2010 In Review: Shooting From the Hip

When I got my Droid phone at the beginning of 2010 I found myself taking a lot more photos. Not the hurry-up-and-shoot-before-the-soufflé-falls kind of photos, but the pull-over-the-car-and-shoot-out-the-window kind of photos. Okay, I admit, there were a lot of "cute cat" photos mixed in there too. But I would often pull out my phone to just snap a photo of a moment, a place, a feeling, something to remember it later.

I discovered how much fun it is to take those quick impressions without putting too much thought into it. Don't worry about the soufflé falling, the ice melting or the light changing, just shoot. Capture the moment and move on. I practice this philosophy particularly on vacation when I don't want to get myself and everyone around me wrapped up in a photo shoot. Still, there was a lot of great stuff on my phone and I thought you'd like to see a little year-in-review from the perspective of my phone.  Enjoy, and don't worry, I left out the "cute cat" photos.

 (Clockwise from top left) Fourth of July hordes in Huntington Beach represented in bicycle; a rare sight--empty PCH; Palm Street, fittingly named; a salty dog at The Salty Dog; spring in Corona.

The Public House in Temecula; Colorado porch; Colorado front range; river in Golden, Co.; first rain of the season. 

San Francisco's China Town; Thanksgiving sunset at the beach; gondolier aglow in Sunset Beach; champagne in Paris (Las Vegas); Alex from Holland.

Sailing in San Diego with John.

Palm Springs for New Year's.