas on Shutterfly®, home to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery!
12/18/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with Bridalveil Meadow in Yosemite Valley in January! Read more about Yosemite in our Blog.
12/18/2011: TODAY is the deadline for STANDARD SHIPPING on Zazzle®, home to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Place your order by 3PM PST TODAY for delivery by Christmas with standard shipping!
12/15/2011: The deadline for standard shipping on Zazzle®, home to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store, is December 18! Place your order now for delivery by Christmas with standard shipping!
12/15/2011: What are those little "doodads" ( ) all over the site? StumbleUpon buttons ( ) ! You can "like" and "share" pages in the Cheshire Cat Photo site, even individual blog entries! (See the 01/01/2011 News entry below!) If you are unfamiliar with the Web-discovery tool, StumbleUpon (ALL of us were, at one time! :-) ), you can read more about it on their site and even place a toolbar in your browser!
12/11/2011 Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of Yosemite Falls in Yosemite Valley, California - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the productes. Many more colors and styles are available."Give the Gift of California!℠"
12/10/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Karen from Fountain Valley, California, USA, who purchased a refrigerator magnet of this photo of Moonstone Beach near Cambria, California, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
12/06/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Mary from Nottingham, England, UK, who purchased a refrigerator magnet of this photo of a Santa Cruz Sunset, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
12/04/2011 Now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of Tufa at the south shore of Mono Lake, California - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
12/03/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Jenny from Piqua, Ohio, USA, who purchased a postcard of the historic Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
12/01/2011: Cheshire Cat Photo has three photos of California (on canvas) by William F. Hackett in the LAA Gallery Artists Winter Show just hung tonight at the Robert Livermore Community Center in Livermore, California. The show will continue through December. The press release follows:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 17, 2011
LAA Winter Show Art Exhibit at Robert Livermore Community Center
Livermore - The Robert Livermore Community Center on East Avenue is hosting an art exhibit by LAA Gallery artists, the month of December. Located on first floor, the show includes a colorful variety of drawings, paintings and photographs. The LAA Gallery is an art co-op run by the local artists themselves. The community center is open 8-6M-Th, 8-5 Friday, and 9-noon Saturday.
Attached are photos of artworks in the show, from photographer Julie Wright and painter Lenore Kreit.
"Reflections" by Julie Wright
"New Mexico Adobe Wall" by Lenore Kreit
12/01/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Nichole from Glendale, Arizona, USA, who purchased a postcard of the historic Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
11/29/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of a Stone Bridge over Yosemite Creek, in Yosemite National Park, California - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products. Many more colors and styles are available.
11/29/2011: Zazzle® (Title sponsor of the Bay-to-Breakers race in SF) and the Home of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store, is sponsoring 10 great "Cyber Tuesday" DEALS TODAY! NOW just might be a good time to "Give the Gift of California!℠" if you missed Cyber Monday! :-)
11/28/2011: We have added Holiday Cards to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®. Each card is decorated with a California scene, and has a universal message inside. The NEWEST card features a stone bridge over a Yosemite Creek filled with ice and snow! While you are at the store, be on the lookout for holiday gifts with photos of your favorite places in the California Wonderland!
11/28/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Annie from Albany, California, USA, who purchased a PREMIUM keychain with an image of Morro Bay After Dark, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle® on Cyber Monday! This image is available on a variety of products in our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
11/27/2011: We've added a page for our Wedding Photography, with a link from the "Shop" page, after our "Engagements" link. For Wedding Images that say "California!" contact Cheshire Cat Photo at 925-449-1604 or info@cheshirecatphoto.com
11/25/2011: Get HOLIDAY CARDS and MORE, at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! We've added Holiday Cards to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®. Each card is decorated with a California scene and has a universal message inside. The NEWEST card has an image of Bridalveil Fall in winter, in Yosemite Valley, California. While you are at the store, be on the lookout for holiday gifts with photos of your favorite places in the California Wonderland! "Give the gift of California!℠"
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11/23/2011: Get HOLIDAY CARDS and MORE, at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! We've added Holiday Cards to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®. Each card is decorated with a California scene, and has a universal message inside. The newest card has an image of Half Dome in Yosemite Valley, California! More Holiday Cards will be added soon. While you are at the store, be on the lookout for holiday gifts with photos of your favorite places in the California Wonderland!
11/21/2011: Get HOLIDAY CARDS and MORE, at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Yes, it's that time again, when just about EVERY human culture celebrates the end to another year. We are adding Holiday Cards to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®. Each card is decorated with a California scene, and has a universal message inside. The NEWEST card has an image of Bridalveil Meadow in winter, in Yosemite Valley, California. More Holiday Cards will be added soon! While you are at the store, be on the lookout for holiday gifts with photos of your favorite places in the California Wonderland!
11/20/2011: Get HOLIDAY CARDS and MORE, at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! We are adding Holiday Cards to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®. Each card is decorated with a California scene, and has a universal message inside. This next cards are of Fannette Island in Emerald Bay, on the California side of Lake Tahoe and of Echo Pass from State Route 50 to South Lake Tahoe, California! More will be added soon! :-) While you are at the store, be on the lookout for holiday gifts with photos of your favorite places in the California Wonderland!
11/20/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of a California CAt with an ATTITUDE - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products. Many more colors and styles are available.
11/20/2011: Get HOLIDAY CARDS and MORE, at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Yes, it's that time again, when just about EVERY human culture celebrates the end to another year. We are adding Holiday Cards to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®. Each card is decorated with a California scene, and has a universal message inside. The first card is below, with a photo of the Merced River in Yosemite Valley in January, and more will be added momentarily! :-) While you are at the store, be on the lookout for holiday gifts with photos of your favorite places in the California Wonderland!
11/19/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with palm fronds in the cemetery of Mission Santa Barbara!
11/13/2011: Today, the 3-month Global Traffic Ranking of the Cheshire Cat Photo site on Alexa is 216,510 and the U.S. Ranking is 44,752! :-) We remain very popular in San Francisco, where we have a ranking of 2,663! Do you need to refer your customers and friends to photos of California? Link to us! Do you need photographic products or services? Contact us!
11/09/2011: I uploaded 20 high-resolution images of Old Town Sacramento to the "Other Places" album of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly®, as well as low-resolution images to the Stock Photo Table. Enjoy!
11/09/2011: Just a reminder: Teachers and schoolchildren are welcome to use my low-resolution images of the Missions (or any of my other low-resolution images) for non-profit use in education! To facilitate the use of Mission photos, I have placed the low-resolution Mission images HERE, in the California Missions section of the Portfolio. Here is an index to all of my photoblog entries on the California Missions, as an aid to schoolkids and others.
11/07/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of Mono Lake, California, at sunset, from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products. Many more styles and colors are available.
11/06/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Denise from Naperville, Illinois, USA, who purchased a postcard of the Merced River in Yosemite Valley in January from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
11/06/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting at Princeton-by-the-Sea!
11/06/201: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of Tenaya Lake, along the Tioga Road in Yosemite National Park's high country, California, from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products. Many more styles and colors are available. (This image is also available, as a 16x20-inch print on wrapped canvas, on Cheshire Cat Photo's "Featured Print" page!)
11/03/2011: Today, the 3-month Global Traffic Ranking of the Cheshire Cat Photo site on Alexa is 217,740 and the U.S. Ranking is 44,247! :-) We remain very popular in San Francisco, where we have a ranking of 2,535! Do you need to refer your customers and friends to photos of California? Link to us! Do you need photographic products or services? Contact us!
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cheshirecatphoto.com is ranked number 217,740 in the world according to the Alexa Traffic Rank.
10/30/2011: Today, the 3-month Global Traffic Ranking of the Cheshire Cat Photo site on Alexa is 223,691 and the U.S. Ranking is 45,525! :-) We remain very popular in San Francisco, where we have a ranking of 2,446! Do you need to refer your customers and friends to photos of California? Link to us! Do you need photographic products or services? Contact us!
10/30/2011: Only the hosted (GoDaddy, on Linux) Web site of Cheshire Cat Photo was compromised; the internal network runs on Macintosh. The (apparently) Russians gained entry to the Web site via a vulnerable version of the 1-flash-gallery plugin for Wordpress, which was active only briefly. We performed critical parts of the cleanup yesterday and today, and we expect to have cleanup finished by tomorrow (Halloween, October 31). We will request a review by Google to have the site advisory lifted, probably tomorrow. Thank you for your patience. We apologize for the inconvenience.
10/29/2011: Yes, a Linux server at GoDaddy that hosts the cheshirecatphoto.com site was apparently hacked by the Russians. Hey! It happens to Google, Adobe, Microsoft, VeriSign, RSA, and CERT, and it happened to us. We are working with GoDaddy to clean up after the incursion. We will keep you posted.
10/27/2011: Today, the 3-month Global Traffic Ranking of the Cheshire Cat Photo site on Alexa is 228,678 and the U.S. Ranking is 46,169! :-) We want to welcome all of the new visitors from Europe! We remain very popular in San Francisco, where we have a ranking of 2,446! Do you need to refer your customers and friends to photos of California? Link to us! Do you need photographic products or services? Contact us!
10/25/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Danny from San Francisco, California, USA, who purchased a refrigerator magnet of Santa Barbara sailboats from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
10/22/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Bonnie from Woodland Hills, California, USA, who purchased a postcard of Sailing San Diego, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠
10/22/2011: See William Hackett's photography of California at the LAA Fall Show at the Robert Livermore Community Center, 4444 East Avenue, Livermore California, through November!
10/22/2011: Today, the 3-month Global Traffic Ranking of the Cheshire Cat Photo site on Alexa is 231,325 and the U.S. Ranking is 44,839! :-) We want to welcome all of the new visitors from Europe! We remain very popular in San Francisco, where we have a ranking of 2,250! Do you need to refer your customers and friends to photos of California? Link to us! Do you need photographic products or services? Contact us!
10/22/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of Sea Otters at Moss Landing, California, from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products. Many more styles and colors are available.
10/21/2011: Today, the 3-month Global Traffic Ranking of the Cheshire Cat Photo site on Alexa is 232,880 and the U.S. Ranking is 44,852! :-) We want to welcome all of the new visitors from Europe! We remain very popular in San Francisco, where we have a ranking of 2,250! Do you need to refer your customers and friends to photos of California? Link to us! Do you need photographic products or services? Contact us!
10/19/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Marina from Plymouth, Michigan, USA, who purchased a postcard of beautiful Mission Santa Barbara from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠
10/19/2011: We apologize to anyone who has been spammed by someone using GoDaddy's mail servers for Cheshire Cat Photo as a relay. Yes, WE thought that GoDaddy would have configured their mail servers for hosted accounts to disallow relaying mail by DEFAULT, too! We made the request and the problem should be resolved by now, or very shortly.
10/16/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with oceanfront restaurants in Capitola!
10/11/2011: Today, the 3-month Global Traffic Ranking of the Cheshire Cat Photo site on Alexa is 235,336 and the U.S. Ranking is 38,906! :-) Thank you, visitors worldwide! We remain very popular in San Francisco, where we have a ranking of 2,067! Do you need to refer your customers and friends to photos of California? Link to us! Do you need photographic products or services? Please contact us!
10/07/2011: ArtWalk Livermore 2011 is Saturday, October 8,, and Cheshire Cat Photo, featuring photography of California by William F. Hackett, will be there! Join us in downtown Livermore!
10/06/2011: Today, the 3-month Global Traffic Ranking of the Cheshire Cat Photo site on Alexa is 242,198 and the U.S. Ranking is 39,667! :-) Thank you, visitors worldwide! We remain very popular in San Francisco, where we have a ranking of 2,035! Do you need to refer your customers and friends to photos of California? Link to us! Do you need photographic products or services? Please contact us!
10/04/2011: I photographed the wedding and reception of two friends of mine, whom I shall call "J" and "P," on Saturday, October 1, at a beautiful little church in El Cerrito. My friends are both professionals and have collected a multi-cultural group of wonderful friends in their educations and jobs. The wedding ceremony was outdoors, which is still possible in California in October (the day was beautiful and warm), although we received our first winter rain yesterday, with more to come tonight and early tomorrow. The reception was indoors, in the main room, walled with glass on two sides and a with a commanding view of San Francisco Bay. I will showcase some of the images, after I complete my processing of the hundreds and hundreds of camera RAW photographs.
10/02/2011: Today, the 3-month Global Traffic Ranking of the Cheshire Cat Photo site on Alexa is 244,752 and the U.S. Ranking is 38,400! :-) Thank you, visitors worldwide! We remain very popular in San Francisco, where we have a ranking of 2,021! Do you need to refer your customers and friends to photos of California? Link to us! Do you need photographic products or services? Please contact us!
09/28/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of sunset on a beach in Santa Cruz, California, from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products. Many more colors and styles are available.
09/28/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting in Redwood Regional Park in the Bay Area.
09/26/2011: Woooooo Hooooo! Today, the 3-month Global Traffic Ranking of the Cheshire Cat Photo site on Alexa is 254,757 and the U.S. Ranking is 37,485! :-) Thank you, visitors worldwide! We remain very popular in San Francisco, where we have a ranking of 2,021 today! Do you need to refer your customers and friends to photos of California? Link to us! Do you need photographic products or services? Please contact us!
09/25/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of waterlilies in the original fountain of Mission Santa Barbara, California, from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products. Many more colors and styles are available.
09/23/2011: Holy Moly! Today, the 3-month Global Traffic Ranking of the Cheshire Cat Photo site on Alexa is 258,657 and the U.S. Ranking is 37,799! :-) Thank you, visitors worldwide! We remain very popular in San Francisco, where we have a ranking of 2,012! Do you need to refer your customers and friends to photos of California? Link to us! Do you need photographic products or services? Please contact us!
09/21/2011:Today, the 3-month Global Traffic Ranking of the Cheshire Cat Photo site on Alexa is 263,704 and the U.S. Ranking is 36,859! :-) Thank you, visitors worldwide! We remain very popular in San Francisco, where we have a ranking of 2,012! Do you need to refer your customers and friends to photos of California's Wonderland? Link to us! Do you need photographic products or services? Please contact us!
09/20/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Dave from Orion, Michigan, USA, who purchased a ballcap with a photo of Half Dome in Yosemite Valley, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠
09/19/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of McWay Falls in Big Sur, California, from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products. Many more styles and colors are available.
09/19/2011: Today, the 3-month Global Traffic Ranking of the Cheshire Cat Photo site on Alexa is 266,098 and the U.S. Ranking is 37,794! :-) Thank you, visitors worldwide! We remain very popular in San Francisco, where we have a ranking of 2,023! Do you need to refer your customers and friends to photos of California? Link to us! Do you need photographic products or services? Please contact us!
09/17/201: Today, the 3-month Global Traffic Ranking of the Cheshire Cat Photo site on Alexa is 271,033 and the U.S. Ranking is 38,867! :-) Thank you, visitors worldwide! We remain very popular in San Francisco, where we have a ranking of 2,023! Do you need to refer your customers and friends to photos of California? Link to us! Do you need photographic products or services? Please contact us!
09/15/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of kiteboarding and windsurfing at Waddell Beach on the San Mateo coast, from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠"Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products. Many more colors and styles are available.
09/13/2011: Today, the 3-month Global Traffic Ranking of the Cheshire Cat Photo site on Alexa is 272,892 and the U.S. Ranking is 37,371! :-) Thank you, visitors worldwide! We remain very popular in San Francisco, where we have a ranking of 2,023! Do you need to refer your customers and friends to photos of California? Link to us! Do you need photographic products or services? Please contact us!
09/11/2011: Today, the 3-month World Ranking of the Cheshire Cat Photo site on Alexa is 275,834 and the U.S. Ranking is 38,129! :-) Thank you, visitors worldwide! We remain very popular in San Francisco, where we have a ranking of 2,188! Do you need to refer your customers and friends to photos of California? Link to us! Do you need photographic products or services? Please contact us!
09/11/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with surfing the Golden Gate. Here are links to our blog entries about "Surfin' the Gate" Part I and II!
09/11/2011: Cheshire Cat Photo extends its empathy to all of those whose lives were profoundly affected by the events of 9/11/2001 and hopes that the subsequent events of the last 10 years have resolved any misconceptions that may have existed about the national character of Americans.
09/11/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Analisa from Visalia, California, USA, who purchased a postcard with the image of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk below, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
09/09/2011: Saturday, September 10, 2011, Cheshire Cat Photo will present photography of California by William Hackett at Art in Carnegie Park, at 3rd and K Street, in Livermore, California! We hope to see you local folks there!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 13, 2010
"Art in Carnegie Park" offers fun for the whole family
Saturday September 10, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Livermore, CA -"Art in Carnegie Park" on Saturday September 10, is a fun summer event the whole family can enjoy. Over 25 local artists will fill Carnegie Park in downtown Livermore with arts and crafts for sale, and provide art demonstrations. Shoppers can purchase art directly from the artists. There will also be music, local wines and delicious barbecue. This year two dance groups, Le Tableau Magnifique Ballet company and the Livermore Jazz Company, are performing in the park. Island Girl will be providing snow cones and kids activities such as face painting. Visitors can also shop in the LAA Gallery, located in the middle of the park in the historic Carnegie building. The art gallery is a co-op run by the artists themselves. Carnegie Park is at 3rd & K street in downtown Livermore. The gallery is open from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, and is always free to the enter. For more information call 925-449-9927.
09/08/2011: Today, the World Ranking of the Cheshire Cat Photo site on Alexa is 281,051 and the U.S. Ranking is 39,089! :-) Thank you, visitors worldwide! We remain very popular in San Francisco, where we have a ranking of 2,188! Do you need to refer your customers and friends to photos of California? Link to us! Do you need portrait, engagement, wedding, promotional, product, event, stock, or fine art photography? Please contact us.
09/07/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of Dana Meadows, along the Tioga Road in Yosemite's high country, from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products. Many more colors and styles are available.
09/06/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of Northern Elephant Seals from the rookery near the Piedras Blancas lighthouse, north of San Simeon, California, from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products!
09/06/2011: William Hackett's photography of California will be in the Cheshire Cat Photo booth at Art in Carnegie Park in Livermore, California this Saturday, September 10!
09/03/2011: Cheshire Cat Photo will present William Hackett's photography of California at Retzlaff Vineyards in Livermore, CA during the 30th Annual Harvest Wine Celebration on September 4 and 5!
09/02/2011: I updated the Shop Page with a world map (below) of Customers of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®!
Let us put YOU on the Map!
09/01/2011: Today, the World Ranking of the Cheshire Cat Photo site on Alexa is 287,638 and the U.S. Ranking is 42,5919! We think that this is a pretty COOL way to start September! :-) Thank you, visitors worldwide! We remain popular in San Francisco, where we have a ranking of 2,707! Do you need to refer your customers to photos of Californa? Link to us! Thank you, you folks who have recently linked to us!
08/31/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with a view of Yosemite's El Capitan in April. Our photoblog entry about El Capitan is here!
08/28/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of Mission La Purísima (Misión la Purísima Concepción de María Santísima; Mission of the Immaculate Conception of Most Holy Mary), from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products!
08/26/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of Big Sur, California (including the Bixby Bridge), from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products!
08/25/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Octavio from Kingsville, Texas, USA (those Texans are all right!), who purchased TWO refrigerator magnets of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
08/24/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting in a dark passage of Mission San Miguel Arcángel! Our photoblog entry about Mission San Miguel Arcángel is HERE.
08/22/2011: Prices have been reduced on our ENTIRE collection of California greeting cards and note cards in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! You can jump RIGHT TO the cards with this link!
08/22/2011: Zazzle® is running a "back to school" sale right now with 15% off ALL products with the promo code "STUDYINSTYLE" - our store is here.
08/21/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of Columbus Street in San Francisco, California, from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products!
08/20/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Robin from La Mirada, California, USA, who purchased a postcard of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®!This image is available on a variety of products in our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
08/20/2011: Today, the World Ranking of the Cheshire Cat Photo site on Alexa is 309,257 and the U.S. Ranking is 54,219! Thank you, visitors worldwide! Do you need to refer your customers to photos of Californa? Link to us!
08/19/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: products decorated with this image of Tree Ferns in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products!
08/19/2011: I noticed that Zazzle® has 20% off mouse pads all weekend!
08/19/2011: I noticed that Zazzle® has 50% off mouse pads during their "Friday 4-hour sale" today! Our store is here.
08/18/2011: I noticed that mugs are 20% off on Zazzle® today! Our store is here.
08/17/2011: I added a link to a very cool online Digital SLR (single lens reflex) camera simulator to the Resources Page. I use this simulator as a teaching tool. (It's cheaper than buying a bunch of digital SLRs! :-) )
08/17/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: products decorated with this image of a Stone Bridge over a rushing Yosemite Creek in April - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products!
08/14/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: products decorated with this award-winning image of a Stone Bridge over Yosemite Creek in November - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products!
08/14/2011: Alexa has given Cheshire Cat Photo a 3-month global Alexa traffic rank of 319,129, with a rank of 3,671 in San Francisco! (Thank you City-by-the-Bay!) We've done better globally, but we'll take it! :-) The US ranking is 60,514th today! Thanks very much, all of our visitors! Send us email to let us know how we can improve.
08/13/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting on Columbus Street in San Francisco!
08/09/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Blake from Boston, Massachusetts, USA, who purchased a postcard of sailboats in Santa Barbara from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
08/09/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: products decorated with this image of California Vines - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products!
08/09/2011: Coming soon! Cheshire Cat Photo will be at the 30th Annual Harvest Wine Celebration at Retzlaff Winery (map) on September 4 and 5 and at Art in Carnegie Park (map) in Livermore, CA on September 10 from 10 AM to 5 PM! See you local folks there!
08/08/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Kim from Nipomo, California, USA, who purchased 5 postcards of Mission Santa Inés, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! We fell in love with this beautiful Mission (and Parish church) during our first visit! This image is available on a variety of products in our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
08/08/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: products decorated with this image of sailing at sunset off San Diego, California - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products!
08/07/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Leigh from Oakland, California, USA, who purchased a mousepad with a photograph (below) of Redwood Regional Park in the Bay Area, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! I have a 16"x20" print of this photo in my own home. I sometimes call it "The Road not Taken," because I took a trail to the right, instead! This image is available on a variety of products in our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
08/06/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting by the original fountain at Mission Santa Barbara.
08/05/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Crystal from Ringgold, Georgia, USA, who purchased a refrigerator magnet of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! Thanks for your repeat business, Crystal! We are glad that you enjoy the image! This image is available on a variety of products in our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
08/03/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: "Hang glide San Francisco!" products decorated with this image of a hang glider on a cliff at Fort Funston, San Francisco, California - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards , postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products!
08/02/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Crystal from Ringgold, Georgia, USA, who purchased a postcard of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
08/02/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of a kitesurfer (kiteboarder) just off a windy California Coast - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards , postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" Update! These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products! Zazzle® is BLAZINGLY fast today!
08/01/2011: The photograph below, of Yosemite Chapel (on wrapped canvas), is currently on display in the Livermore Art Association's "Member's Show" in the Livermore Library, through August. The image is a Cheshire Cat Photo "Featured Print."
07/29/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Richard from Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, who purchased 8 postcards of the Bixby Creek Bridge in Big Sur from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products in our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
07/28/2011: Prices on T-shirts in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle® have been reduced! Shop now and save! Give the Gift of California!℠
07/28/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of Fern Spring in Yosemite Valley, California, in October - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" UPDATE: These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products! Many more styles and colors are available!
07/27/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of Fern Spring in Yosemite Valley, California, in July - from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" UPDATE: These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products! Many more styles and colors are available!
07/26/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with a wine press in Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad. An index of ALL of the Spanish Missions in California that I have photographed to date is here, and a photoblog entry about Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad is here.
07/25/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this digitally-altered image of Columbus Street in San Francisco, California, from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! The original print-on-canvas is currently hanging in the Ryan Fine Art Gallery on I Street in Livermore, CA. "Give the Gift of California!℠" UPDATE: These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products! Many more styles and colors are available!
07/25/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Melissa from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA, who purchased postcards of Santa Barbara sailboats and the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! These images are available on a variety of products in our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
07/23/2011: I want to thank and congratulate the young couple who purchased (Print #1) of a 16x20-inch print (matted and framed to 20x24 inches) of the image below of an old (and still doing its job pumping water for livestock) Aeromotor windmill on Hartford Avenue north of Livermore. The colors of the hills reflect that time of spring (April 18 that year) when rains have (generally) stopped and some parts of the hills dry out faster than others. The low rays of the evening sun accentuate the hilly landscape. I have removed the print from my "Featured Prints" page, although I may print Print #2 in the future (especially if I receive a request for the image). My "Featured Prints" are all signed (for framed and matted prints, in three places) and numbered. A "squared-off" version of the image has been very popular on coasters at art fairs and other events.
07/21/2011: This weekend, July 23 and 24, is the 25th Anniversary of the "Art Under the Oaks" art show at Alden Lane Nursery in Livermore, California, and of course Cheshire Cat Photo will be there with photography of California by William Hackett. The Livermore Art Association Press Release follows:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 13, 2011
"Art Under the Oaks" Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Special "Gardens to Art" indoor exhibit built by Alden Lane Nursery
Livermore, CA - The 25th anniversary of "Art Under the Oaks is the weekend of July 23 and 24. Hosted by the Livermore Art Association and Alden Lane Nursery, the event combines art, food and live music under the nursery's beautiful oak canopy. Over 40 local artists will display art for sale, offering an array of paintings, prints, pottery, jewelry, baskets, fiber arts and photography. Other activities include fruit tasting, live music, wine tasting offered by eleven local wineries, and a grand door prize. Tri-Valley Woodcarvers return this year to show their sculptures inside the exotic flower building. Also, Charles Harder will be demonstrating bonsai techniques on junipers and other plants. Alden Lane will host a leaf-painting class at 3:00 on Saturday.
To celebrate the event's 25th year, Alden Lane is building a special "Gardens to Art" exhibit inside Ruthie's room. They will combine artworks with flowers and babbling fountains to create a resplendent garden setting.
The show is open from 11:00 am - 4:00 both days, with free admission. Alden Lane Nursery is at the corner of Holmes and Alden Lane in Livermore. Overflow parking will be available at Sunset Plaza, at the corner of Concannon & Holmes. There is a free shuttle to the nursery. For more information go to www.aldenlane.com or call the LAA Gallery at 925-449-9927.
Attached are photos from the 2010 event:
Kathleen Hill demonstrates her animal portrait techniques.
Erin Davis's pottery booth is set between the nursery's Annuals and Perennials.
Rhonda Chase's jewelry sits beneath one of the majestic oaks.
07/16/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of Tuolumne Meadows, in Yosemite National Park, from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" UPDATE: These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products! Many more styles and colors are available!
07/16/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with Fern Spring in April, in Yosemite Valley. Here are two (1, 2) of my blogs about April visits (one of my favorite times) to Yosemite Valley.
07/15/2011: According to Alexa today's worldwide ranking for Cheshire Cat Photo is 332,076 and 69,515 in the U.S. (not the lowest numbers it has achieved), and "This site is relatively popular among users in the cities of Sacramento (where it is ranked #2,386) and San Francisco (#7,107). Thank you, visitors! (I wonder if the site is "popular" in the California Capitol Building itself? :-) )
07/15/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of the Merced River in January, in Yosemite Valley, from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" UPDATE: These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products! Many more styles and colors are available!
07/14/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of the Merced River in November, in Yosemite Valley, from keychains to tote bags, baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" UPDATE: These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products! Many more styles and colors are available!
07/13/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Sharon from Laurens, South Carolina, USA, who purchased Pfeiffer Beach, Big Sur apparel from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of our products in our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
07/12/2011: We hung the LAA "Back to the Future Show" today at the Bankhead Theater on First Street in Livermore, CA. The Press Release, which I wrote and my Publicity Chair approved, is below, along with two images by founders and early contributors of the Livermore Art Association (LAA). Since the theme was "Through Time," I submitted this image of a wind-carved arch on Mount Diablo.
Photos attached
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Downtown Livermore "Back to the Future Show" is from July 13 - September 19
Livermore - On Wednesday, July 13, Livermore Art Association (LAA) will open the "Back to the Future Show" at the Bankhead Theater in downtown Livermore. The show, produced by LAA in conjunction with the Bothwell Art Center, honors LAA Founders and early contributors while showing changes in artistic expression of LAA members through time. There are 30 artworks for the public to enjoy, with the common theme, "Through Time." The display will remain up through September 19. Most artworks are for sale. There will be a free reception that is open to the public on Thursday, August 18 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. The show will be open during Bankhead Theater events. The Bankhead Theater is located at 2400 1st Street, Livermore. For more information call the LAA Gallery at 925-449-9927.
Attached are two watercolors by founders of LAA:
Ted Kautsky and Melani Lacki
07/11/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Sheila from Landisburg, Pennsylvania, USA, who purchased a refrigerator magnet of McWay Falls in Big Sur from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of our products in our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
07/11/2011: I purchased two T-shirts, one with each (1, 2) of the following designs of CAts (California cats), from Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! I'll wear them at Art Under the Oaks at the Alden Lane Nursery in Livermore, CA on July 23 and 24. I hope to see you local folks there!
07/10/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with leaves and a boulder, just off the beaten path to Yosemite Falls!
07/10/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of surfing a world-class break (one of two!) in Santa Cruz, California, from baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" UPDATE: These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products! Many more styles and colors are available!
07/03/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of Half Dome in winter, from baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to greeting cards and note cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" UPDATE: These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click on the links above to see SOME of the products! Many more styles and colors are available!
07/02/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with a lone pine along the Bear Gulch Trail in the Eastern Pinnacles!
07/02/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: California products decorated with this image of Yosemite Chapel in October, the oldest building in public use in Yosemite Valley, from baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" UPDATE: These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click the links above to see SOME of the products! Many more styles and colors are available!
07/01/2011: Cheshire Cat Photo has two photographic images by William Hackett at the "Our Best Shot" show from now through the month of July at the Livermore Library. ("Merced River, November, " a 36"x24"print on stretched canvas and "Ravenswood, Livermore, CA" 16"x20"archival print, matted and framed to 20"x24"). Two other prints (both on stretched canvas) are still at the US Bank Show (see the 06/13/2011 entry below) until July 12.
06/30/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: products decorated with this image of El Capitan in summer, in Yosemite Valley, from baby's clothes to kid's clothes, ballcaps to magnets, T-shirts to cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases and MORE! "Give the Gift of California!℠" UPDATE: These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click the links above to see SOME of the products! Many more styles and colors are available!
06/29/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Lorrie from Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, (darn it, I miss Santa Fe! :-) ) who purchased a magnet with an image of Santa Barbara sailboats from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of products at our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
06/28/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: products decorated with this image of Cathedral Grove, in Muir Woods (once the site of a UN meeting), from baby's clothes to kid's clothes, T-shirts to cards, postcards to mugs and MORE, and including iPhone and iPad cases! "Give the Gift of California!℠" UPDATE: These designs are now in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Click the links above to see SOME of the products!
06/27/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: products decorated with this image of a Muir Woods Walkway, from baby's clothes to kid's clothes, T-shirts to cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases! "Give the Gift of California!℠" UPDATE: The Muir Woods Walkway products are in the Store! Here are links for iPhone 4 cases, women's T-shirts, and Tote Bags (note that Budget Totes are ALSO available).
06/26/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Steve from Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, who purchased a couple of postcards of Santa Barbara sailboats from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of our products at our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
06/26/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: products decorated with this image of a California Poppy (the state flower of California) and this one of California Vines, from T-shirts to cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases! "Give the Gift of California!℠" These were available in under 10 minutes - the folks and software at Zazzle® are on TOP of things this Sunday! The last time I looked, Zazzle® was offering $5 off T-shirts, 40% off bags, and 30% off iPhone cases! I don't know for how long....
06/25/2011: My image, "Muir Woods Walkway" at the US Bank Show in Livermore won a "Special Award." I saw one of the co-chairs, Bud Donaldson, today, and I asked him whether the award was "especially GOOD, or especially BAD!" :-) He told me that my photographic image was chosen by the staff of the US Bank as THEIR favorite, and THAT'S good enough for me!
06/25/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Clark from Roseville, CA, USA, who purchased a postcard, and to Sara from Pacifica, CA, who purchased a magnet, of the historic Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! Today was definitely the day for the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
06/25/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Eileen from Seminole, Florida, USA, who purchased a magnet of the historic Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! Check out our store for hundreds of products decorated with images of California. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
06/24/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: products decorated with this image of a happily "California Dreamin'" striped CAt (California cat), from T-shirts to cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases! "Give the Gift of California!℠" Here is a URL for California Dreamin' mugs, and others are in the CAts (California CAts) section.
06/24/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with Yosemite Chapel, the oldest building in public use in Yosemite Valley!
06/23/2011: I just created a 10"x14" wrapped-canvas print of a Digital PhotoArt image of Marina Green, San Francisco, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly®. I can't wait to see the print! I'lI have it and another new canvas Digital PhotoArt image from San Francisco, at Art Under the Oaks!
06/18/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with a hallway at Mission La Purísima Concepción de María Santísima near Lompoc, CA.
06/16/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: products decorated with this image of a lucky Black CAt (California cat), from T-shirts to cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases! "Give the Gift of California!℠" (Update July 17 - They are HERE!)
06/14/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: products decorated with this image of Fannette Island and Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, from T-shirts to cards, postcards to mugs, and including iPhone and iPad cases! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
06/13/2011: Cheshire Cat Photo will exhibit the two photographic images-on-canvas below ("Yosemite Chapel"and "Muir Woods Walkway;"each is "Print #1" for the image) at the Livermore Art Association (LAA) show in the US Bank in Livermore, starting this Thursday, June 16. The show will run until July 12.
The LAA Press Release follows:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Downtown Livermore "US Bank Show" is from June 16 - July 12
Livermore - On Thursday June 16th, Livermore Art Association will open the ninth annual "US Bank Show" at the US Bank in downtown Livermore. Local artists will fill the entire bank with over 80 artworks for the public to appreciate. The display will remain up until July 12th. Most artworks are for sale. There will be an awards reception on Wednesday, June 22 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm, with punch served. The event will be open during US Bank's business hours: Mon-Thu 9:00-5:00, Fri 9:00-6:00, and Sat 9:00-1:00. US Bank is located at 2125 Second Street, Livermore. For more information call the LAA Gallery at 925-449-9927.
06/11/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, with verticals this time, starting at Fern Spring (four seasons: 1, 2, 3, 4) in Yosemite Valley (1, 2, 3, 4).
06/07/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: products decorated with these images of a Yosemite Butterfly (Tiger Swallowtail) and a Yosemite Buck (Blacktail Deer), from T-shirts to mugs and including iPhone and iPad cases! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
06/05/2011: I added the Google +1 button to the Landing, Home, News, and Shop pages. Note: these show up in Firefox but not Safari.
06/05/2011: Coming in the next 24 hours to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®: products decorated with this image of a California Sea Otter, from T-shirts to mugs and including iPhone and iPad cases! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
06/04/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with a view of Lake Tahoe (1) from U.S. Route 50 near Echo Summit!
06/04/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Clare from Southsea, in the United Kingdom, who purchased a postcard of the Bixby Bridge in Big Sur from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! "Give the Gift of California!℠"
06/02/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Antonella from Pfaeffikon Zh, Switzerland, who purchased a postcard of Mission San Francisco de Asís and to Karen from San Francisco, CA, USA, who purchased a postcard of the historic Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! Check out our store for hundreds of products decorated with images of California. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
05/31/2011: Visit the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! Zazzle® is offering FREE SHIPPING on orders of $50 or more from now until June 6 at 3 PM U.S. Pacific Time.
05/31/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Manuela from Völkingen, Germany, who purchased a magnet with an image of Santa Barabara Sailboats from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of our products at our store. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
05/30/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Amy from Evanston, IL, USA, who purchased a postcard of the historic Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This image is available on a variety of our products at the store. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
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05/30/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting at Emerald Bay (1) on Lake Tahoe's (1) western shore.
05/25/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Amy from San Francisco, CA, USA, who purchased a postcard of Mission San Francisco de Asís from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! Check out our store for hundreds of products decorated with images of California. "Give the Gift of California!℠"
05/24/2011: I added a Resources page to the site, to centralize access to useful goodies and links! The link to the Presentations page and to pages about California Missions are there, as are links for other useful pages. A "Resources" link is in the table above.
05/22/2011: From now through June 30, 2011: Orders over $50 from the Cheshire Cat Photo Pro Gallery on Shutterfly are discounted 10%; orders over $100 are discounted 15%! Choose Prints and Gifts decorated with photos of California's Wonderland. Great Father's Day Gifts!
05/22/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with April love on Lake Tahoe's (1) south shore.
05/18/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting at Upper Truckee Marsh in South Lake Tahoe.
05/16/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Jessica from Mountain View, CA, USA, who purchased a postcard of the historic Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! This photo is available on a variety of other products at our store. "Give the Gift of California℠" for Father's Day at Cheshire Cat Photo™!
05/15/2011: Cheshire Cat Photo, with images by award-winning local photographer William Hackett, will be at the "LAA Exhibit" Art Show in Carnegie Park, Livermore CA, at the Amgen Tour of California Stage 4 Start THIS Wednesday, May 18!
05/15/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting at Fannette Island (with the ruins of Tea House) in Emerald Bay of Lake Tahoe. Slides include several of CA State Parks on the list to be closed in September! Enjoy my photoblog entry about my day trip to Lake Tahoe on April 9. A very-late 1-inch snowfall last night at Lake Tahoe and a forecast 1-3 inches of snow today has delayed the start of Stage 1 of the Amgen Tour of California cycling race, with a shortened Stage 1 planned to begin at 1:15 PM PDT if weather conditions improve. Weather did NOT improve in Tahoe, and Stage 1 of the race was canceled.
05/09/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Lisa from Rochester, NY, USA, who purchased over a dozen postcards of Mission San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo (in Carmel, CA) from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! "Give the Gift of California℠" for Father's Day at Cheshire Cat Photo™! Zazzle is the title sponsor of the "Bay to Breakers" footrace in San Francisco this year!
05/09/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Roy from Willis, TX, USA, who purchased a postcard of the Bixby Bridge in Big Sur from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! "Give the Gift of California℠" for Father's Day at Cheshire Cat Photo™!
05/08/2011: I uploaded 41 images of those taken during my day trip to Lake Tahoe in April, to the "Other Places" album of the Cheshire Cat Photo Pro Gallery on Shutterfly. I also used most of the images to illustrate my earlier blog entry, "Finding snow," about the trip.
05/07/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting at the altar of Mission San Antonio de Padua, which is located on Fort Hunter-Liggett.
05/06/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Ryan from Charlotte, NC, USA, who purchased a refrigerator magnet of Moonstone Beach ("... an oceanfront getaway") near Cambria, CA from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! "Give the Gift of California℠" for Mother's Day at Cheshire Cat Photo™!
05/04/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Matthew from Stockton, CA, USA, who purchased a number of postcards of the Bixby Bridge from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! "Give the Gift of California℠" for Mother's Day at Cheshire Cat Photo™! Zazzle is the title sponsor of the "Bay to Breakers" footrace in San Francisco this year!
05/03/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Beth from Fort Washington, MD, USA, who purchased a postcard of Bermuda buttercups at Sunset State Beach from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! "Give the Gift of California℠" for Mother's Day at Cheshire Cat Photo™! Zazzle is the title sponsor of the "Bay to Breakers" footrace in San Francisco this year!
05/02/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Mary from Neptune, NJ, USA, who purchased a postcard of beautiful Mission San Antonio de Padua (yes, you DO have to go through a military checkpoint to get there - it's WORTH it! :-) ) from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! "Give the Gift of California℠" for Mother's Day at Cheshire Cat Photo™! Zazzle is the title sponsor of the "Bay to Breakers" footrace in San Francisco this year!
04/26/2011:This Saturday and Sunday, April 30 and May 1, the Livermore Wine Country Festival will be happening in downtown Livermore, CA from 10 AM to 6 PM Saturday and from 10 AM to 5 PM Sunday! I will have my photography in the Livermore Art Association booth #39, near the Livermore Chamber of Commerce Building. You can download a map of all of the vendors from that link! I hope to see you there!
04/24/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with the Point Piños Light, in Pacific Grove, California.
04/22/2011: Congratulations and Thank-you! - to Elizabeth from Herndon, VA, USA, who purchased a T-shirt decorated with a photo of "The Queen of the Missions," beautiful Mission Santa Barbara from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle®! "Give the Gift of California℠" for Mother's Day at Cheshire Cat Photo™!
04/16/2011:I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with a Santa Cruz sunset along West Cliff Drive.
04/16/2011: Happening NOW: The Livermore Art Association show - "The Essential Nude" at the Bothwell Art Center (map) in Livermore, California...! My wife and I attended the reception on Thursday evening, and you can catch the show today and tomorrow from 11:00 AM 'til 4 PM. Admission is FREE!
04/13/2011: Until I have time to add a better solution to point schoolkids (and us OLDER kids! :-) ) to links about the California Missions, I am reposting some links from further down on this page. - "Teachers and schoolchildren are welcome to use my low-resolution images of the Missions for non-profit use in education! To facilitate the use of Mission photos, I have placed ALL of the low-resolution Mission images HERE, in the California Missions section of the Portfolio. Here is an index to all of my photoblog entries on the California Missions, as an aid to schoolkids and others."
04/10/2011: Cheshire Cat Photo congratulates and thanks our customer with Eye in the UK for her recent purchase of a "Santa Barbara Sailboats" product from the Cheshire Cat Photo Store on Zazzle! We in the U.S. love the Cheshire Cat ALMOST as much as you folks in the U.K.!
04/08/2011: Cheshire Cat Photo congratulates and thanks Burton of Glendale, California for his recent purchase of a "Santa Barbara Sailboats" product from the Cheshire Cat Photo Store on Zazzle!
04/07/2011:I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with the historic Plaza Hotel, in San Juan Bautista!
04/07/2011: The last week was a real blur, ending with a VERY successful Spring Art Show at the Barn in Livermore (1, 2, 3), the taking down of my exhibit at the First Street Alehouse, an LAA Board Meeting, a significant (aren't they ALL? :-) ) birthday, and subbing in for a team captain during an LAA Circuit change yesterday! Heck, I even had time to get a haircut and mow my lawn! Both hair and lawn had been growing profusely, the lawn from all of the recent rain that also prevented me from cutting it! Today, I am finishing residual work, accomplishing some tasks for NEXT YEAR's Spring Art Show (the band is booked!), and thinking about when I can work in a day of shooting that I have been planning for awhile! On the horizon are The Essential Nude show with reception on April 14 and running from April 15-17 (no, I don't have an entry, but will definitely attend), the Carnegie Centennial Art & History Fair on May 14 (Cheshire Cat Photo will have a booth), and the "LAA Exhibit" Art Show in Carnegie Park the morning of the Amgen Tour of California cycle race (heck yeah, we'll be there!). From this time of year onward, the Art never stops in Livermore, California. Pretty soon, we hope to make it seamlessly continuous! :-) Come visit!
03/30/2011: See my work and the art of the many gifted local artists in this part of California, at the Livermore Art Association's Spring Art Show at The Barn in Livermore, CA, this weekend, April 2 and 3, during EXTENDED hours - 10 AM until 5 PM! The event displays the art of over 100 local artists - almost 300 pieces on the main floor alone! The event is FREE to the public, even the reception (with food and band!) on Saturday night from 7 until 9 PM!
03/30/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
03/29/2011: Cheshire Cat Photo thanks Johanna of Minneapolis, MN for her recent purchase from the Cheshire Cat Photo Store on Zazzle! I barely made my escape from the Twin Cities after a tech visit to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN once as a blizzard was coming (in early November) and my plane was de-iced TWICE! The nice folks in Minneapolis-Saint Paul held the plane back to Oakland for me! In any case, I hope you enjoy the photo of Santa Cruz, and just trust me that spring is coming! The temperature in parts of the Bay Area may hit 80 F in the next few days! (And the snow pack in the Sierra is the deepest since 1995...! Good news!)
03/25/2011: I created a new page for presentations, and I placed my presentation, “Digital Photography 101: Some tips for nonprofessionals" on the "Presentations" page, in Keynote, Powerpoint, and PDF formats. First, I replaced the high-resolution images in the presentation with low-resolution images and "Web-safe" colors, and I removed soundtracks which contained copyrighted music. Please excuse any "fuzziness" and image degradation from the use of the low-res images. I do not post high-resolution images on the Web. Also, some of the "object-aware" transitions of the Keynote presentation are not supported in the other formats.
03/21/2011: Today the combined Livermore Art Association (LAA) and Pleasanton Art League (PAL) general meeting for March will be held at 7:30 PM at Almond Avenue School in Livermore, in the Almond Room. The public is invited.
Walter Davies talks about “Alternative Photographic Processes.” Walter’s work is created in both film and digital cameras and then realized in light and darkrooms. Finished work is comprised of traditional color and silver images as well as works made with Platinum/Palladium emulsions that are hand coated on fine art papers.
My topic will be “Digital Photography 101: Some Tips for Nonprofessionals.” With affordable multi-megapixel compact digital cameras (and somewhat less affordable digital SLRs), the dream of becoming a better photographer has come within the reach of almost everyone. Ah, but how...? Come learn about a few basic things that you can do to become a much better photographer with your current digital camera. The good news...? Not all of those ho-hum or “downright bad” photos are your fault! Sometimes they are your CAMERA’s fault. Learn ways to improve photos and your own technique. Come and see whether you are willing to invest the work it takes to make some or all of your photos outstanding!
03/19/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with combing Hole-in-the-Wall Beach.
03/14/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with surfing at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz.
03/13/2011: Cheshire Cat Photo extends its sympathies to the people of Japan as they struggle to cope with the consequences of the 8.9-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Sendai.
03/11/2011: Meet William Hackett and see his photography at Panama Red Coffee Co. during the Art Crawl in Livermore, CA, Saturday March 12, from 1 to 4 PM!
03/11/2011: Press Release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 11, 2011
William Hackett's photographic images at Panama Red Coffee Co., Livermore
Livermore - Panama Red Coffee Co. is hosting an exhibition of scenic photographic images of California by local Livermore photographer William Hackett of Cheshire Cat Photo, during the month of March. The color images include several prize-winning photographs. All artworks are for sale. The event will be open during Panama Red's regular hours. The Panama Red Coffee Co. is located at 2115 1st Street, Livermore, CA 94550;
Attached are two photographs entitled:
Point Bonita Lighthouse
Bridalveil Meadow in Winter, Yosemite
03/06/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with a hang glider "on the edge" at Fort Funston in San Francisco, with other folks walking along the beach, far below.
03/03/2011: The live music was just starting as I finished hanging 11 prints at the Panama Red Coffee Company tonight on First Street in Livermore. Prints will hang through March, and I will be there for a small reception during the March 12 Art Crawl from 1 - 4 PM. Drop by, have some great coffee, and thank the folks for supporting the Arts in Livermore.
02/26/2011: Cheshire Cat Photo thanks Ann of Moreno Valley, CA, for her recent purchase on Zazzle!
02/25/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite's High Country, along the Tioga Road.
02/23/2011: Cheshire Cat Photo thanks Anna of Winchester, VA, Kai-chiang of El Dorado Hills, CA, and Geoffrey of Washington, D.C., who recently purchased our products on Zazzle!
02/22/2011: Cheshire Cat Photo extends sympathies to the people of New Zealand, after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake caused the deaths of at least 65 in Christchurch today.
02/19/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with tufa on the South Shore of Mono Lake.
02/15/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with boats and surfers at the Golden Gate.
02/14/2011: Press release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 13, 2011
William Hackett's photographic images at the First Street Alehouse, Livermore
Livermore - The First Street Alehouse is hosting an exhibition of photographic "Images of California" by local Livermore photographer William Hackett of Cheshire Cat Photo, during the months of February and March. The images include color prints on both archival photographic paper and on stretched canvas. The images are a subset of those that Bill displayed at the Bankhead Theater, along with those of Walter Davies, during their "Images of the American West" exhibition last July through September . All artworks are for sale. The event will be open during the Alehouse's regular hours. The First Street Alehouse is located at 2106 1st Street, Livermore, CA 94550-4406; (925) 371-6588.
Attached are two photographs titled:
Muir Woods Walkway
San Giovanni, Monterey
02/08/2011: What are those little "doodads" ( ) all over the site? StumbleUpon buttons ( ) ! You can "like" and "share" pages in the Cheshire Cat Photo site, even individual blog entries! (See the 01/01/2011 entry below!) If you are unfamiliar with the Web-discovery tool, StumbleUpon (ALL of us were, at one time! :-) ), you can read more about it on their site and even place a toolbar in your browser!
02/08/2011: This morning, the Livermore Art Association Publicity Chair, Christine McCall and I met with Donna Pontau, a Senior Management Analyst with the City of Livermore, to talk about the city's plans for the upcoming Amgen Tour of California, which will begin its "Stage 4" in Livermore on May 18. We discussed artist involvement in events leading up to, and during, race day. Pontau provided the following information, approved by Amgen, for release about the race:
"The City of Livermore is excited to host the Stage 4 Start of the 2011 Amgen Tour of California on Wednesday, May 18th! The Amgen Tour of California is a Tour de France-style cycling road race that challenges the world’s top professional riders along a state-wide demanding course from may 15-22, 2011. Stage 4, an 83 mile route from Livermore to San Jose, is the only 2011 Bay Area segment for this internationally known cycling event. Hosting this event brings international prominence to Livermore, fills its hotels, brings residents and visitors to its restaurants and shops, and creates a family friendly fun experience. For more information visit www.amgentourofcalifornia.com or the City’s special Facebook page. The corporate sponsor for Stage 4 is United Health Care."
02/07/2011: Press release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 7, 2011
LAA Gallery features Photographer William Hackett this February
Livermore - William Hackett of Cheshire Cat Photo is exhibiting photographic images of California, as the LAA Featured Artist for February, at the Livermore Art Association (LAA) Gallery at the Carnegie Building at 2155 3rd Street in Livermore, CA. Gallery hours are 11:30 AM to 4:00 PM, Wednesday through Sunday. The works include a "Best of Show" award winner and images printed on wrapped canvas. Bill also has photographs and photo gifts displayed in his regular exhibit at the Gallery.The Gallery is the perfect place to find unique handmade gifts made by local artists. Admission is free. LAA Gallery is open 11:30-4:00 Wed-Sun, and is located in the historic Carnegie Building at 2155 3rd St. Livermore. For more info call the Gallery 925-449-9927.
02/05/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting in Princeton-by-the-Sea.
01/31/2011: Cheshire Cat Photo thanks the customer in Alameda, CA and the customer in Mansfield, U.K. who recently purchased products at our store on Zazzle! We appreciate your business!
01/30/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting on the shore of Tenaya Lake, at 8150 feet (2848 m) in Yosemite's high country.
01/29/2011: I displayed my photographs at TWO locations today. The first location has a subset of my photographs from the"Images of the American West" exhibition at the Bankhead Theater from July through September 2010. The current show is at the First Street Ale House on First Street in Livermore, CA, and will run through March. The second display is in the Livermore Art Association Gallery at the Carnegie Building in Carnegie Park, Livermore, where I am "Gallery Artist of the Month" for February. If you are local to the area, please stop by either or both displays.
01/15/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with Half Dome and the Merced River, in Yosemite Valley in April.
01/15/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with beachcombing at Hole-In-The-Wall Beach.
01/11/2011: I added more photos of my shoot with local artist, Angela Johal, to the "Artist and Business Portraits" page.
01/10/2011: One of my photos of Angela Johal, with whom I did a photo shoot at the end of December for business portraits that "catch California artists at their art," appeared in in the Livermore Art Association press release for a show by Christine McCall and Angela at the Bankhead Theater, starting January 12:
2 photos attached: Angela Johal with collage, photo by Bill Hackett
Christine McCall's "Bankhead Theater"
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 7, 2011
"Colorful Kaleidoscopes and Abstracts" artworks at The Bankhead Theater
Livermore, CA - Livermore artists Angela Johal and Christine McCall will be showing their colorful collections of art at The Bankhead Theater from January 12 - February 14. Angela Johal is displaying her abstract collages made with tissue paper and paint color-samples. Christine McCall is showing her Livermore Kaleidoscope collection, featuring the historic buildings and iconic sights of Livermore.
Angela Johal is a local award-winning artist that displays her work in national & local shows, wineries, galleries and businesses. She is a local art teacher, art show judge, and is Vice-President & Liaison of Shows for the Livermore Art Association. Her latest abstract works draw from pop culture, consumerism & the sea of images & choices that tend to leave one void. "Embrace them, infuse them with the natural world, re-arrange & decode them, give them a soul."
Christine McCall is a local software engineer and artist, who is Publicity Chair for Livermore Art Association. Her Kaleidoscope project is a fun and interesting way of looking at the landmark buildings in town. A slice of a photograph is mirrored many times until the result looks like it's being viewed through a kaleidoscope. Some of the buildings featured are the Donut Wheel, Panama Red Coffee, Vine Cinemas, and the Bankhead Theater.
The exposition will continue through February 14. Most artworks are for sale. The event will be open during the Bankhead Theater's regularly scheduled events. The Bankhead Theater is located at 2400 1st Street, Livermore, CA 94550. It is a project of the Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center, a not-for-profit corporation.
01/08/2011: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with sailing the Golden Gate.
01/08/2011: I attended a reception at the show "East Meets West" at the Livermore Library. I am not exhibiting, but please check it out if you are local.
01/03/2011: I helped with receiving art and hanging at the LAA Winter Show at the Robert Livermore Community Center on East Avenue, Livermore, CA. No, I do not have any photographs in the show - I just want everyone to KNOW about it and local folks to visit and view the 20 works by 10 local artists!
01/01/2011: I added StumbleUpon buttons ( ) to SEVERAL locations in the site, so that you can "Stumble" the Cheshire Cat Photo landing page (a "hot LZ" to you, Sarge! :-) ), the homepage, pages in the site (including this one), the main Blog page (top of the left-hand column) and each individual Blog entry (down at the bottom) in the archives ("The Vault"). Now you can easily "Stumble" the particular blog entries that you like! Please "like" them and "share" them liberally! :-) If you are unfamiliar with the Web-discovery tool, StumbleUpon (ALL of us were, at one time! :-) ), you can read more about it on their site and even place a toolbar in your browser!
12/26/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting under the rotunda of the Sunol Water Temple.
12/26/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with climbing the Tioga Road westward from Mono Lake to the Tioga Pass on this trip in October.
12/22/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with a stained glass window of angels in the Basilica of Mission San Francisco de Asís.
12/21/2010: The Livermore Art Association (LAA) is sponsoring a small art show (roughly 20 pieces at 1 piece per artist) at the Robert Livermore Community Center on East Avenue, from January 3 through January 31, 2011. The name of the show is the LAA Winter Show, listed as the LAA Winter Art Show on the LAA Web site, where members can download an entry form with details. Deadline for submission of the entry form (first-come, first served) is December 29, 2010. Submission of artwork is at 5 PM on January 3. You must be a 2011 LAA member in good standing to enter. Local folks may want to take in the LAA Winter Show in January, or the LAA Gallery Artists Winter Show, which is hanging now until January 3.
12/17/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with Morro Bay after dark.
12/14/2010: I added a "GTranslate" widget to the Cheshire Cat Photo Blog (top of the left-hand column below the blog entry) to allow "Google Translations" of English text on that page to a variety of other languages. I apologize in advance for my use of American idioms and other noninternational English (which I can control) and for any inaccuracies in translations by GTranslate (which I cannot)!
12/14/2010: I was reminded again of the wide reach of my postings (and the internation distribution of cat lovers) when I was contacted by James Winsoar, Managing Director, Microchip Cat Flaps Ltd, in Nottingham, in the U.K. about a link exchange! The company manufactures what we in the U.S. would call "pet doors" or "cat doors," BUT WITH A "TWIST!" The door or "pet porte" has numerous settings to respond to your cat's microchip! Only YOUR cat can use it! Brilliant! There is even a setting to defeat "tailgating" :-) that sometimes even occurs in Silicon Valley high-tech companies with RFID tags in their badges. Thanks for contacting me, Mr. Winsoar! Your link is above. I currently do not have a "Links" section, but will add your link to that section as well, when I add it. (Note to our readers: this is a link exchange, not a product endorsement.)
12/13/2010: I just made another international sale at the Cheshire Cat Photo Store on Zazzle®, in British Pounds! Pardon my enthusiasm (it must be the small businessman in me :-) ), but I find every international sale (Pounds and Euros seem to predominate so far) to be quite exciting! Although my high-tech background was heavily based in "Internet," the rapidly "shrinking" nature of our world continues to amaze me! And I always find the personal encouragement of sales to be the most sincere compliments of my work.... :-)
12/13/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with the Golden Gate Bridge from Baker Beach in January.
12/13/2010: I added an AccuWeather strip for Livermore, California weather to the Blog page, to replace an older weather widget that was giving me fits! :-) The weather strip has hyperlinks to maps of weather over much of the United States, as well!
12/12/2010: PHP upgrade (and Wordpress upgrade) below is complete and our blog is accessible.
12/11/2010: PHP upgrade is in progress, starting at 10 PM (22:00) PST. Our blog will be unavailable until the upgrade is completed.
12/07/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with beachcombing at Hole-In-the-Wall Beach.
12/06/2010: Photographs by William Hackett (of Cheshire Cat Photo) and by Jennie McGregor, and paintings by Angela Johal, are hung in the Robert Livermore Community Center through December 2010 in the LAA Gallery Artists Winter Show. The Center is at 4444 East Avenue in Livermore, California, and is maintained by the Livermore Area Recreation and Park District (Thanks, LARPD!).
12/03/2010: Cheshire Cat Photo, featuring photography of California by William Hackett, will have a booth at the Garré Winery during Holidays in the Vineyards in Livermore, CA on this Saturday and Sunday, December 4 and 5, from noon until 5 PM. Framed and stretched-canvas prints will also be offered at the LAA Gallery in Carnegie Park both days, from 11:30 AM to 4 PM.
11/28/2010: Local to Livermore? Shop locally at the LAA Holiday Boutique at the LAA Gallery in Carnegie Park, Livermore, California on Saturday, December 4! Swing by my booth at the Garré Winery during Holidays in the Vineyards while you are out and about, or stop by on Sunday, December 5! We'll still be there!
11/28/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with the California Palace of the Legion of Honor (1, 2) in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.
11/22/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with the sanctuary of Mission Santa Barbara. Please notice the trompe-l'œil "window"painted on the (viewer's) left wall!
11/21/2010: I wanted to extend a warm "thank-you" to customers abroad who have made purchases at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle in British Pounds and Euros. I am happy to have my work accepted abroad, and international purchases by Internet make me realize what a small world it has become!
11/21/2010: Zazzle is offering 40% off photo calendars through November 30, 2010 with the use of their coupon code. Zazzle is ALSO still offering FREE SHIPPING with orders of $50 or more (using an additional coupon code). See their site for more information. Now is the time to order Cheshire Cat Photo™ 2011 calendars of California! Each calendar has 13 images, viewable in high resolution at Zazzle!
Give the gift of California!℠
Choose from the four styles below:
California 2011
California Coast 2011
California Missions 2011
Yosemite 2011
11/17/2010: I wanted to extend a warm greeting from Cheshire Cat Photo to the large number of site visitors from Redmond, WA, New York, NY, Dallas, TX, and San Diego, CA in the United States. When I worked for Sun Microsystems and had SBC as a customer, I visited Dallas on business a couple of times - great city, bad traffic by Texas standards. I also wanted to warmly greet the large number of visitors from Beijing, China, Stockholm, Sweden (probably a bit of the traffic is from Picsearch), Antwerp, Belgium, and Paris, France. Thanks for spreading the word internationally about Cheshire Cat Photo.
11/17/2010: I received a flyer from Garré Vineyard and Winery today, advertising Holidays in the Vineyards. I'll be at Garré both days in the Cheshire Cat Photo booth. Give the gift of California!℠ I hope to see all of you local folks there!
11/16/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with Santa Barbara Harbor (1), at sunset.
11/16/2010: As I was shopping for some samples of my four California 2011 Calendars yesterday on Zazzle™, I noticed that Zazzle™ was offering FREE SHIPPING on orders of $50 or more! Now would be an excellent time to order calendars, apparel, cards, postcards, mugs, and many other items decorated with images of California, from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle™, for holiday gift giving!
11/14/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with the Capitola Wharf.
11/06/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with a warm, sunny, January day in Rio del Mar.
11/02/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with combing Panther Beach.
11/01/2010: I took my 36x24-inch print on canvas, "Merced River in November," to the "Winter Holiday Show" in San Ramon, CA at the Dougherty Station Community Center (see LAA Press Release below). I stayed around awhile to help Lenore Kreit and Norma Webb with hanging the art. It looks like a WONDERFUL show, and many of the pieces (including mine :-) ) are for sale, just in time for the holidays. Contact information for the artist is on the card beneath each piece. The show will hang until December 17.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 26, 2010
"Winter Holiday Show" brings Livermore artists to San Ramon
November 1 - December 17
"Livermore Art Association offers (presents) a Winter Holiday Celebration Art Show at Dougherty Station Community Center in San Ramon. The Art Show features more than 30 art works by 20 local artists including metal works, paintings and photography. All art is for sale. The show will run from November 1st to December 17th. The Dougherty Station Community Center is located at 17011 Bollinger Canyon Road, San Ramon and is open Monday through Friday, 8:30am to 5pm. Admission is free.
Participating artists include metalist Frank Cameron, painters Louise Gray, Angela Johal, Linda Jeffery Sailors, Norma Webb and photographers Bill Hackett, Marc Davis, Lisa and Ron Rigge and many others.
Livermore Art Association (LAA) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1957 to promote public interest in the arts and encourage artistic development of its members. LAA sponsors a number of shows and exhibitions in the area and helps support art in local schools.
For more information contact Lenore Kreit 925-455-5445 or email lkreit2@sbcglobal.net
10/29/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with sailboats in Santa Barbara, viewed from Stearns Wharf.
10/24/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with a cabin in the Gold Rush town of Graniteville, California.
10/20/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with a view from Pigeon Point. A blog entry about the Pigeon Point Light Station is here.
10/14/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with Siesta Lake in Yosemite's "high country." A trip along the Tioga Road (it is closed already!) past Siesta Lake and out to Mono Lake is described HERE.
10/10/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with a stormy April in Yosemite Valley (1)!
10/03/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with kiteboarders off Limantour Spit!
10/03/2010: Visit the Cheshire Cat Photo booth at ArtWalk Livermore 2010, this Saturday, October 9, from 11 AM to 5 PM.
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Photo by C. Hackett
10/03/2010: The 2011 Calendars are READY! Choose from "California 2011," "California Coast 2011," "California Missions 2011," and "Yosemite 2011." Each contains 13 LARGE images.
10/03/2010: See the 20x16" wrapped canvas print of Muir Woods Walkway in the Our Best Shots II show at the Livermore Library, now through October 30.
10/01/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with hiking near the summit of Mount Diablo (1, 2), with a view to the southeast.
09/28/2010: I just created the first of FOUR designs for 2011 calendars for sale on the Cheshire Cat Photo Store on Zazzle. The first is called, simply, "California 2011." Coming very soon: "California Coast 2011," "California Missions 2011," and "Yosemite 2011!"
09/25/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with a kitten at home in beautiful Mission San Antonio de Padua (1, 2), which is "virtually unchanged" in more than 200 years.
09/22/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting in Cathedral Grove in Muir Woods, where the United Nations met in 1945 to honor the memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
09/19/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting at Bridalveil Fall (with its "rainbow") in Yosemite Valley!
09/17/2010: We thank the Cheshire Cat Photo Store customer(s) who purchased 8 postcards each of the three California Missions: Mission San Raphael Arcángel, Mission Santa Inés, and Mission Santa Barbara. Yes, we think that they are some of the best Mission images out there, as well. Look for more Mission photos and other California images decorating Cheshire Cat Photo Store products on an ongoing basis!
09/16/2010: I added products decorated with photos of the Golden Gate Bridge or with Bermuda Buttercups at Sunset State Beach to the Cheshire Cat Photo Store on Zazzle! More photos and products are on the way!
09/15/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting at Redwood Creek in Muir Woods (1, 2)!
09/15/2010: Join Cheshire Cat Photo at "Art in Carnegie Park" in Livermore, CA, September 18!
09/11/2010: Cheshire Cat Photo will be at "Art in Carnegie Park" in Livermore, CA on Saturday, September 18! Join us!
09/09/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting at Rock City on Mount Diablo (1, 2).
09/06/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with a hike to the top of Wildcat Peak, which I wrote about in the 8/21/2007 News entry below:
The hike to Wildcat Peak started with a visit to the Tilden Environmental Education Center. From there, the trail passes beside Jewel Lake, through eucalyptus and then through California bay laurel. Laurel Creek runs nearby during the rainy season. From the stone overlook at the summit of Wildcat Peak, elevation 1250 feet, there is a 360-degree panoramic view, with views of all of San Pablo Reservoir, the edge of Briones Reservoir, and Mount Diablo to the east. To the north is San Pablo Bay. To the west are Mount Tamalpais, Angel Island, Alcatraz, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, the Bay Bridge, and downtown San Francisco.
09/04/2010: Cheshire Cat Photo extends its best wishes for the continued safety of the people of New Zealand, and of all of our readers there, after the 7.0 earthquake in Christchurch. It is miraculous that there was no loss of life.
09/02/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with Livermore Vines in October, to remind you locals that Cheshire Cat Photo will be at the Garré Vineyard & Winery this Sunday and Monday, September 5th and 6th, during the 29th Annual Harvest Wine Celebration. Those of you who cannot join us can check out prints and photo gifts of California here.
08/29/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting on nearby Vallecitos Road.
08/28/2010: The NEW Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on Zazzle, less than a week old, is ALREADY experiencing sales! (Thank you!) Look for NEW designs within the next 24 hours, one product set featuring a new photo of Ravenswood in Livermore, CA and products featuring 4 images (2 each) of 2 of your FAVORITE Northern and Central California beaches (by blog entry "hits") - Manresa State Beach near Watsonville and Pfeiffer Beach in Big Sur!
08/22/2010: The Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store has MOVED to Zazzle, after 3 years on CafePress®! Zazzle has "BAZILLIONS" of products :-) most of which ship in 24 hours! Come see our new designs and the new product choices. If you don't see what you want, there are MORE products that you can access by clicking more "deeply." Watch for more photo choices and product choices soon!
08/22/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with downtown Livermore during the springtime Livermore Wine Country Festival, with the Bankhead Theater (1) in the background.
08/20/2010: While you (local folks) are planning your September (OK, remember that you have September 5 & 6 booked for the 29th Annual Harvest Wine Celebration), :-) you may want to consider booking the 18th for Art in Carnegie Park in Livermore. Stealing "liberally" from the Livermore Art Association (LAA) Press Release, and incorporating "pared down" Web-safe versions of the three photos supplied by the LAA publicity chair, I present the invitation below, for your consideration (of COURSE Cheshire Cat Photo will be there - we would not miss THIS kind of fun!):
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 20, 2010
"Art in Carnegie Park" offers fun for the whole family
Saturday September 18th, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Livermore, CA -"Art in Carnegie Park" on Saturday September 18th, is a fun summer event the whole family can enjoy. Local artists will fill Carnegie Park in downtown Livermore with arts and crafts for sale, and provide art demonstrations. Shoppers can purchase art directly from the artists. There will also be live music, local wines and delicious food. Le Tableau Magnifique Ballet company will also perform on stage in the park. Activities for kids include face painting. Visitors can also browse LAA's art gallery, located right in the park in the historic Carnegie building. The art gallery is a co-op run by the artists themselves. Carnegie Park is at 3rd & K street in downtown Livermore. Open 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. Free to the public. For more information call 925-449-9927.
08/19/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with the Monterey Bay Area Research Institute's (MBARI's) Research Vessel, the Point Lobos, moored in Moss Landing, California.
08/16/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting at Mission San José in Fremont, CA. The Wikipedia entry has the extensive history of the mission.
08/12/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting at New Brighton State Beach in March!
08/10/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting at Moonstone Beach in Cambria, California.
08/06/2010: I added photographs of the exhibition, "Images of the American West," by Walter Davies and William Hackett at the Bankhead Theater in Livermore, CA. The exhibition runs through August 31 and can be viewed during regularly scheduled events.
08/06/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with the California Aqueduct and Altamont windmills, at sunset.
08/04/2010: I updated the table on the "Featured Prints" page, adding a column with links to the current location of a particular print and adding prints that are currently on display at the Bankhead Theater and the Livermore Art Association Gallery. All prints are for sale.
08/03/2010: Cheshire Cat Photo will be at Garré Vineyard and Winery (1) on Tesla Road during the 2010 Harvest Wine Celebration, Sept. 5 & 6!
08/03/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting at Seacliff State Beach, with the Palo Alto (a ship made out of concrete, no foolin') deteriorating at the end of the pier. The beach is adjacent to (just north of) Rio Del Mar.
08/02/2010: I updated "What our customers and visitors are saying..." after some really nice comments from a couple for whom I did a photo restoration.
07/29/2010: Cheshire Cat Photo will be at the Livermore Art Crawl, this Friday July 30, in the foyer of Main Street Designs from 6-9 PM.
07/29/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite, at around 8,619 feet (2627 m) of elevation, in October (an "iffy" time to visit, because the gas station was closed and snow closes the Tioga Road [Highway 120].)
07/27/2010: Cheshire Cat Photo will be at the Livermore Art Crawl, this Friday July 30, in the foyer of Main Street Designs from 6-9 PM.
07/25/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with a view of Upper Yosemite Fall from Sentinel Beach in April.
07/23/2010: Visit the Cheshire Cat Photo booth (#22) at Art Under the Oaks at Alden Lane Nursery in Livermore, Tomorrow and Sunday, July 24 and 25!
07/22/2010: Cheshire Cat Photo will be at Art Under the Oaks at Alden Lane Nursery in Livermore, THIS Saturday and Sunday, July 24 and 25! See you local folks there!
Cheshire Cat Photo at Art Under the Oaks 2009 - Photo by L. Rigge
07/20/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting at Yosemite Valley Chapel in the evening, with Sentinel Rock in the background.
07/19/2010: I used some of the 91 photographs below to illustrate the blog entry"Yosemite Valley During National Parks Week" during which trip they were taken. I also added links to other blogs about features of Yosemite.
07/18/2010: I uploaded 91 photographs taken during a trip to Yosemite Valley this spring, to the Yosemite, Outdoor Recreation, Other Places, and Wildlife albums of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly®. Links to low-resolution images of ALL photographs are in the Stock Photo Table.
07/15/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with a "Wipe Out" (1) at Steamer Lane!
07/12/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting at the Point Bonita Lighthouse, on the north side of the Golden Gate.
07/08/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting on a bluff overlooking part of Manresa State Beach, in March!
07/07/2010: Walter Davies and I worked with staff at the Bankhead Theater in Livermore, CA, to put up our photographic exhibition, "Images of the American West," which runs through August 31. Special thanks go to Linda Ryan for facilitating the process and for her artistic "eye" in arranging the exhibit.
07/06/2010: The Press Release for my upcoming show with Walter Davies at the Bankhead Theater in Livermore is below (Thanks, Christine!):
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 3, 2010
"Images of the American West" collection at Bankhead Theater, Livermore
Livermore, CA - On Thursday, July 8, The Bankhead Theater will host an exhibition of 29 photographic "Images of the American West" by local Livermore photographers Walter Davies and William Hackett. The prints are in color, black-and-white, silver, sepia and platinum/palladium. The complementary styles of the two photographers reflect upon their common love of the American West. Says Davies: "I am intrigued by the beauty and mystery of light and its effect on the world around us. The dance and play of light and shadow, the balance of light and dark, the music within color, the contrast of hard versus soft, and the tensions between all of these, make up the elements of an artistic journey that I undertake through the eye of a camera. That journey of exploration is incomplete however, until experienced through the eyes of a viewer. Please join us and share our vision, while viewing these images of the Western Landscape."
The exposition will continue until August 31. Most artworks are for sale. The event will be open during the Bankhead Theater's regularly scheduled events. The Bankhead Theater is located at 2400 1st Street, Livermore, CA 94550.
07/04/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting in San Francisco National Cemetery, at a monument with a plaque inscribed with Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, which ends: "It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." To Americans everywhere: Happy Independence Day!
06/27/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting on the edge of Devil's Cauldron at Point Lobos State Reserve, which was named after Punto de los Lobos Marinos (Point of the Sea Wolves), now called Sea Lions' Point, visible just beyond Devil's Cauldron.
06/27/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with the Point Piños Lighthouse in Pacific Grove, California.
06/23/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with Morro Rock, a volcanic plug located just offshore from the resort city of Morro Bay, California.
06/22/2010: Yesterday, along with other Livermore Art Association (LAA) members, I helped to build a "mini-gallery" in an unoccupied store near the Bankhead Theater and opposite Livermore's parking structure (Isn't it amazing that there can be a city of 83,800 with ONE parking structure? :-) ) to promote both the LAA and the upcoming "Art Under the Oaks" show at Alden Lane Nursery, on July 24 and 25. Thanks, Livermore Downtown, for the opportunity! My prize-winning photograph, "Dana Meadows, Yosemite," is part of the display.
06/20/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with the reconstructed schoolhouse, in the old Gold Rush town of Graniteville, California.
06/18/2010: Livermore photographers Walter Davies and William Hackett will present their photographic exhibition, "Images of the American West," at the Bankhead Theater in Livermore, CA, July 8 through August.
06/16/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with walking on sand dunes at the little-known, little-visited, and FREE Zmudowski State Beach.
06/16/2010: To help beachgoers in May of 2009, I published a blog entry called "Back to the Beach," listing links to all of my blog entries that have "beach" in the title. It's that time of the year again, so California beachgoers, check it out! The only entry since May 2009 with "beach" in the title is this one about beach water quality nationwide in the U.S. from July 2009. Call ahead and do research to make sure that nothing has changed (e.g. oil spill disasters in the Gulf of Mexico) since then, and don't bypass the beautiful American South, since, as President Obama pointed out, many beaches and resort areas are currently unaffected by the spill, and the local economies need your visits.
06/13/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with "Ninja combat" at the Relay for Life (1) in Tracy, California.
06/09/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting at a stone bridge over Yosemite Creek BELOW Yosemite Falls, in April.
06/08/2010: My fine art print, "Waterlilies, White, Mission Santa Barbara"won the "Best of Show" award in the "Bank on It" Show at the US Bank in Downtown Livermore, California.
06/06/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with fishing, between Sea Cliff and a sundog, in the mists of Baker Beach, San Francisco.
06/05/2010: The Livermore Art Association Publicity Chair, C. McCall, provided me with a photo of visitors to the Cheshire Cat Photo booth at Art in the Vineyard on May 30. Thank you!
06/03/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting on a trail to the Lily Pond, in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, which passes by bamboo and through giant tree ferns!
05/31/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting in San Francisco National Cemetery, on the Presidio.
05/26/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with a view of Tenaya Lake from near Olmsted Point in Yosemite National Park.
05/25/2010: Local to the Livermore area? Cheshire Cat Photo will be at ABC Music Source & Academy during the Art Crawl this Friday evening, May 28!
05/22/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with a view from Fort Funston in San Francisco.
05/18/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with a view of the Marin Headlands (1) from the Point Bonita Light.
05/15/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting on South Flynn Road, in Livermore, at sunset.
05/13/2010: Local to the Livermore area? Cheshire Cat Photo will be at "Art in the Vineyard" at Wente Vineyard on May 30! "Stealing" liberally from the Livermore Art Association's press release (Thanks, Christine!):
"Art in the Vineyard" 2010, Sunday May 30, 11:00-5:00 at Wente Vineyards.
Presented by the Livermore Art Association and Wente Vineyards
For information contact: Edmee Acuna Keele, Art in the Vineyard Chairperson, ekeele@sbcglobal.net
For Immediate Release
On Sunday, May 30, Livermore Art Association and Wente Vineyards will hold the 38th annual 'Art in the Vineyard', which has become a tradition in the Livermore Valley. From 11:00-5:00, soak up the beautiful setting of Wente Vineyards Estate Winery while enjoying inspiring artwork from 36 of the area's most talented artists. Live music will be performed by 'Vested Interest', and art demonstrations will be held throughout the day. Please join us for a day of beautiful art, music and fine wines. Admission is free. Wente Vineyards Estate Winery is located at 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore, CA 94550. A $15.00 Wine tasting fee includes a commemorative wine glass ($10.00 for Club Wente members). Wine tasting begins at 11.00 am. Food and refreshment will be offered by Wente Vineyards and Strizzi’s Restaurant for a nominal fee.
Directions: East on I-580 to Livermore, Exit on Livermore Ave. South, to Tesla Road to Wente Vineyards.
05/13/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with the historic Plaza Hotel in San Juan Bautista.
05/09/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with Ribbon Fall in Yosemite Valley, which is the tallest (1612 feet; 491 m) single-drop waterfall on the entire North American Continent! Ribbon Fall receives its water from melting snow and is DRY much of the year - so catch it in the spring!
05/08/2010: To assist visitors who are using mobile devices that do not support Adobe's Flash® (e.g., Apple iPhone and iPad), I have placed a link on the Home Page that allows the LOW-RESOLUTION (for reasons of both display and copyright) slides in PDF format to be displayed with the PDF viewer of your choice. Such viewers may allow display of slideshows and/or individual slides. The option has not been optimized, so send any technical suggestions to: info@cheshirecatphoto.com Please remember that the images in slides ARE low-resolution and that the highest quality images are used for Cheshire Cat Photo™ prints.
05/05/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with Mission La Purísima Concepción de María Santísima near Lompoc, California.
05/01/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with El Capitan in January.
04/28/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting in the garden of Mission Santa Inés in Solvang, California.
04/25/2010: I just wanted to thank the large number of visitors from Ontario, Canada! Hopefully, the traffic reflects real users and not just some centralized "data sifting" in Toronto. :-) Come and visit California anytime!
04/25/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, starting with redwood tree rings at Muir Woods (1, 2).
04/24/2010: I took lots and lots of photos in Yosemite Valley (even some for other people!), which is already starting to bustle with visitors. I will post them as soon as they are processed. Here is a photoblog entry from last year's April trip to the Valley.
04/23/2010: SF Bay Area Business Professionals: Are you dissatisfied with business portraits, business card photos, and ID photos from the usual sources? Contact Cheshire Cat Photo at 925-606-0812 for custom photographs that project your image and style (see client sample). Sittings can be arranged at your home or office, to accommodate your schedule.
04/22/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page, with a view of Bridalveil Fall, in Yosemite Valley in April. Happy Earth Day, everyone! Admission to U.S. National Parks is FREE through Sunday, April 25.
04/18/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
04/15/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
04/11/2010: A Milestone - Although site ranking statistics go up and down all of the time, Cheshire Cat Photo, for the first time, "cracked" the 1 million mark worldwide and the 100,000 mark in the United States on Alexa today, with a worldwide traffic ranking of 982,207 and a U.S. ranking of 98,164. Thank you, all of you visitors! I also added Alexa widgets to this page and the blog page, if you would like to review the Cheshire Cat Photo site.
04/10/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
04/07/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
04/03/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
03/30/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
03/26/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page. with some images that are in the Spring Art Show or the Sales Room at The Barn in Livermore this weekend! The show is from 10 AM - 4 PM Satuday and Sunday and FREE to the public! There is also a Reception that is open to the public on Saturday evening from 7 to 9 PM. See our Blog for more information.
Cheshire Cat Photo will be at the Sanctuary Salon and Spa in Livermore on 2nd Street, during the Art and Wine Crawl tonight!
03/21/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
03/18/2010: Today, I learned about another group of schoolkids who are studying California Missions, so I decided to re-post an earlier item from below. I also gave the kids a link to my site. Teachers and schoolchildren are welcome to use my low-resolution images of the Missions for non-profit use in education! To facilitate the use of Mission photos, I have placed ALL of the low-resolution Mission images HERE, in the California Missions section of the Portfolio. Here is an index to all of my photoblog entries on the California Missions, as an aid to schoolkids and others.
03/17/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
03/13/2010: I uploaded 33 images from those taken over the winter months, into the albums: San Francisco, California Coast, Outdoor Recreation, Viticulture and Wine, and Wildlife in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly. Low-resolution images are linked from the Stock Photo Table. I updated the slideshow on the Home Page with a handful of the new images.
03/10/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
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02/25/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
02/24/2010: I made changes to the Blog to facilitate loading and display with several mobile platforms. If you access the blog with a Android, iPhone, etc., please take a look and send me an email to let me know what you think!
02/22/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
02/18/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
02/17/2010: On March 2, 2010, three days before the "Alice in Wonderland" movie release, “Disney Alice in Wonderland: The Video Game” launches for Nintendo Wii and DS! Some nice folks at Disney Interactive Studios (headquartered in Glendale, CA), namely Maral Kaloustian (Manager, Public Relations) and Dianne I. Baker (Public Relations Coordinator), sent us links to screenshots and trailers for both versions (Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS) of the game. They also told us to “Feel free to post them and share with friends!" Please NOTE: Some of the images (and of course, the trailers) are VERY LARGE FILES and will take awhile to load, depending upon your connection speed.
02/13/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
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02/07/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
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01/30/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
01/27/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
01/26/2010: Featured Prints are now available directly from Cheshire Cat Photo! These signed, numbered, matted, and framed prints can be purchased by contacting Cheshire Cat Photo directly by email (info@cheshirecatphoto.com) or phone (925-606-0812) to arrange payment and shipping.
01/26/2010: Become a Facebook Fan of Cheshire Cat Photo! I added a Facebook Fan Box widget to the TOP and BOTTOM of the middle column of the Cheshire Cat Photo Blog page.
01/23/2010: I added some photos of "Tina" to the CAts (California Cats) section of the Portfolio. I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
01/20/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
01/16/2010: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
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12/30/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/27/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/22/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/19/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/16/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/14/2009: Here is an index to all of my photoblog entries on the California Missions, as an aid to schoolkids and others.
12/12/2009: I uploaded 29 photos of Tina, a beautiful black cat (no, she's not mine) into the CAts (California Cats) section of the Stock Photo Table. I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/11/2009: It looks like people are looking at photos of the California Missions, lately. Teachers and schoolchildren are welcome to use my low-resolution images of the Missions for non-profit use in education! To facilitate the use of Mission photos, I have placed ALL of the low-resolution Mission images HERE, in the California Missions section of the Portfolio.
12/09/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/05/2009: I met a lot of very nice people at the Garré Winery Grand Pavilion today during Holidays in the Vineyards. I'm looking forward to tomorrow! I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/02/2009: Join Cheshire Cat Photo™ and other vendors at the Garré Winery Grand Pavilion (HUGE white tent) at 7986 Tesla Road, Livermore, CA for Holidays in the Vineyards, Saturday and Sunday, December 5 and 6, from noon to 5 PM both days. Bring your holiday cheer (wines are already here)! Bring your holiday cheer (wines are already here)! I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
11/28/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
11/27/2009: I participated in the "First Ever Art & Wine Crawl" in Downtown Livermore! I met a lot of folks at The Wild Vine who were looking at my prints. I also met the coordinator of the event and the owner of The Wild Vine. To round out a perfect evening, "The King" stopped by for a few minutes. :-) The "Crawl" will be a recurring event on the final Fridays of odd months! Yes, it only SEEMS like every month is an "odd" month in California! :-)
11/25/2009: I opened a Gallery (1) on redbubble® to offer a 4th place to shop! Right now, there are Prints (including Canvas) with framing options, Cards, and 2010 Calendars. It seems like a friendly place, so I see the opportunity for expansion there.
11/24/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
11/21/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
11/17/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
11/14/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
11/11/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
11/07/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
11/05/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
11/03/2009: I hung 23 Cheshire Cat Photo prints (some are in the front window) at The Wild Vine in downtown Livermore. The signed and numbered prints will be for sale through November 30. There will be a reception 7-8:30 PM on this Thursday, November 12.
11/01/2009: A total of 23 Cheshire Cat Photo signed, framed, and matted fine art prints will be on exhibit and (affordably priced) during November at The Wild Vine in downtown Livermore, starting November 4!
10/31/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/27/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/24/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/21/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/20/2009: I updated the Big Sur, California Missions, and Flowers sections of the Portfolio. I "stuffed" the California Missions section full of low-resolution images as a favor to California 4th Graders who study the Spanish Missions as part of California history. I have always encouraged the nonprofit use of my low-resolution images by teachers and schoolchildren in the educational system.
10/17/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/17/2009: I noticed that a group of schoolchildren was using one of my low-resolution images of the Marin Headlands to illustrate their project page for their upcoming Science School (wooooo hooooooo! I love science!). I have always allowed (and encouraged!) the nonprofit use of my low-resolution images (for example, in the Portfolio section and Stock Photo Table) in the educational system, in particular, the use of images of the California Missions by California 4th graders, who study California history. Many of these kids may not be able to visit the Missions in person.
In contrast, since even linking directly to images for their electronic use is a violation of copyright law (Why not link to my blog page instead, for example?), I have asked numerous bloggers (and real-estate folks and cities :-) ) to remove copyrighted images and linked copyrighted images of mine from their sites. If you (non-education folks) would like to use my images electronically, please contact us at info@cheshirecatphoto.com.
Kids, I hope that you enjoy your trip to the Marin Headlands . There is a lot to see! (It looks like the kids are also going to Muir Woods National Monument!) I am glad that you liked my image. Enjoy!
10/14/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/11/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/09/2009: Cheshire Cat Photo will be at ArtWalk 2009 tomorrow, October 10, near the flagpole in central downtown Livermore!
10/07/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/04/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
09/29/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
09/28/2009: I placed a few of our most popular images into a NEW Gallery on imagekind®! Imagekind allows customers to choose type of paper, canvas, matting, framing and glazing options for prints. Come visit the new Gallery and be a Fan!
09/27/2009: I placed three different O-V-E-R-S-I-Z-E-D Calendars (choose from California Coast, Yosemite, or California Missions), each with 13 (cover + 12 months) 11x17-inch prints, along with the California 2010 Calendar Prints, (choose from 39 of them!) which combine one 8.5x11-inch print of California with a whole-year-at-a-glance 2010 calendar, in the new section, "California Calendars," of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®. California 2010 calendars are some of the most affordable ways to own a collection of Cheshire Cat Photo™ prints, and they make great gifts for the holidays! Order yours today!
09/26/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
09/22/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
09/21/2009: The Livermore Art Association (LAA) had an annual joint meeting, potluck, and social with the Pleasanton Art League (PAL). Thanks folks.
09/20/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
09/15/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
09/13/2009: I placed 39 California 2010 Calendar Prints, which combine an 8.5-inch tall by 11-inch wide print of California with a whole-year-at-a-glance 2010 calendar, into a brand new section, "California Calendars," of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®.
09/12/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
09/08/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
09/05/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
09/02/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
08/29/2009: Cheshire Cat Photo™ will be at the Garré Winery on Tesla Road in Livermore, during the Harvest Wine Celebration on Labor Day Weekend (Sunday and Monday) September 6 and 7! I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
08/25/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
08/19/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page and used photos from the Santa Barbara trip whenever possible.
08/16/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page and used photos from the Santa Barbara trip whenever possible.
08/15/2009: I uploaded 150 high-resolution photographs from the July trip to Santa Barbara, Solvang, and Big Sur to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfy™. They are located in the Outdoor Recreation, California Coast, California Missions, Flowers, Big Sur, and Other Places albums. Enjoy.
08/14/2009: I uploaded 150 low-resolution images (out of MANY more taken :-) ) from our July trip to Santa Barbara to the Stock Photo Table. I will upload high-resolution photographs to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™ soon and use links to the low-resolution images to illustrate some upcoming blog entries.
08/12/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
08/09/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
08/05/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
08/02/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
07/30/2009: This Saturday, August 1, is "Art in the Carnegie Park" at 3rd Street and K Street in Livermore, CA. Cheshire Cat Photo™ will be there! These signed, numbered, matted, and framed fine art prints will be for sale (run slideshow) as well as these two LARGE Prints on Wrapped Canvas. We will also have matted prints that are unsigned, note cards, new coasters decorated with California photos, and an album of some representative photos for future orders. Art in the Carnegie Park will feature works by local artists, food, wine, art demonstrations, and LIVE MUSIC by Jeff Reed and Friends.
07/28/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
07/25/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
07/21/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
07/18/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
07/17/2009: We took a trip to Santa Barbara on July 15 and 16. I shot Mission Santa Barbara and spent the evening on Stearns Wharf (photographing a sailing regatta and evening scenes) and around Cabrillo Boulevard (incuding a few shots at the Andrée Clark Bird Refuge from the parking lot at East Palos Way). I wrote a blog entry about the day, with a focus on dinner! :-) We returned to Livermore on the 16th, stopping in Solvang to shoot Mission Santa Inés, and departing from Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo, to pass through Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria, San Simeon, Big Sur, Carmel-by-the-Sea, and Monterey. Fog was "playing tag" with the coast, in a typical "summer pattern" of morning fog burning off to the coast, with high inland temperatures, blue skies inland, and cool temperatures, marine layer, and fog by the ocean. I wrote about the trip home in this blog entry. Look for future blog entries and photos from the trip!
07/12/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
07/09/2009: Local to Livermore? These fine art prints and these LARGE fine art prints on canvas will be in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ booth at the 23rd annual Art Under the Oaks art show at Alden Lane Nursery, 981 Alden Lane, at Holmes, in Livermore, CA THIS WEEKEND, July 11 and 12, from 11 AM to 4 PM. In addition, there will be note cards, coasters, and unframed, matted prints. We will be taking special orders as well. See you there!
07/08/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
07/05/2009: I uploaded this example of recent work performed for a local artist. I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
06/30/2009: This fine art print is in the "Our Best Shots" photography show (July 1 - July 31, 2009) at the Livermore Library, 1188 S. Livermore Ave. Livermore, CA 94550. I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
06/27/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
06/23/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
06/20/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
06/16/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
06/13/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
06/09/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
06/06/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
06/03/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page. I added information about the June Art Show at US Bank in Livermore.
05/30/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
05/27/2009: Yesterday, I hung these 12 signed and numbered fine art photographic prints at Windermere Welcome Home, 1790 First Street, Livermore, CA, alongside the works of four other local photographers. The show will continue from May 27 through July. There will be a reception on June 4 from 5 - 7 PM. I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
05/26/2009: I uploaded 49 photos from the April day trip to Yosemite Valley; all but two (lupine photos that went to the Flowers album) went to the Yosemite album at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™. I also updated the photoblog entry about the trip with additional photos and links (I left the old ones, too, so that you could compare Aprils of different years). Enjoy!
05/23/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
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05/16/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
05/14/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
05/09/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
05/06/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
05/02/2009: I'll be at the Livermore Wine Country Festival with other LAA artists this weekend, May 2 and 3 on South Livermore Ave. near 1st St., by Peet's Coffee in Booth #L12. It's a little less space than what we were expecting, but we'll adapt! I hope to see some of you there! I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
04/29/2009: Local to Livermore? I'll be at the Livermore Wine Country Festival with other LAA artists this weekend, May 2 and 3 on South Livermore Ave. near 1st St., by Peet's Coffee and the fountains downtown! I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
04/26/2009:I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
04/23/2009:I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
04/19/2009:I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
04/16/2009: I took a "day trip" to Yosemite Valley! Depending upon the elevation, it was either VERY early spring, early spring, or spring in full bloom! If you have the chance to visit Yosemite Valley within the next week, take Highway 140 along the Merced River to get there (if your vehicle is <45 feet long; more about that later). Redbuds and lupins and other flowers are in bloom along the Merced, and the hills are that light yellow-green of new vegetation in spring. As for the Valley, tourists are plentiful, but it is not that craziness that you will experience in summer. Of course, water is abundant and everywhere! Blog entries about the trip are here and here!
04/15/2009: I updated the California Coast, CAts, Flowers, Other Places, San Francisco, and Wildlife sections of the Portfolio. I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
04/11/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
04/07/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
04/04-05/2009: I Co-Chaired the Livermore Art Association's Spring Art Show at "The Barn" in Livermore, CA.
03/29/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
03/26/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
03/22/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
03/19/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
03/15/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
03/12/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
03/08/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
03/05/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
03/01/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
02/27/2009: I displayed the "California: Mountains to the Sea" series of 17 signed and numbered photographic prints in Café Garré, with those nice folks at the Garré Winery in Livermore, CA. The work will be displayed through April. I also created dual slideshows of 17 low-resolution slides that correspond to the prints at Garré. In addition, I created another page for low-resolution images of prints currently on the Livermore Art Association (LAA) Circuit of Livermore businesses.
02/26/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
02/22/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
02/19/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
02/15/2009: I uploaded 15 photos of CAts (California cats) to the Stock Photo Table and uploaded most of these to the CAts album of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™. I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
02/12/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
02/08/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
02/05/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
02/01/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
01/29/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
01/28/2009: Local to Livermore? These 11"x14" (1, 2, 3) and 16"x20" (1, 2) prints (available for purchase) are in Livermore businesses! Now, they are at China Pavilion. Soon, many other prints will be in Café Garré, at the Winery, in March and April.
01/25/2009: I uploaded 23 photos (taken last weekend) in Rio del Mar and Pacific Grove to the Stock Photo Table and to the California Coast album of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™. I linked photos to the blog entry about Rio del Mar. The Pacific Grove photos include a number of the Point Piños Lighthouse, which I will write about in a future blog entry. I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
01/24/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
01/22/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
01/18/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
01/15/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
01/11/2009: I uploaded 29 photos of Muir Woods and Muir Beach to the Stock Photo Table. I also added these to the Other Places and California Coast albums, respectively, in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™. I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
01/08/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
01/04/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
01/01/2009: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/28/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/25/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/22/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/21/2008: I uploaded 21 photos of the Golden Gate and Lands End, the ruins of the Sutro Baths, sea lions at the Santa Cruz Wharf, and Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz to the Stock Photo Table. I also added these to the California Coast, Wildlife, and San Francisco albums in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™.
12/18/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/15/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/11/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/08/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/05/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/02/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
11/30/2008: I uploaded 30 photos of the California Coast, from earlier in the month, to the Stock Photo Table. Most of these I also added to the California Coast album in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™. The photos include shots of the Point Montara Lighthouse, the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve (low tide on a "high surf" day!), and a few of Princeton-by-the-Sea. I also updated the blog entry about the Point Montara Lighthouse with a photo of the lighthouse, which first served on the East Coast before coming to California.
11/29/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
11/26/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
11/23/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
11/20/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
11/16/2008: I uploaded 73 photos from Fort Funston to the San Francisco, Outdoor Recreation (hang gliding and radio-controlled gliders), and Flowers albums on the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™. I added photos to the blog entry for the Fort Funston shoot. I also updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
11/13/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
11/10/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
11/08/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
11/04/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
11/01/2008: SAVE on "wildlife-wear" for kids and infants! Prices have been slashed on most items in the "KidsAndToddlers" section of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®, and NEW California sea otter items have been added! Now featuring: The 2009 Calendars! Choose from 18 calendars in 4 different styles in the Gifts for Everyone section of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®. Order now for holiday gifts!
10/31/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/28/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/25/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/22/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/19/2008: I uploaded 104 photos from Moss Landing to the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly. The photos are mainly in the Wildlife and California Coast albums, with a few in the Outdoor Recreation album. I will add photos to the blog entry on Moss Landing and add some photos to the Portfolio over the next few days (done). I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/15/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/12/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/09/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/06/2008: I updated the Other Places and Outdoor Recreation sections of the Portfolio with some of the 76 photos from Del Valle Regional Park. I also linked some of the photos to the blog entry on the Del Valle photo shoot.
10/06/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/05/2008: I uploaded 76 photos from Del Valle Regional Park to the Other Places and Outdoor Recreation albums of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly. They are also accessible as low-resolution images from the Stock Photo Table. I will be adding the photos to the Portfolio and to the blog entry on Del Valle in the next few days.
10/03/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
09/30/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
09/27/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
09/25/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
09/22/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
09/21/2008: I added 6 more Calendar Prints to the 2009 Calendars! Choose from 18 calendars in 4 different styles in the Gifts for Everyone section of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®. Order now for holiday gifts!
09/20/2008: I released the 2009 Calendars! Choose from 12 calendars in four different styles in the Gifts for Everyone section of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®. Order now for holiday gifts!
09/19/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page. Happy "International Talk Like a Pirate Day!"
09/16/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
09/14/2008: I added a Twitter badge to the News, Twitter, and Blog page.
09/13/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
09/09/2008: I uploaded some shots of Zmudowski State Beach to the "California Coast" album (and one to "Flowers") of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™. I also updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
09/07/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
09/03/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
08/31/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
08/27/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
08/25/2008: I introduced a new section to the Portfolio and Pro Gallery called "CAts" (California cats). I introduced it because I enjoy photographing cats, and because some folks come to this site expecting photos of cats! :-) I started out with a small sample of two kittens, who are named "Yin" and "Yang." I plan to "grow" the file of cat portraits along with the other sections. I also updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
08/22/2008:I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
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08/16/2008:I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
08/13/2008: I uploaded 10 nontraditional landscapes of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve to the Digital PhotoArt section of the Portfolio. I also updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
08/10/2008: I uploaded 10 nontraditional landscapes of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve to the Digital PhotoArt album of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery. I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
08/06/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
08/03/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
07/31/2008: I uploaded 116 photos from hikes on the Estero Trail and Limantour Beach and Spit at Point Reyes National Seashore. I also added photos and links to my two previous blog entrys: Point Reyes: the Estero Trail and Spittin’ in the wind (Limantour Spit).
The photos have been place in the California Coast, Outdoor Recreation, Wildlife, and Flowers sections of the Portfolio on Cheshire Cat Photo™ and the same sections of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™.
I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
07/27/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
07/24/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
07/20/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
07/16/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page with Point Bonita photos.
07/15/2008: Photos (61) of the Point Bonita Lighthouse trip to the north side of the Golden Gate were placed in the Flowers, Wildlife, California Coast and Outdoor Recreation albums of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™ and in the corresponding sections of the Portfolio on Cheshire Cat Photo™. The photoblog entry about the Point Bonita lighthouse now also links to photos. All photos are accessible from the Stock Photo Table. I updated the slideshow on the Home Page earlier today.
07/11/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
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07/02/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
06/28/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
06/25/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
06/21/2008: Photos of the Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve in the East Bay last Saturday are in the Flowers, Other Places, and Outdoor Recreation albums of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™ and in the corresponding sections of the Portfolio on Cheshire Cat Photo™. Two photoblog entries (1, 2) about Huckleberry also link to photos. Enjoy! I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
06/18/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
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06/11/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
06/07/2008:10% Off Photographic Prints! All print sizes (5x7- up to 20x30-inch) in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™ have already been marked down 10% from now until 10 PM U.S. Pacific Time on June 30, 2008. What our customers are saying...
I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
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05/31/2008: Give PhotoGifts to Dads and Grads! - Give apparel and other gifts decorated with our most popular photos of California from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress® or prints and gifts with the photo of YOUR choice from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™!
05/29/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
05/26/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
05/23/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
05/19/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
05/18/2008: I uploaded almost 100 high-resolution photos of the Mount Diablo shoot and the Livermore Wine Country Festival 2008. The Mount Diablo photos went to the Flowers, Other Places, and Outdoor Recreation albums of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™. The Livermore Wine Country Festival 2008 photos went to the Other Places album. No photos were added to the Portfolio, since I will be renovating the entire Portfolio section soon. (Note: 06/18/2008: Done.) I also added some links to low-resolution photos to the original blog entries for the Mount Diablo Shoot and the Livermore Wine Country Festival 2008, and I added today's blog entry as a pointer.
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05/18/2008: June 15 is Father's Day! - Why not buy the Outdoor Chef of the family a Barbecue Apron (or a right-handed or left-handed mug for those thirsty moments) decorated with a photo of California, at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®? How about ballcaps or T-shirts decorated with our some of our most popular photos of California? Or...give him a desk organizer, mug, or deck of playing cards decorated with the image of YOUR choice from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™!
05/16/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
05/13/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
05/12/2008: June 15 is Father's Day! - Why not buy the Outdoor Chef of the family a Barbecue Apron (or a right-handed or left-handed mug for those thirsty moments) decorated with a photo of California, at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®? How about ballcaps or T-shirts decorated with our some of our most popular photos of California?
05/10/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
05/07/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
05/06/2008: Mothers Day is this Sunday, May 11. Shop for gifts for Mom decorated with the photo of YOUR choice at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™, or T-shirts, mugs, clocks, and other gifts (e.g., an eco-friendly reusable 100% cotton canvas Tote Bag) decorated with some of our most popular photos at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®.
California Note Cards - Choose Note Cards with the California photos of YOUR choice at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™. Choose a box of 12 3.5 x 5-inch Note Cards with envelopes, in either glossy or matte finish, and decorated with a photo of your choice of Big Sur, the California Coast, California Missions, Flowers, Wildlife, Outdoor Recreation shots, Vineyards, San Francisco, Windmills, Yosemite, Digital PhotoArt, and Other beautiful California Places for only $14.95 (+ shipping and handling) for a box of 12 cards and envelopes. Send a card that says "California!"
05/04/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
05/02/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
04/28/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
04/26/2008: Mothers Day is May 11. Shop for gifts for Mom decorated with the photo of YOUR choice at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™, or T-shirts, mugs, clocks, and other gifts (e.g., an eco-friendly reusable 100% cotton canvas Tote Bag) decorated with some of our most popular photos at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®.
California Note Cards - Choose Note Cards with the California photos of YOUR choice at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™. Choose a box of 12 3.5 x 5-inch Note Cards with envelopes, in either glossy or matte finish, and decorated with a photo of your choice of Big Sur, the California Coast, California Missions, Flowers, Wildlife, Outdoor Recreation shots, Vineyards, San Francisco, Windmills, Yosemite, Digital PhotoArt, and Other beautiful California Places for only $14.95 (+ shipping and handling) for a box of 12 cards and envelopes. Send a card that says "California!"
04/25/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
04/22/2008: I uploaded photos of Brushy Peak Regional Preserve and used them to illustrate the blog entry here. The earlier blog entry gives information about the history, flora, and fauna of the region. Brushy Peak Regional Preserve photos are in the Other Places and Flowers sections. Some are accessible from the Pro Gallery and Portfolio, and all are accessible from the Stock Photo Table. I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
04/18/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
04/17/2008: Mothers Day is May 11. Shop for gifts for Mom decorated with the photo of YOUR choice at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™, or decorated with some of our most popular photos at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®. Why not get Mom an eco-friendly reusable 100% cotton canvas Tote Bag from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®? There are 12 styles from which to choose!
Teachers and Parents, help your students learn about the Spanish Missions in California with a Mission JigSaw Puzzle! Just 1) order the California Mission photos of YOUR choice at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™ and 2) have them delivered as 252-piece, 10x14-inch jigsaw puzzles! All of the other photos in the Pro Gallery can be delivered as jigsaw puzzles, too!
04/16/2008: I replaced a plugin that was preventing some legitimate users from registering for the blog with a plugin that works satisfactorily. I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
04/12/2008: Celebrate Earth Day (April 22) all year 'round with an eco-friendly reusable 100% cotton canvas Tote Bag from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®. Tote Bags also make great beach bags and grocery bags. Now there are 12 styles to choose from in the Gifts for Everyone section of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store!
Mothers Day is May 11. Shop for gifts for Mom decorated with the photo of YOUR choice at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™, or decorated with some of our most popular photos at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®. I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
04/08/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
04/05/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
03/30/2008: Celebrate Earth Day (April 22) all year 'round with an eco-friendly reusable 100% cotton canvas Tote Bag from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®. When they ask you,"Paper or plastic?" tell them, "Cheshire Cat Photo™ Tote Bag!" (Tote Bags also make great "beach bags." If you don't have a beach, come to California; we have *several*!) :-) Now there are 12 styles to choose from in the Gifts for Everyone section of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store! I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
03/27/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
03/23/2008: The photos of Santa Cruz Area State Beaches and surfing at Steamer Lane are up on cheshirecatphoto.com. Almost 200 photos, including over 100 surfing shots, were placed in the California Coast, Flowers, and Outdoor Recreation albums in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™. Lower-resolution versions of all photos of the coast and flowers, but only a sample of the surfing shots, were also placed in the Portfolio, in the Calfornia Coast, Flowers, and Outdoor Recreation sections, respectively. Enjoy! I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
03/19/2008: Save 10% off the regular price on Note Cards, only at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™. Regularly $14.95, the box of 12 Note Cards with any image of your choice from the Pro Gallery (in matte or glossy finish) has been marked down to $13.46 from now through 9 PM U.S. Pacific Time, Sunday, March 30, 2008. I also updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
03/16/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
03/12/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
03/08/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
03/04/2008: I added photos to the headers of a number of blog entries, for California Missions in particular.
03/03/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
02/28/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
02/25/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
02/22/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
02/18/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
02/16/2008: I uploaded 32 photos taken last week. They include 3 photos of Livermore vineyards (in the Viticulture and Wine section of the Portfolio), rural shots of a ranch north of Livermore on Manning Road (in the Other Places section), and photographs of Altamont windmills and of an oil well in Livermore (in the Wind and Power section). As always, higher resolution versions of these photos can be seen in the corresponding albums of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™. You can order prints of any photo in the entire Pro Gallery, and Pro Gallery merchandise decorated with any photo in the Gallery!
02/13/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
02/10/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
02/06/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
02/02/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
01/30/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
01/26/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page. All 2008 Calendars have been marked down 10% from their regular price, from now until they are no longer available after 10 PM U.S. Pacific Time on January 31, 2007. There are 12 unique Calendars of 3 different styles and prices. See them in the "Gifts for Everyone" section of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®. Buy now and save!
01/23/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
01/20/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
01/19/2008: I updated the customer comments on the Shop / License page.
01/16/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page. All 2008 Calendars have been marked down 10% from their regular price, from now until they are no longer available after 10 PM U.S. Pacific Time on January 31, 2007. There are 12 unique Calendars of 3 different styles and prices. See them in the "Gifts for Everyone" section of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®. Buy now and save!
01/12/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
01/07/2008: I uploaded 40 "existing-light" (almost always the case with me) photographs of Mission "Dolores" (Misión San Francisco de Asís; Mission Saint Francis of Assisi) and Mission Dolores Basilica to the Portfolio. The 30 of Mission Dolores (filenames begin with "Dolores...") are in the California Missions section and the 10 of the interior of Mission Dolores Basilica (filenames begin with "SFBasilica...") are in the San Francisco section. I retired some other photos from the San Francisco section to make room, but, as always, the retired photos are still viewable from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery and from the Stock Photo Table (which also contains links to additional photos that have never appeared in the Portfolio or Pro Gallery).
I left the white balance of interior photos "as shot" rather than correcting for tungsten light, since correction for tungsten left photos too "cool" (green in the case of the Mission :-) ). The additional illumination provided by stained-glass windows (yellows in the Mission; reds in the Basilica) on that very sunny day made the colors of the interiors "warm" and vibrant yellows/reds to the eye. I will be following up to my initial blog entry about the shoot.
I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
01/03/2008: All 2008 Calendars have been marked down 10% from their regular price, from now until they are no longer available after 10 PM U.S. Pacific Time on January 31, 2007. There are 12 unique Calendars of 3 different styles and prices. See them in the "Gifts for Everyone" section of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®. Buy now and save!
01/03/2008: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/31/2007: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/30/2007: I uploaded 14 Digital PhotoArt shots of the Golden Gate Bridge to the Digital PhotoArt section of the Portfolio. As always, the next-best way (after large-format prints) to see higher-resolution images of these is in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™, in the Digital PhotoArt album. Read my philosophy with regard to Digital PhotoArt in the News for 06/20/2007 below.
12/28/2007: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
The 2008 Calendars are IN! There are 12 unique Calendars of 3 different styles and prices. See them in the "Gifts for Everyone" section of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®.
Save 10% off the regular price on Mugs and Tiled Mugs decorated with the image of your choice from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™. Prices on Mugs and Tiled Mugs have already been marked down 10% from their regular price, now through Sunday, December 30, 2007 at 10 PM U.S. Pacific Time. Get a mug that "says YOU" for the new year!
Prices on all items in the Unisex Apparel section of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress® have been reduced from now until December 30, 2007 at 10 PM U.S. Pacific Time. Wear a "piece of California."
12/25/2007: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/22/2007: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/19/2007: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/18/2007: The 2008 Calendars are IN! There are 12 unique Calendars of 3 different styles and prices. See them in the "Gifts for Everyone" section of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®.
Save 10% off the regular price on Mugs and Tiled Mugs decorated with the image of your choice from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™. Prices on Mugs and Tiled Mugs have already been marked down 10% from their regular price, now through Sunday, December 30, 2007 at 10 PM U.S. Pacific Time. Get a mug that "says YOU" for the new year!
Prices on all items in the Unisex Apparel section of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress® have been reduced from now until December 30, 2007 at 10 PM U.S. Pacific Time. Wear a "piece of California."
12/17/2007: I uploaded 15 Digital PhotoArt shots to the Digital PhotoArt section of the Portfolio. Most were of Yosemite locations, with a couple of Big Sur. As always, the next-best (after large-format prints :-) ) way to see higher-resolution images of these is in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™, in the Digital PhotoArt album. Read my philosophy with regard to Digital PhotoArt in the News for 06/20/2007 below.
12/15/2007: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/12/2007: I uploaded a dozen Digital PhotoArt shots of the Bixby Bridge in Big Sur to the Digital PhotoArt section of the Portfolio. As always, the next-best (after large-format prints :-) ) way to see higher-resolution images of these is in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™, in the Digital PhotoArt album. The photos include some that resemble sketches done in charcoal, perfect for minimalist decor. I also updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/09/2007: All items in the "Her Apparel" and the "KidsAndToddlers" sections of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress® are ON SALE from now until 10 PM U.S. Pacific Time on December 16, 2007. Prices have already been marked down.
Prices on Photo Prints have been reduced 10% from now until 10 PM U.S. Pacific Time on December 16, 2007 at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™. This will be the last sale on Prints in 2007! Order now for the holidays.
The 2008 Calendars are IN! There are 12 unique Calendars of 3 different styles and prices. See them in the "Gifts for Everyone" section of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®.
I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/05/2007: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/03/2007: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
12/01/2007: Clocks, Bags, and Teddy Bears! Prices on Wall Clocks, Messenger Bags, Tote Bags, and Teddy Bears decorated with some of our most popular photos have been marked down 10% from now until 10 PM U.S. Pacific Time on December 9, 2007 at the Gifts for Everyone section of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®.
Prices on Photo Prints have been reduced 10% from now until 10 PM U.S. Pacific Time on December 16, 2007 at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™. This will be the last sale on Prints in 2007! Order now for the holidays.
The 2008 Calendars are IN! There are 12 unique Calendars of 3 different styles and prices. See them in the "Gifts for Everyone" section of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®.
12/01/2007: I updated the slideshow (more verticals!) on the Home Page.
11/30/2007: I added 56 more photos of Big Sur from Saturday's shoot to the Big Sur section of the Portfolio, for easy access. Among them are various shots of Point Sur, the Bixby Bridge, small natural bridges, McWay Falls and McWay Cove, the mouth of the Little Sur River, a photo of the mountain Pico Blanca, and a number of shots of the coastline, As I mentioned in the blog entry for last Saturday, the air was extraordinarily clear, with almost no fog, and the sky was overcast with really beautiful clouds. As always, the best way to view higher resolution images is in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™. Enjoy!
11/28/2007: I updated the slideshow (more verticals!) on the Home Page.
11/26/2007: I updated the slideshow (with verticals this time!) on the Home Page. I spent much of the day preparing and choosing the "keepers" from the Big Sur shoot (see the Blog entry for Saturday).
11/22/2007: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
11/21/2007: Tonight I uploaded the 31 shots of Saturday’s trip to Fisk Mill Cove for abalone diving. Fisk Mill Cove is the site of a lumber mill that operated in the late 1800’s and has been incorporated into Salt Point State Park. After a successful dive, one member of our party required assistance up onto a rocky point in the cove, as the result of a strong rip current. Another member successfully navigated parallel to the shore and floated to shore a little south of the rocky point. The photos were placed into the California Coast and Outdoor Recreation sections of the Portfolio, and other photos were retired to make room. The retired photos are still accessible from the Pro Gallery and the Stock Photo Table.
11/19/2007: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
11/18/2007: Holiday Sale! Save 10% off the regular price on Mugs and Tiled Mugs, only at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™. Prices on Mugs and Tiled Mugs, decorated with the image of your choice from the Pro Gallery, have already been marked down 10% from their regular price, now through Sunday, November 25, 2007 at 10 PM U.S. Pacific Time. Take me there now.
Every item in the Unisex Apparel section of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress® has also been reduced from now until November 25, 2007 at 10 PM U.S. Pacific Time.
11/15/2007: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
11/11/2007: I added about 200 new photos and updated the slideshow on the Home Page. All selected photos from the Muir Beach Overlook were added to the Other Places section of the Portfolio. I also added many of the selected photos of San Francisco to the San Francisco section of the Portfolio, and many of the shots of folks surfing the Golden Gate to the Outdoor Recreation section of the Portfolio; the rest of these selected photos can be accessed from the Stock Photo Table. I retired a number of photos from the Portfolio to make room; the retired photos are still available for prints and photo gifts in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™ and are still accessible from the Stock Photo Table.
11/09/2007: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
11/06/2007: Do you know a JigSaw Puzzle Enthusiast? Prices have already been marked down 10% from the regular price of JigSaw Puzzles made from the photo of your choice from the Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™, from now until Sunday, November 11 at 10 PM U.S. Pacific Time. Do you know children studying the California Missions in school? Get them a JigSaw Puzzle of a California Mission photo! These 10" by 14" Jigsaw Puzzles have 252 pieces and are recommended for age 5 and older.
All items in the Kids and Toddlers section of The Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress® have also been marked down from now until Sunday, November 11 at 10 PM U.S. Pacific Time. Find T-shirts, infant bodysuits, hoodies, sweatshirts, and bibs decorated with some of our most popular photos!
11/05/2007: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
11/04/2007: I added 73 photos of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park and of folks sailing the Golden Gate. Sixty of these were added to the Portfolio, in the San Francisco (Angler's Lodge, Spreckels Lake, Golden Gate and Bridge), Outdoor Recreation (soccer, sailing, flycasting), and the Wildlife (turtles at Spreckels Lake) sections. The rest are accessible from links in the Stock Photo Table. I retired some photos from the San Francisco and Outdoor Recreation sections of the Portfolio to make room, but the retired photos are still available in the Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™, for viewing, prints, and photo gifts.
10/31/2007: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/28/2007: SAVE all WEEK on PRINTS! All PRINTS (5" by 7" up through 20" by 30") have been MARKED DOWN 10% from their regular price in the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™, from NOW until Sunday, November 4, 2007 at 10 PM U.S. Pacific Time! Own an unframed PRINT of any photo of your choice from the Pro Gallery.
10/25/2007: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/22/2007: I added 32 photos of vines and vineyards in Livermore to the Viticulture and Wine section of the Portfolio. These photos were taken last week and capture some of the beautiful colors of the vineyards in autumn. I also updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/22/2007: Save 10% off the regular price on Note Cards, only at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™. Regularly $14.95, the box of 12 Note Cards with any image of your choice from the Pro Gallery (in matte or glossy finish) has been marked down to $13.46 from now through 10 PM U.S. Pacific Time, Wednesday, October 24, 2007.
Save on Caps in the "Caps" section of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®. Every Cap has ALSO been marked down until 10 PM October 24, 2007 U.S. Pacific Time.
10/19/2007: Weekend Sale! Everything in the Unisex Apparel section of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress® has been marked down from now until 10 PM U.S. Pacific Time on this Sunday, October 21. 2007. Buy this weekend and SAVE!
10/19/2007: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/16/2007: 48-Hour Sale! Save 10% off the regular price on Keepsake Boxes and Desk Organizers, only at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™. Regularly $29.95, Keepsake Boxes and Desk Organizers have been marked down to $26.96 from 10 AM October 16, 2007 through 10 AM October 18, 2007 (all times are U.S. Pacific Time). Hardwood Keepsake Boxes and Desk Organizers each have a photo tile decorated with the image of your choice from any of the albums in the Pro Gallery. Take me there now. Every item in the Her Apparel section of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress® has ALSO been marked down during the 48-Hour Sale from 10 AM October 16, 2007 through 10 AM October 18, 2007 (all times are U.S. Pacific Time). Now is the time to buy!
10/15/2007: I retired some photos from the San Francisco section of the Portfolio. The retired photos are still accessible in the Pro Gallery and from the Stock Photo Table. I also updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/12/2007: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/10/2007: Over 30 new photos from Sunday were added to the Wind and Power section of the Portfolio and one of these was added to the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/07/2007: Mugs and Tiled Mugs are on Sale only in the Pro Gallery, until October 14, 2007 at 7 PM Pacific Time. See the Shop / License page for details.
10/07/2007: I updated the slideshow on the Home Page.
10/02-06/2007: The 2008 Calendars are IN! There are 12 unique calendars of 3 different styles and prices. See them in the "Gifts for Everyone" section of the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®.
10/01/2007: The photos (more than 80) from the Tioga Road trip described in my blog entry of September 28 were added to the Portfolio. The Yosemite shots were added to the Yosemite section of the Portfolio, and the Mono Lake shots, as well as Tioga Road shots from outside of Yosemite, were added to the Other Places section. Some of the photos that were in these sections of the Portfolio were "retired" to make room, but they are still available on the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™, and from the Stock Photo Table. I also updated the slideshow on the Home Page to feature three photos from the Tioga Road trip to Mono Lake.
09/26/2007: Today I updated the slide show on the Home Page and ripped out frames and "behaviors" that Firefox had trouble handling on the GuestBook and Blog pages. Now these applications launch in their own windows and do not have the same "look and feel" as the rest of the site, but the applications work with Firefox on both Windows and Mac.
09/22/2007: I launched a WordPress Blog with the categories: California, Photography, and Uncategorized comments. The link to the Blog is from this page, the News / Blog page. Please comment, and let me know how you like it.
09/20/2007: Last Saturday, I made a "scouting expedition" to the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, which is 90 miles north of Sacramento. Since then, I have had a couple of phone conversations with the helpful folks at the Refuge. I will be making another trip there, but more about that later....
Tuesday was a beautiful blue-sky day in San Francisco, with temperatures in the 60's (deg F). I avoided the three-tractor-trailer-truck pileup that shut down the San Mateo Bridge for 5 hours (visitors beware), and made my way over the Bay Bridge, winding my way through unknown (to me) parts of San Francisco, to Golden Gate Park (map).
I visited the Conservatory of Flowers and gardens (which had some wonderful poppies), spent time at the National AIDS Memorial Grove thinking of someone close to me who is afflicted with the disease, then took a lesser-used path through bamboo and tree ferns, to the Lily Pond. There, I was able to help a European visitor find his way to the Japanese Tea Garden and watch a number of turtles sunning themselves on a log in the pond. The tree ferns near the Lily Pond are spectacular, and I always feel transported to some prehistoric time when I look at them. Somehow, lilies manage to find their way to sunlight underneath the tree ferns at the northern end of the path. From the Lily Pond and tree ferns, I traveled to the M.H. de Young Museum. In photographing the DeYoung, I felt like the "10 blind men describing an elephant" - in that each man could describe only the portion that he could touch. The DeYoung Museum is so huge that a wide-angle lens is wide enough only from far away. Close by, the photographer is able to capture isolated views of the DeYoung, each of which gives an separate impression of the structure. I also photographed the California Academy of Sciences building and museum, which is under construction. I photographed the Music Concourse between the construction and the DeYoung, before moving on to the Japanese Tea Garden exterior.
Most of the 40+ photographs were placed in the San Francisco section of the Portfolio, with a few of turtles and poppies and lilies placed in the Wildlife and Flowers sections. Please note that I wll be retiring some photos from the San Francisco section and Outdoor Recreation section soon, but they will continue to be accessible (but not as conveniently) from the Stock Photo Table.
I also updated the slide show on the Home Page.
Enjoy the photos of Golden Gate Park, and please sign the new GuestBook. Thanks! If you like, stop by the Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™ or the newly expanded Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress® and browse our photo merchandise. Thank you for supporting Cheshire Cat Photo!
09/18/2007: I added a GuestBook, with additional links on the Home Page and the Portfolio index page.
09/14/2007: I updated the slide show on the Home Page and added some Digital PhotoArt.
09/06/2007: Firstly, I would like to thank the friendly folks of Graniteville, CA (map) (in and near the Tahoe National Forest) for their hospitality on Sunday to all of the visiting participants in the horseshoe tournament held in support of the restoration of the Graniteville schoolhouse. Those of you unfamiliar with "pitching horseshoes" can read about the history of the sport here.
Graniteville is a Gold Rush town that was established in 1850 as Eureka South and renamed to Graniteville in 1877. There are a few ways to Graniteville - the way we traveled, in a Jeep with 4-wheel drive, started at Highway 49 and rose 3000 feet in 25 miles, the last 11 of which were unpaved "washboard" dirt road, with some spectacular views. According to local residents, the condition of the road was better than usual, since less snowfall last winter resulted in less runoff and fewer deep ruts.
I have included photos of the horseshoe contest (along with photos of the winning team and the runners-up) in the Outdoor Recreation section of the Portfolio, along with some shots of folks on Quads (4-wheel-drive all-terrain vehicles [ATVs], which seem like a good mode of transportation for the forest roads). I included photos of the schoolhouse, homes in town, and views of Poorman Creek, in the Other Places section of the Portfolio. I also updated the slide show on the home page and included slides of Graniteville.
In the late afternoon, a sumptuous banquet was held on picnic tables and we feasted on roast beef, baked potatoes, beans, salads, and a number of types of dessert. I met the Webmaster for the Graniteville Web site, and you can read more about Graniteville online on her site.
09/01/2007: I added more products to the newly expanded Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®. Take me there now.
08/28/2007: The slide show on the Home page was updated.
08/26/2007: In response to popular demand, the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress® has E-X-P-A-N-D-E-D (and has also been Remodeled)! If you have not visited in awhile, come see our new choices in apparel for juniors, women, men, babies, toddlers, children, and even dogs! There is also a wide variety of gifts, including left-handed mugs for those "Lefties" in your life! In addition, there is NEW merchandise and merchandise decorated with NEW photos, as well as with some of the most-viewed photos on the site. Visit the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress® now!
08/21/2007: Saturday's exploration of Tilden Park in Berkeley yielded photos of a hike to the top of Wildcat Peak, shots of a magnificent Great Blue Heron at the edge of Jewel Lake, and photos of a portion of Wildcat Gorge. Most of these photos were placed in the Portfolio for easy viewing, replacing some shots in the Outdoor Recreation section. Other photos went into the Other Places, Wind and Power, and Wildlife sections.
The hike to Wildcat Peak started with a visit to the Tilden Environmental Education Center. From there, the trail passes beside Jewel Lake, through eucalyptus and then through California bay laurel. Laurel Creek runs nearby during the rainy season. From the stone overlook at the summit of Wildcat Peak, elevation 1250 feet, there is a 360-degree panoramic view, with views of all of San Pablo Reservoir, the edge of Briones Reservoir, and Mount Diablo to the east. To the north is San Pablo Bay. To the west are Mount Tamalpais, Angel Island, Alcatraz, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, the Bay Bridge, and downtown San Francisco.
After a warm hike to the summit of Wildcat Peak and back down, the cool evening breezes over Jewel Lake were very welcome. A Great Blue Heron, well camouflaged on a horizontal branch, cleaned its feathers unconcernedly, until two hikers, who were unaware of the bird's presence, moved within 20 feet. The heron made its large body compact and moved into the shadows. Then quite unexpectedly, the great bird soared low from its perch, escaping over the water to the south end of the lake, its large wings making a spectacular and graceful display.
Wildcat Gorge below the dam of Lake Anza was relatively dry in August - not so during the wet season. The cooler air and the magnificent ferns along rock walls made for a lush deep green end to the day.
Please remember that you can always see higher resolution images at our Pro Gallery on Shutterfly (http://www.cheshirecatphoto.com/pages/MainProGallery.html) by running a slideshow or looking at individual images in the album of your choice.
Also, enjoy the new slideshow on the home page.
08/16/2007: About 40 new shots from this week were added to the site. Most of these are in the Portfolio, Wind and Power section, although a couple were added to the Viticulture and Wine section. The slideshow was also updated. The seemingly ever-increasing numbers of windmills in the Altamont and the associated electrical substations and power lines are pretty spectacular, especially at sunset on a back road. The California Aqueduct also flows through this area. California is still very much about water - many areas would be deserts if not for the water transported from Sierra snow melt. The aqueduct system keeps population centers alive and provides water to grow food for much of the U.S. and for export.
08/11/2007: The slideshow and homepage photo were updated. The individual slide images are hyperlinks to the related sections of the Porfolio. Flash® Player 7 or later is required for viewing the slideshow.
08/09/2007: A slideshow option was added to the homepage. The individual slide images are hyperlinks to the related sections of the Porfolio. Flash® Player 7 or later is required for viewing the slideshow.
08/07/2007: Sunday's shoot in San Francisco yielded 53 photos from those taken of the famous Victorian houses on Steiner Street and Alamo Square, and of Battery Chamberlin on Baker Beach. Of these, 45 have been placed in the San Francisco section of the Portfolio, for convenient viewing (all 53 are accessible from the Stock Photo Table). The day was one of those foggy and misty summer days in San Francisco that finds tourists shivering in shorts and that the author Mark Twain referenced in his famous quip that the coldest winter of his life was a summer in San Francisco. The weather was insufficient to prevent picnicking in Alamo Square, however. The views from Alamo Square convinced me to visit again on a blue-sky day for comparison, and the variety of languages spoken by other visitors there reminded me that San Francisco is a truly international city.
Battery Lowell Chamberlin (named after a Civil War veteran) on Baker Beach is the home of one of the few remaining "disappearing guns" used in World War I and thereafter. Battery Chamberlin is open on the first full weekend of every month, between 11 AM and 3 PM. The 50-ton M1905 6-inch-diameter-bore rifle on display is virtually indistinguishable from the M1903 rifle originally emplaced at the battery to defend the Golden Gate. The weapon sits on an M1903 "disappearing" carriage. The M1905 on display came from Battery Livingston, Fort Hamilton, Harbor Defenses of New York, and spent time at West Point before given to the Smithsonian Institution and finding its way to San Francisco. The name "disappearing gun" refers to the operation. When a lever was pulled, a lead counterweight dropped, and the aimed rifle was pulled upward to the firing position. After firing, the recoil dropped the weapon below the parapet for reloading (effectively hiding it from the view of enemy ships), and raised the lead counterweight to prepare for the next shot. The battery has no overhead protection from a later weapon of war, the airplane. A detailed discussion, by Chuck Wofford, of the history and technology of Battery Chamberlin, can be found here. I was fortunate to visit at a time when Battery Chamberlin was open, and I could participate in a tour.
08/03/2007: I added a shot of Columbus Street to the San Francisco section and a variant to the Digital PhotoArt section, along with a few other Digital PhotoArt shots. I adjusted cropping in the Digital PhotoArt folder in the Pro Gallery on Shutterfly. Enjoy the winter shot of Yosemite Falls featured this week on the Home link. The park is magical in the winter, and there are far fewer visitors. A week or two ago, I noticed that Google™ had a direct link to one of my Digital PhotoArt shots of the Merced River in Yosemite and another link to the Digital PhotoArt index page. The Merced is a torrent of snow melt in spring, and in fall, I have taken photos from sandbars in the Merced riverbed, since there is so little flow.
07/25/2007: Over 350 photos from last Thursday were added to the Outdoor Recreation and California Coast sections. Most of these photos are accessible only from the Stock Photo Table, but I have placed representative samples in the Portfolio areas for convenient viewing, for now. The main Outdoor Recreational activities were "beachcombing" and wading at the beautiful Hole-in-the-Wall Beach and Panther Beach near Santa Cruz, although a couple of shots of surf fishing were also included. Photos of the deserted beaches themselves were added to the California Coast section. It was a sunny, clear, and windy day with a lot of surf and squadrons of pelicans. The geology of the two beaches is quite amazing.
I should add one word of caution about Hole-in-the-Wall Beach, especially at high tide and in winter. In winter, the beach sand is about 6 feet lower than in my photos, and at high tide, waves can come rushing through the "hole". Since Hole-in-the-Wall Beach is a cul-de-sac, high tide can close the easy entrance/exit (through the "hole"), leaving visitors trapped against the cliff or scrambling up one of the few very steep paths to the top. When exploring a beach, be sure to check a tide table beforehand.
07/17/2007: A two-day trip to Central California last week yielded about 200 photos from those taken of four California Missions, Cambria, Morro Bay, and the elephant seals at the Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery just north of San Simeon. Most of the photos have been placed in the Portfolio for convenient viewing, for now. All photos are accessible from the Stock Photo Table, as always.
The Missions included: Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, Mission San Antonio de Padua, Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, and the earthquake-ravaged Mission San Miguel Arcángel. According to docents, the repairs to the damaged Mission San Miguel Arcángel (damaged by a 2003 earthquake with an epicenter near the Hearst Castle at San Simeon) are currently expected to cost approximately $14M, and additional funding is needed. The church is closed to visitors, but the grounds and some of the buildings are open to tourism. Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is undergoing earthquake retrofitting that is expected to be completed in September, but the Mission was open during my visit, except for the gift shop, which was closed Monday - Wednesday.
In addition, photos from Morro Bay, Piedras Blancas, and Cambria have been added to the California Coast section, a few shots have been added to the Wind and Power section, and a number of photos of elephant seals have been added to the Wildlife section.
07/07/2007: I added photos taken this week to the Viticulture and Wine, Wind and Power, Other Places, and Outdoor Recreation sections.
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06/23/2007: I added some very recent photos of local vineyards to the Viticulture and Wine area.
06/20/2007: I added a separate folder for Digital PhotoArt. My philosophy for photographs of the natural world is to work with the colors present in a captured image, with the understanding that cameras cannot capture (and prints and browsers cannot express) the range of light levels and colors seen by the human eye. Digital PhotoArt is, to me, a different treatment of a subject, to convey an impression or to evoke a mood. Digital PhotoArt is not bounded by the restrictions above, and can contain color substitutions and other modifications. I have placed such images in a separate Category, and given them file names containing an "e" (with series designations "e1, e2, e3", etc.) so that such modified images can be readily distinguished from those with the rich colorations of the natural world.
06/18/2007: I added navigational bars to improve navigation to and from the Shutterfly Pro Gallery pages, while creating a more consistent look.
06/12/2007: I added photos from the Relay For Life anti-cancer walkathon in Tracy in May, photos from Monterey and Pacific Grove at the end of May, and shots of Yosemite Valley from 06/04/2007. As always, all photos (low resolution) are linked from the Stock Photo List, and some of the photos were placed in the Portfolio folders and on the Shutterfly Pro Gallery. There was more water than I expected in Yosemite Valley on the 4th, with good flows in Cascade Creek, Ribbon Fall, and Yosemite Falls. Tour busses were present, but the Valley was not too crowded. Lupine and dogwood were in bloom at 6100 feet.
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