best street photography - finalist

we made the finals again! your waitress is a finalist at the 2011 photoblog awards, in the best street photography category! i am very surprised, and honored to be in such fine company. this is the second time yw has been a finalist, the first was in 2009 in the best american photoblog category. please take some time to browse through all the finalists and winners at the 2011 photoblog awards. congrats to all of the wonderful photoblogs and thank you!

86 yw photowalk

join me for a final photowalk in oakland before i move back to kansas city, missouri in late june. we’ll be meeting at the trappist then walking through old oakland, chinatown, down to lake merritt and perhaps the oakland museum. if you are taking bart, the trappist is a few short blocks from the downtown 12th st. bart station in oakland.

thank you!! to all of the wonderful photographers and photobloggers i have met during my time in california. i hope you can join us for one final photo day.

when: sunday, june 5 2:30-5:30 pm

where: meet at the trappist, 460 8th st., oakland, ca 94612, few short blocks from the 12th street bart station

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yw @ cmon

on sunday i hung the ten images in my show, last. oakland. at commonwealth cafe and pub at 2882 telegraph in oakland. last. oakland. will be on display until the end of may 2011. i also had the privilege of taking food images for their swanky new website. i have a new found respect for food photographers. it is not an easy task. check out the site, then check out the show. thanks ross, pete and mama ahna!