Kat & Sergei

Kat and Sergei got married in San Francisco today. It was an intimate wedding with her parents and two best friends attending. She already had another photographer but I told her I would try to snap some candid shots of Jeff and Jem.


But they got camera shy.

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Working on a series of Joseph, Mary and Baby Jesus photographs to be displayed at the upcoming annual Christmas Creche Exhibit in Palo Alto.

President Jimmy Carter

Not everyday you get to eat lunch with the Secret Service after shooting a president. President Jimmy Carter spoke at Menlo Country Club regarding global health issues.

Delicate Arch

Had a great day four-wheelin and exploring with Andrew and his friends...but the day just wasn't going to be complete without a hike to Delicate Arch.

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Somewhere near Moab

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Highway 1 @ Davenport

Living The Dream...

I'm really starting to feel like this whole photography business is going to work out. I came home from a photo gig today and saw this sweet ride parked on the street in front of my house. It may not be mine but, dreaming can be a good thing.

One year ago this week I told my manager at The North Face that I wanted to drastically drop my hours as the store's visual merchandiser and go from full to part-time status. I had decided that I really needed to pursue professional photography. It is where my experience lies, it is where my training lies, and most importantly it is where my passion lies. It was time to start living the dream.

This year, among other photography jobs and assignments, I have taught two full photography classes in my own studio with demand for more, have one regular and two semi-regular private photo consulting clients, have started teaching photography classes at the Hyatt Classic, and have been hired as a regular contract photographer for a local venture capital firm doing all their event photography and eating some very fancy catered food.



...so if nothing else, the dream is keeping me well fed.

Pescadero

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Radley's new favorite ride...


...Uncle Jefferson's new workout.

11 Days Old

Zorea & Declan

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Just A Tuesday On The Delta

Mike watches the dock while Trish handles the phones.


"Welcome to The Delta. How may I direct your call?"

Double The Nieces And Nephews. Double The Fun!

Proud parents, Bryan and Tauna!*


Proud Grandma B!


Proud Grandpa B!


Proud uncles, Andy and myself!


baby girl: 6lbs. 2oz. & baby boy: 8lbs. 2oz.
...somebody is going to have a protective brother!

*MVP award to Tauna for carrying such precious cargo for nine months that ended up weighing over 14lbs. combined, waiting out almost two days of labor, going through a C section, and displaying such a beautiful smile barely four hours after!

Mission Impossible

I received the call Monday evening from my boss, Mr. X. My mission, should I choose to accept it, was to have a sufficient amount of Bavarian Mint from Gelato Classico, located at 435 Emerson Street in downtown Palo Alto, delivered to a specified address in Orem, UT. Something about some guy wanting to impress his fiance with her favorite flavor of gelato. Apparently some romantic memories were previously enjoyed in Palo Alto. My deadline was Friday. My mission was completed at 9:26 A.M. Thursday when the package arrived safely with its contents still frozen solid.

So how much does it cost to send 5 liters of Bavarian Mint gelato overnight to Utah you might ask? Probably a lot more than this guy imagined. Lucky for him Mr. X likes him.

5 liters Bavarian Mint gelato: $50
1 styrofoam cooler from 7-11: $8.18
5 pounds dry ice and zip lock bags from Safeway: $12.28
UPS 10:30AM Next Day Air shipping: $107.41
Bradshaw's packaging & shipping services: $122.13

Total for reliving romantic memories spent in downtown Palo Alto enjoying Bavarian Mint gelato: $300

Super Diamond!!!

I've said it before and I'll say it again. "GO SEE SUPER DIAMOND!!!"

David Archuleta Serenaded Me

Yeah it's true. David Archuleta serenaded me.

My friend Amy called me up today and asked if I would drive to Sacramento with her to do some publicity photos for Rising Star. She said we would be photographing David Archuleta. I said sure.

After we got on the road and caught up a bit with each other, I had to ask Amy who this David Archuleta guy was. I figured he was somewhat famous but I hadn't been keeping up with Us Weekly or People and clearly hadn't been watching much TV, so I was a bit out of the loop as far as the phenomenon known as American Idol.

After arriving at a nice hotel, David's manager escorted us to his room and introduced us. It was kinda surreal because he is just a kid. He was super nice and even offered me the complimentary chocolate covered strawberries that were in the room. I quickly set up for our little publicity photoshoot while he typed away on his MacBook Pro likely blogging/Facebooking/Twittering.

As Amy and I tried to figure out how to hang the Rising Star poster for the background I discovered we could hang it from the fire sprinklers. She commented, "Robert, your such a cool guy for doing all this." At which point David busted out with a spontaneous song of, "Robert, he's such a cool guy!"

Climbing With Danielle

I finally had the chance to go climbing with my cousin Danielle. We found some nice crags at the end of a road in Ogden.

I tried my hand at lead climbing a sport route, but only made it half way up.


Danielle finished it off and made it look easy.

Willard Bay

Bryan, Steven and I took a morning flight out of SF to join most of the family in Utah (Andy flew out later that same day and Tauna stayed home as she is due in one month with twins). While walking through the airport we looked like sponsored athletes decked out in The North Face gear and each of us sporting The North Face duffel bags. When we arrived at Christofer and Devan's place the boat and everybody were all ready to head out to Willard Bay for a day of fun.

Radley has fun playing with rocks on the shore.


Demsey has fun just chillin.


Radley also has fun being a human football.


Chris had fun launching out of the water


Jefferson gets his catch-the-frisbee-in-the-water big-air goin on.


Christofer decides to sneak up on me while someone has my camera...


...and makes the takedown!


Fun with synchronized jumping.

(l to r) myself, Jefferson, John, Bryan, Christofer, Steven

Dad enjoys some R&R with Demsey.

My Latest Work Of Art:

Caisa and Adrian show their support for Joy during the 2009 World Longboard Championships held in France

4th of July

This year's fourth had the requisite barbecue at noon complete "with liberty and watermelon for all" hosted by Jessica, Cary and Brittany at Ramos Park. Then Rayne and I headed down to Aptos for a beach party thrown by Krista, Kianna and Jem where we found ourselves surrounded by some of the craziest (possibly illegal) fireworks I have ever witnessed. And by witnessed I mean practically having to duck and cover while roasting s'mores around our mini beach bonfire! And even though it felt what I imagine a war zone to feel like, Krista said this year was pretty tame.


"ooh! aah!"


"Fire in the hole!"


Our small but sufficient beach bonfire.

The Arroyo Seco Gorge Adventure Tour

Hike three miles up the gorge.


Drop down to the bridge.


Then "hike" down the river!


The river goddess emerges.


Yeah, we just did that.

Fat Man's Misery

The group, minus our sacrificial photographer: James


In a canyon called "Fat Man's Misery" it's good to be skinny!

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Spending some quality time with little Demsey.

photo credit: Christofer Bradshaw

Teva Mountain Games - Saturday

Teva Mountain Games - Friday

Teva Mountain Games - Thursday