Giving back

"Center, Brandy Boman, a homeless woman out of the Palo Alto Invision center, has her hair curled by, left, Emma Klabo, of San Jose, and, right, Aisha White, of Mountain View, on Tuesday at the Place 2b Hair Studio in Santa Clara as part of “Make-Over, Make it Happen.” The event was sponsored by Innvision, a provider of housing and supportive services for homeless women in Silicon Valley."

From a full day of death and negativity today, shooting this assignment made me feel a bit better. The salon along with the homeless shelters got together to give homeless women a make-over.

Heart Condition

"A student rides her bike by a small memorial put up near the intersection of Embarcadero Road and El Camino Real at Palo Alto High School on Tuesday for Travis Brewer who passed away due to a heart condition on Monday."

I think it is very sad when young people pass away. About a year ago I lost my cousin who was 24. I can't even imagine how the parents of the child feel.

Me and my best friend Palin

"Former Navy Air Crew member, Louise Foriofrio, of San Francisco, stands next to her life size Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin during a McCain-Palin volunteer kick off event held at the Hiller Aviation Museum on Tuesday in San Carlos. "

There was a Republican volunteer kick off today in San Carlos... it was interesting...

Soccer Wars

"Palo Alto’s oldest soccer club, Harmonie, warms up prior to their game on Saturday in Palo Alto. The soccer club managed to get some time on the field to host a local soccer club tri-team competition calling it the “Palo Alto Cup.” The games are intended to help highlight the competitive soccer clubs in Palo Alto while continuing quest to regain field time slots."

There is a few soccer clubs in Palo Alto that have been around for a while now.



And with more leagues for younger kids and women sprouting up these teams have a hard time getting slots to practice.



It is important to practice for any sport you play... without practice, you can't get better.

Sacred Heart Prep vs Mills Football

There is not much to talk about or nothing very interesting had happened so here are a few images for you guys to enjoy.

Details

Always look for details while shooting assignments. They can always come in handy for fillers or cool designs. Here is a football I found with the harsh son hitting it.

Making something out of nothing

"Grita Dev, of Woodside, talks to customers during a garage sell. Supporters of Measure W gathered in Redwood City on Saturday to raise money towards the measure’s campaign to stop massive development at Cargill."

Have you ever showed up and just say... are you kidding me? Well today was one of those days. There was nothing there... how am I going to show everything in one photo?

Peace in the middle east...

"Susan Hasse, of Redwood City, participates in a peace rally held at the corner of 4th Avenue and El Camino Real in San Mateo on Thursday. The Declaration of Peace group has held a rally every Tuesday for over three years at the same corner. The group said that if September 11th did not fall on their usual day of rallying, they would still have been out there"

Sorry I just had too.

So today marked the 7th year since 9-11. I can believe its been that long. Just yesterday it seemed I joined the Navy back in March of 2001 and off to war I went. Any way this group was standing at the corner getting some attention from the public.

Cross Country

Cross country with no numbers on people jerseys can be very tough to identify when you only have a time slot of 10 min. I cant believe I had to truck it all the way to Daly City today to get these photos... man what a drive... and what weather difference... I had to wear a sweatshirt.

September 11th Details

"American flags stand on the lawn of the Menlo Park Fire Protection District Headquarters Station located on Middlefield Road. Menlo Park firefighters placed 343 American flags at each of the districts stations on Thursday to commemorate the sacrifice of the firefighters in the September 11th terrorist attacks."
Yet another busy day! One of my assignments where basically over even before I woke up. But details is not always bad.

Though I do have some photos of people looking at the American flags, the details brought it home for me.

Enjoy!