Our dog Donny has been posing for a lot of pictures the last few days. He’s becoming a real pro at mugging for the camera. The latest one of him was a portrait taken with my iPhone 4.

A few weeks ago I was asked to take pictures of Francine Giron, the starting catcher for Hanford High’s varsity girls softball team. She has played on the varsity team for three years. But it wasn’t until summer before her season that the her coach, Donnie Fagundes, found out that Francine was legally blind in her left eye, a problem that started when she was in third grade. However, this hasn’t really been a problem for her. She has played almost every position on the softball field. She has even learned to adjust her batting stance. A natural right-handed batter she switched to being a lefty because her left eye, her bad eye, was closest to the pitcher causing her to swing late.

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A few weeks ago I had a chance to photograph Donna and Jesse’s wedding, which was held at St. Luke Catholic Church in Stockton, Ca. It had been raining pretty much everyday that week before the wedding but the sun decided to shine and help celebrate their union. With lots of friends and family around the help put the event on, the wedding had a very special feel. I’m glad that they chose to me to take part in their special day.

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Here are some of my favorite pictures from TPF 8 All or Nothing held at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino. For more images from the mixed martial arts event check out the galleries.

TPF 8 results:

A lot late on posting this one. Above are a few portraits I took for the Sentinel’s picks for the fall sports players of the year. I had a lot a fun over the few day in December it took to shoot this assignment. It really brought out the Strobist in me.

Mardi Wheeler has lived with AIDS since1992. And she has been educating people about the disease ever since.

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Jayden Williams, 8, right, and Ethan Powers, 9, slide down a wet tarp at Lions Park during the last of the Lemoore Recreation Depart's Summer Day Camp.

Maria Sanchez sprays Amanda Jones with water during the last of the Lemoore Recreation Depart's Summer Day Camp on Thursday at Lions Park. The campers were treated to a slip and slide down one of the park's embankments.

Children attending the last day of Lemoore Recreation Departments Summer Day Camp on Thursday were treated to a slip and slide down one of the embankments at Lions Park.

Summer fun came to the children attending the last day Lemoore Recreation Department’s summer day camp in the form of a wet giant  blue tarp.

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Portrait of Martha Martinez using an iPhone, TiltshiftGen and CinemaFX apps.

Martha taken with an iPhone using the Histamatic app.

Couple of portraits taken earlier this year of Martha Martinez. The camera used was the iPhone.