The show Focus on Beauty will be up into March so please drop by Richard Sumner Gallery, 628 Emerson St Palo Alto 10AM-5PM Monday through Saturday. Click for more details

Naturally at an opening I don’t get to take too many shots but here’s one of my son Bear and his girlfriend Monica:

Thanks to all those who dropped by for the opening. I love to get the chance to talk, get your feedback and see how people respond to my photos. Another photographer mentioned this to me once: One of the best parts of doing a show is to see how people respond, what they spark on and don’t–it’s like a live survey. Not that I’m changing what I shoot but it does help to get the feedback in the whole process. Ansel Adams taught to “visualize” the photograph from the moment of first seeing the shot all the way through to the finnished print, or in this case, being framed, on the wall and seen by others. Every artist needs to get that response one way or another to know if they’re on the the right track. (I will still love certain shots that I take even if they go unnoticed.)

So drop by and get some yogurt next door too (see Scoble’s entry below) you’ll be happy you did, trust me.