CYO Basketball - St Annes vs St Bonaventure

St Annes and St Bonaventure played a tough CYO basketball game last night at Clayton Valley High School.  It was pretty tight in the beginning, but St Annes began to pull away in the second half.  To see more action from the game you can click on the link below: http://www.motionphotographyonline.com/Sports/St-Annes-20120129/21259510_7KZXW8#!i=1692507937&k=4zCgpsX

CYO Basketball - St Annes vs Immaculate Heart

On Sunday January 22, 2012 St Annes went head to head with Immaculate Heart at Deer Valley in the CYO basketball league.  All the players went full steam throughout the entire game and gave the spectators quite a show.  More photo's can been viewed at http://www.motionphotographyonline.com/Sports/St-Annes-20120122/21259204_gL98KN#!i=1692483374&k=Fm8HdBC   Hope you enjoy!

Basketball - Excelsior at Edna Hill Middle School

Took some time to enjoy my grandson's basketball game on Thursday.  Excelsior at Edna Hill Middle School.  Looked like a tough battle through the first period  with the score very close but as the game progressed, Excelsior began to take control.  When the final buzzer sounded Excelsior stood as the victor.  Well played by both teams.  To see more pictures please click the following link
Basketball - Excelsior vs Edna Hill Middle School or go to www.motionphotographyonline.com.

The family all drove up to Tahoe Donner on Friday for Brandon's birthday weekend.  He will be become a teenager on Monday, which is a very special birthday.  We couldn't ask for better weather, however, when you go up to the mountains in mid-January to snow ski it would be nice to have some actual snow on the ground.  All was not lost though due to mankinds ingenuity to make artificial snow.  Not the best, but it worked out just fine. Saturday was spent on the slopes and Sunday was a day to hike and do a little window shopping in town. I was able to find time to snap a view pictures along the way.  The top photo is the Truckee River taken at a spot just off of Highway 89 between Squaw Valley and Truckee. The second shot shows the Truckee River as it passes through the actual town of Truckee heading toward Reno, Nevada.  The last photo is of Brandon, the birthday celebrant.  To see the rest of the photo's including shots from our hike to Martis Creek Lake, just outside of Truckee, please visit our website at www.motionphotographyonline.com and look in the "Family" gallery (password required).

We took a ride out to the San Francisco's Farmers Market this past Saturday.  After buying a few organic neccesities, we took a walk on the pier to people-watch but were given quite a show by the many seagulls at hand.  They were plentiful and many would perch themselves on the railings waiting patiently for someone to walk by and drop a morsel at which time they would spring into action and swoop in to get it before the unsuspecting victim had a chance to bend down and pick it up.

After lunch we took a scenic drive on the road just over the Golden Gate Bridge (north side) that takes you out to the ocean point.  This is a great road if you really want to see some of California's history dating back to WWII.  It begins as a two lane road but as you peak out at the top it narrows into a one lane, one way road, that takes you past many of the old pill boxes and bunkers that housed some of the anti-aircraft guns and canon's that where capable of sinking anything attempting to get through the mighty Golden Gate.  A great ride but I suggest you take this excursion on a weekday since there were ton's of people on this particular Saturday.  You can see more photo's from the day at http://www.motionphotographyonline.com/Travel/San-Francisco/18554653_pt9rB8#!i=1432753456&k=GbSTxDx or visit www.motionphotographyonline.com and click on galleries, then Travel (password is required).  Please email me at motionphotography@comcast.net if you are unable to view.  Hope you enjoy.

Christmas Day 2011

Christmas Day was hosted by B&L this year.  Everyone had their immediate family gift openings in the morning at their respective home and then congregated at B&L's to spend the remainder of the day together and sharing in some holiday cheer, and of course some old times.  You can see all the photo's by clicking http://www.motionphotographyonline.com/Family/Christmas-Day-2011/20774219_ThHqxs#1648761044_thfZKxJ or by going to www.motionphotographyonline.com and clicking on the 'Family' category (password required).  Hohoho.

Christmas Eve 2011

Christmas Eve with the family.  This year it was held at C&R's home, thank you guys for a great evening.  You can visit our site at www.motionphotographyonline.com and selecting the 'Family' category (password required) to see the rest of the photo's.   Enjoy...

Basketball - St Annes vs St Ignatius

St Annes vs St Ignatius basketball on December 17th held at Timber Point.  Good hard fought match between both teams.  Visit our site at www.motionphotographyonline.com to see all the great shots.

Tighe Annual Christmas Party

We enjoyed a holiday party where a special Santa Claus visits and gives out gifts to the children (as you can see Mickey and Minnie Mouse were in attendance).  A good time was had by everyone, including Santa Claus.  Please visit our site at www.motionphotographyonline.com under the category 'Family' (password protected) to see all the kids enjoying their time with Santa.

C&R's Family Xmas Photo's

We did a family shoot at Sycamore Grove in Livermore with another one of our own.  I'm sure you can understand the challenges we faced when you factor in a young hyper 95 pound chocolate lab. Looking at this picture you can appreciate that this was the one second, in time, that everyone (including the dog) was looking at the camera.  Ahhh, sweet success.  You can see all of the photo's (and there are some great one's) taken by visiting www.motionphotographyonline.com under the category "Family" (password required).

Cross Country - Excelsior at O'Hara

This is the Excelsior cross country meet held at O'Hara on December 1, 2011.  Weather was great for the runners, cool with partial sunshine, however, if you were one of the many spectators, you may notice they are all wearing coats.  O'Hara has a really good course and the kids all seemed to have a good time.  You can see each of the runners in action at www.motionphotographyonline.com under the Sports category.  Hope you enjoy...

Thanksgiving 2011

Thanksgiving is a time for "Family".  This year was special to us because we had almost our entire family together to enjoy a feast, catch up on what's going on in everyone's lives, and reminisce about the good old times.  You can see the entire group of photos on our website in the 'family' category at www.motionphotographyonline.com 

For the few family members that were unable to attend this year, we sure did miss you and hope that you can feel the warmth and love in the pictures.

Halloween 2011

I'm catching up on a couple of photo sessions that I had not yet posted.  For family members, you can visit our 'family' site at www.motionphotographyonline.com to see some of the pictures taken as the kids hopped, skipped, and ran through the neigborhood and sang out; "trick or treat", with great enthusiasm and excitement.  Many great costumes, great neighbors, and a great time was had by all.