Enough time has passed since Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar’s interview with BBC’s Sarah Montague aired.I’m hoping the dust has settled somewhat. I was outraged by what I heard. But thankfully I’ve had time to let my nerves calm down.

Every fair-minded Malaysian on the planet having seen the interview must have been disgusted. A [...]

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Pixel Pete on June 27th, 2008

As a freelance photographer I tend to photograph people mostly. After 20 years I am fortunate to still come across interesting people like freelance writer/author Rebecca O’Connor, a UCR alumni.

She hunts ducks at the Salton Sea with her dog “Booth” an American Brittany Spaniel.
But she doesn’t use a firearm, only her 5-year-old peregrine falcon, [...]

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Pixel Pete on June 27th, 2008

It’s the 3rd meeting for my digital photography class at UC Riverside’s California Museum of Photography.
As with our previous meeting, we jumped right in with our cameras.
We met Brittani our gorgeous, drop-dead model outside, walked around the pedestrian mall.
Our first stop was a small sliver of light between two buildings reflecting off the windows of [...]

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