NEWS FLASH!! My book, The Big Picture: Taking Your Photography to the Next Level, is now available on CafePress. It's been a long time coming. An eBook version is also available. If you're a photographer who needs to quickly learn how to mount, mat, and frame for an exhibition, then this is for you. Guaranteed.

Other news: My photography is featured in a new book by Autumn Millhouse, called Romantic Napa Valley: An Isiders Guide For Couples. I contributed 10 color photos for the book. It's a good little guide to the top spots in Napa Valley.

I finally got around to entering a few pieces into the Napa Valley Mustard Fesitval Photography Contest, held every year at Mumm's Winery in St. Helena. This is a prestigous event with hundreds of entries from both professional and amateur photographers. All pieces must be framed and there are strict rules regarding entries. To my surprise and delight, I received an Honorable Mention for one of my pieces, called Vineyard Sentinels - which is on my Fine Art page, (orange sky image). I'm really quite thrilled.

Also, I have been chosen as the 'Resident Artist' at the White House Inn & Spa, a totally renovated/upgraded Victorian mansion on Brown Street in downtown Napa. At least 19 large framed pieces are on display throughout the common areas of the Inn.

Peju Province Winery in Napa Valley has three pieces for sale, matted and mounted, in their gift shop at the winery itself.

The Blue Heron Gallery, at the V Marketplace in Yountville, CA, (halfway between Napa and St. Helena, for those not familiar with the area), are now exhibiting a nice selection of my large, framed, pieces, plus a bin with about 25 others in 16x20. Please stop by and peruse the gallery. There are several excellent artists work there, including fine art photogaphers, jewelry, paint on canvas, and some interesting metal sculpture, as well.