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Clifford Oto
Clifford Oto, an award-winning photographer, has been with The Record since 1984. Through the changes from black and white to digital photography, he’s kept his focus on covering the events, people and life of San Joaquin county. This blog deals ... Read FullCategories
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Shameless self-promotion
Just a little FYI, The Record photographers, Craig Sanders, Michael McCollum, Calixtro Romias and myself are participating in a dual exhibit with potter Doreen Heath at the Tidewater Art Center and Gallery at 223 E. Weber Avenue in downtown Stockton. The show, featuring about 20 prints of our work throughout the years, will run [...]
Put on a happy face
During the Sac-Joaquin Section Division boys basketball playoff game between Lincoln and Pleasant Grove, one player seemed happier than the rest. In nearly every shot I got of Lincoln’s Alex Enright, it looked like he was smiling.
He smiled while driving down the lane. He smiled as he completed a difficult pass between defenders. He smiled when shooting a jumper. [...]
iPhone: circa 1,300 BC
As we waited for our tour of the Tut exhibit to begin, I saw several undated photographs by English Egyptologist and archaeological photographer Harry Burton lining the walls of the hallway. One in particular caught my attention. It was the side of a wooden box found in Tut’s tomb. On it was a cartouche or [...]
Tut tut, my dear
Students line up to enter the King Tut exhibit at the De Young Museum in San Francisco (Camera: Nikon D300. Lens: Nikkor 17-55mm @ 17mm. Exposure: 1/125th sec. @ f/2.8. ISO: 800).
Every year the 6th grade classes at my son’s school take a field trip to San Francisco to tour Chinatown to learn about the [...]
A light rant
St. Mary’s Afure Jemerigbe goes to the hoop against St. Francis’ Beth Balbierz, left, and Aurora Singh during a game at St. Francis in Sacramento (Camera: Nikon D300. Lens: Nikkor 70-200mm @ 70mm. Exposure: 1/500th sec. @ f/2.8. ISO: 1600).
Last month I shot the St. Mary’s girls varsity basketball game at St. Francis High School [...]
Double take
It happens on occasion that, when shooting a sporting event, the same athlete appears in most of the photos. Sometimes it happens when a team has only one or two go-to players, other times it’s just coincidence.
Argonaut’s Lauren Godde, bottom, and Colfax’s Michelle Walker collide while chasing a loose ball during a Sac-Joaquin Section Division [...]
Posted in High Schools, Sports Tagged Argonaut High, Erin Godde, girls basketball, Lauren Godde 0 Comments
Natural light
Krysta Guerrero, author of the EvilChefMom.com blog cooks dinner at her Stockton home (Camera: Nikon D300. Lens: Nikkor 17-55mm @ 18mm. Exposure: 1/60th sec. @ f/2.8. ISO: 200).
Krysta Guerrero is the author of EvilChefMom.com, a blog about cooking food and her observations of life in general. Though cleverly written, what impressed me was the [...]
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February’s favorite photos
Question: “Which month has 28 days?”
Answer: “All of them.”
Here are 10 favorite previously unposted pictures from February.
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2/3/10:
Esther Roche of Lodi holds her 7-month-old son Gregory Roche as she plays the piano for the senior lunch crowd at the Loel Center in Lodi. Roche was filling-in for her mother-in-law Phyllis Roche who usually plays during lunch [...]
Fly like an eagle
The bald eagle is a very proud and dignified looking animal. It’s no wonder that it’s our national bird and is a symbol of power and freedom.
UC Davis veterinarian Dr. Scott Weber, left, checks the injured wings of a female bald eagle held by animal care specialists Julie Rosenthal, center, and Anne Metcalf at the [...]
It’s the pits