Just a mile from where I live, joined a meetup group of street photographers for a night in Old Town Pasadena.

Photos taken with a Fuji X-M1 and 18mm lens or Olympus E-M1 with 20mm lens. Images were processed in Lightroom 4.4 using Nik Silver Efex.

​Attended a L.A. Street Photography meetup at the Mission San Gabriel Archangel..

All photos were taken with a Leica M9 camera with an Avenon 28mm f3.5 lens and a Fuji  X-M1 camera with a 23mm lens.. Images were processed in Lightroom 4.4 using Nik Silver Efex and ColorEfex plugins.

Attended a weekend workshop in Joshua Tree National Park led by Seraphina Landgrebe. Beautiful night skies and nice people all around.

All photos taken with a Fuji X-Pro1 with 23mm and 60mm lenses. Post processing in PS 5.5.

Attended my first landscape photo tour with a talented group of photographers led by Dave Wyman of Image Quest Tours. Here are a few images together with ones taken along iconic Highway 395.

All photos were taken with Fuji X-Pro1 and X-M1 cameras with 12mm, 27mm and 60mm lenses. Images were processed in Lightroom 4.4 using Nik Silver Efex and ColorEfex plugins.

Spent three days with my son in Chicago who had just completed his freshman year at UW-Madison. Here are a few images around the riverfront, Navy Yard, and Millennium Park.

All photos were taken with a Leica M9 with 21mm, 28mm or 40mm lenses.