The Pixels in Pete's World

The last time I saw the inside of a bank vault, I was dreaming. I pictured shiny metallic walls. Never mind, I must have seen that in the countless movies I’ve watched. So, when I was asked to photograph UCR professors Yingbo Hua and Ping Liang and with their research assistants I was a little [...]

Last year I only got to spend two hours at Riverside’s Lunar Festival. I missed a lot of acts and performances. The one I wanted to see were the Sumo wrestlers. This afternoon, try as I could, I couldn’t get through into the inner ring of people.

Setting up a makeshift studio doesn’t require a lot of space but it does require some improvisation. I was in the basement of the First Congregational Church recently to photograph some children who attended Puppet Palooza–a week long puppet making workshop by Creative Kids Have Fun. Young children are not the easiest of subjects. That’s [...]

Over the years I’ve provided photography coverage of various events for the local university, UC Riverside. Usually it’s a ground-breaking, a ribbon-cutting or portraiture of someone in the community for which they’re doing a story or feature. Every now and then, I get something unusual and fun.