Busy Busy

Been a busy dude. Busy, busy, busy. In time for the holidays, I intend to unveil a collection of photographs suitable for gift giving. Keep an eye for that on Friday. Here's a quick rundown of some recent stuff I've been working on.

Yesterday morning I met Bernie at the Moritz Cowtown Cross. Check out my photos and Bernie's write up here at WestandClear.com.

Last night I shot some pictures of a gas drilling rig that popped up very close to the Bluebonnet Circle in Fort Worth. Steve-O has a great write-up/confessional that includes some more of my photos at WestandClear.com.

The Lone Star International Film Festival debuted in Fort Worth, and I was running around like a mad man for 5 days shooting pics, attending panels and catching flicks. See more photos and read all the write-ups here.

Queen Street, Brisbane, Australia @ Night

Sushi, originally uploaded by peteg.

Restaurants in Brisbane tend to be open to the street.

Queen Street @ Night, originally uploaded by peteg.

What if Main Street, Fort Worth was like this?

Queen Street, Brisbane, Australia, originally uploaded by peteg.

Queen Street, Brisbane, Australia, originally uploaded by peteg.

Queen Street, Brisbane, Australia, originally uploaded by peteg.

Queen Street, Brisbane, Australia, originally uploaded by peteg.

What if Main Street in Fort Worth was closed off like this? How wonderful and open it would be? There is an idea that people don't want to walk in Texas because it is too hot, but it's hot in Australia too. Queen Street is closed off the vehicular traffic, making it the central walkway through the CBD (central business district). Our hotel was on Queen St., and I spent hours there people watching and shooting photographs.

Spitting Game

Spitting Game, originally uploaded by peteg.

Tags: brisbane, australia, 20d, street photography

Jason sells the merch

Jason sells the merch, originally uploaded by peteg.

Tags: dallas, jason, texas, jimmy eat world, granada theater, merch

Congrats to Kelly and Cliff

Pete & Joe, originally uploaded by peteg.

Joe and I suit it up at our bro Cliff's wedding. Joe is the dashing lad in the tweed suit, I am the handsome devil in the green shirt. Tar took this picture with my camera.

Backyard Wedding, originally uploaded by peteg.

Kelly & Cliff, originally uploaded by peteg.

Hey! Nice work, you two. Congrats.

Friends

Joe M, originally uploaded by peteg.

Kana, originally uploaded by peteg.

Tarita, originally uploaded by peteg.

Andy G, originally uploaded by peteg.

Joe M, originally uploaded by peteg.

Victor Buys Boots

Victor Buys Boots, originally uploaded by peteg.

Victor bought a pair of boots when he visited us last month.

Victor Buys Boots, originally uploaded by peteg.

Victor Buys Boots, originally uploaded by peteg.

Victor Buys Boots, originally uploaded by peteg.

Satisfied Customer, originally uploaded by peteg.

Joe

Joe, originally uploaded by peteg.

Reata

Reata, originally uploaded by peteg.

Cattle Drive

Cattle Drive, originally uploaded by peteg.

Twice a day the Fort Worth Stockyards parades a modest herd of longhorn cattle through the brick lined streets of what is now a tourism district.

Queen of the Kitties

Queen of the Kitties, originally uploaded by peteg.

Tar is the Queen of the Kitties

Lap Kitty, originally uploaded by peteg.

Everybody is a photographer these days

Everybody is a photographer, originally uploaded by peteg.

I captured this at the Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.

Tags: Geniella, www.petegeniella.com, Fort Worth Photographer, Fort Worth photoblog, San Francisco, 20d, Golden Gate Park, Conservatory of Flowers, tourists, photographers, kid photographers

If you've seen my heart, I believe I may have misplaced it in San Francisco

Tarita and I returned to San Francisco for the Holidays. Sounds so typical, but I really had no idea how much I missed The City until I had to leave it again. Herb Caen captured, with words, the essence of San Francisco and its many facets, but the quote that comes to mind is "If one day I do go to heaven, I'll look around and say, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.'"




Coming back, what once blurred into the landscape of my former life was once again stunning; the Sutro Tower poking up through the mist, the tops of Golden Gate Bridge in the background of the rolling hill in the Outer Richmond, are just a few examples. Heck even Market Street was exciting and fantastic.




And being with all of our family and friends again was wonderful...was what the Holidays are all about. Let me tell you, when you are 2000 miles away from anyone you love, those annoying traits that all our friends and family have, well, they stop being annoying and suddenly are endearing. I love all my friends and family and we are so lucky to have you all. Being away makes it special to come back.



Here are some random photographic selections from our time in San Francisco. There's plenty more to come.

Burritos were perfected in San Francisco, originally uploaded by peteg.

Tar in Chinatown, originally uploaded by peteg.

Mr. Green, originally uploaded by peteg.

Mr. Mann, originally uploaded by peteg.

Out to lunch, originally uploaded by peteg.

Tags: Pete Geniella, geniella, www.petegeniella.com, onethirdvignette.blogspot.com, photoblog, San Francisco, LX2, Tarita Fazio, Phil Green, Jason Mann, Steve Ah Nin, Transamerica Pyramid, Burritos, The City

bros

bros, originally uploaded by peteg.

I shot this series on the porch of my parents' house in Hopland, CA on Christmas Day. My momma will be so happy when she sees it. From Left to Right, Sam, Nate, Luke and Pete (me).

Luke doesn't really like Pennywise. he was wearing that because it was cold out.

View it large, please.

Tags: "pete geniella", www.petegeniella.com, onethirdvignette.blogspot.com, Hopland, CA, geniella, Luke, Nate, Sam

Oh, Tanenbaum (and stuff)

Oh, Tanenbaum (and stuff), originally uploaded by peteg.

Tari hangs ornaments on our Christmas Tree.

20061204-181310 copy, originally uploaded by peteg.

Terese and Mike G help trim our Christmas Tree in our Fort Worth apt.

Putting the hooks on, originally uploaded by peteg.

Tari prepares and ornament for the Christmas tree as Terese G prepares to take her picture.

Santa!, originally uploaded by peteg.

An ornament for our Christmas Tree.

Tar, The Photographer, III, originally uploaded by peteg.

Tari takes pictures of the Christmas Tree trimming party in our apartment.

Santa, the sailor man, originally uploaded by peteg.

Santa is a sailor too. This is prolly my favorite Christmas ornament.

Beary Christmas!, originally uploaded by peteg.

Bi-polar, originally uploaded by peteg.

Ahoy, originally uploaded by peteg.

Finished Product, originally uploaded by peteg.

Tags: Fort Worth, Texas, Geniella, Pete Geniella, Photoblog, 20d, Christmas, Christmas Tree, Ornaments, Holidays, Tarita, Tari

Holiday Cheer

Holiday Cheer, originally uploaded by peteg.

Mike and Terese G, in front of the giant Christmas tree on Main Street in downtown Fort Worth, TX.

The weekend previous, Tarita and I had a great visit from my parents. They spent four days out here and we had a great time. It was really nice to have some familiar faces around, and to share our new lives with other people.

We kicked off the weekend with a huge meal at The Reata in downtown Fort Worth. The Reata is a must visit, if only for the view from the rooftop bar and dining area.

View from a Museum, originally uploaded by peteg.

Saturday was a perfect December day with. The sun was out, and there was a pleasant briskness to the air. Not enough chill to freeze a feller's bones, but enough to make him feel alive. My dad has a special spot in his heart for Frederic Remington's bronze statues of the Wild West, and the Amon Carter Musuem of Art has one of the world largest collections of Remington statues and paintings.

Museum, originally uploaded by peteg.

Sunlight, originally uploaded by peteg.

Musuem Stairway, originally uploaded by peteg.

The Amon Carter Musuem of Art also has a premiere photography collection, and is currently showing a special exhibit of Eliot Porter and Robert Ketchum landscapes. Landscape photography isn't really my favorite, but this exhibit was incredible. Some of Ketchum's images, especially from Sundance area of UT, stunned me with their intense beauty. Porter's work, although beautiful and enjoyable, paled next to Ketchum's. The highlight of the exhibit were the intricate Chinese silk embroidered panels that were handmade from Ketchum's photos. Simply amazing.

Seashells, originally uploaded by peteg.

Pony, originally uploaded by peteg.

That afternoon, we went down to the Fort Worth Stockyards. We were trying to catch the twice a day cattle drive they run through there, but instead we ran into a holiday parade, which included this lady, her pony, and her little dog. And yes, the dog has antlers, and yes the pony has a Santa hat.

Stockyards at Night, originally uploaded by peteg.

Tags: Fort Worth, LX2, Texas, Fort Worth Stockyards, Christmas, Amon Carter Museum, photoblog, photography