Special Effects
 
ruins.jpg (51895 bytes) 1999
These ruins are actually 40 miles east of downtown Charlotte (seen in the background)...
 
the_rabbit.jpg (71069 bytes) 1999, May 30
Michiko, Hiroko, and the Rabbit... Photo-Journal...
 
Nixon_Jim_Elvis.JPG (27545 bytes) 2001
My Father had a meeting with Richard Nixon and Elvis Presley...
 
lilo_stitch_will.jpg (339725 bytes) 2001, November 24
My nephew Will with Lilo & Stitch... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, May 5
Greg Whitcomb and a big duck... at Alki Beach in Seattle... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, May 6
Greg Whitcomb at Daniel's Broiler in Downtown Bellevue... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, May 31
Paul and his special friend, Jar Jar Binks... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 27
At Ward's home in Durham... beholding the Wardian Effect... Photo-Journal...
 
will_monkey.jpg (311304 bytes) 2004, June 24
My nephew Will with his buddy... Photo-Journal...
 
merry_christmas_2008.jpg (355350 bytes) 2008, December
Merry Christmas from Bigfoot Thompson... Photo-Journal...
 
oct-dec_2009_20.JPG (348423 bytes) 2009, October 30
Amy the photographer... with her Cannon Rebel...
Photo-Journal...
 
Merry_Christmas_2009.jpg (766883 bytes) 2009, December
Merry Christmas from Bigfoot Thompson... Photo-Journal...
 
2010, January 12
At Microsoft Studio-C... Amy looks over from her "space" into my cube... Photo-Journal...
 
keiko_fuji.jpg (499626 bytes) 2010, January 19
Keiko is more beautiful than Mount Fuji and all the flowers that surround it!
Photo-Journal...
 
happy_birthday_rossi.jpg (562548 bytes) 2010, February 12
Happy Birthday Rossi! My workmate Thuyly Nguyen's young son... Photo-Journal...
 
ayumi_maki_steve_yukari.JPG (190586 bytes) 2010, June 27
Ayumi, Maki, Steve, and Yukari... with Saki's little dancing friends... Ai-chan snapped the photo... Photo-Journal...
 
Merry_Christmas_2010.jpg (400638 bytes) 2010, December
Merry Christmas from Bigfoot Thompson... Photo-Journal...
 
march_2011_37.JPG (453888 bytes) 2011, March 18
My friend Bikash was taking a breeak outside Studio-C at the Microsoft Commons when a cougar almost pounced on him! Photo-Journal...
 
Merry_Christmas_2011.jpg (1269271 bytes) 2011, December
Merry Christmas from Bigfoot Thompson... Photo-Journal...
 
Merry_Christmas_2012.jpg (1140881 bytes) 2012, December
Merry Christmas from Bigfoot Thompson... Photo-Journal...
 
november_2012_012.JPG (389780 bytes) 2012, November
Saturday evening at Bai Tong in Redmond, with Kay Kay and Sweet Jane... Photo-Journal...
 
december_2013_026.jpg (622201 bytes) 2013, December
Redmond, WA... Studio A... in the Houston room with Shirley-Nita Adjei and Kathy Sun... and a visitor... Photo-Journal...
 
december_2013_051.JPG (752824 bytes) 2013, December
My workmates Tsehay Yinesu and Shirley-Nita Adjei... and a visitor... Photo-Journal...
 
Christmas_2013.jpg (865089 bytes)

2013, December
Steve's 2013 Christmas card... Photo-Journal...

 
Priyanka.jpg (1112901 bytes) 2013, December
My workmate Priyanka and her husband Rajesh recently visited Lake Mead, in Nevada. I "enhanced" one of her photos... Photo-Journal...
 
kathy_family.jpg (6161421 bytes) 2013, December
My workmate Kathy (purple shirt) and her lovely family... Photo-Journal...
 
2014, July
In Roslyn, at The Brick...Chris Stevens stepped over to our table and sat down for a little talk... sort of... Photo-Journal...
 
august_2014_008b.jpg (342511 bytes) 2014, August 4
It's funny... we were just walking along, then Geneva waved her hands like Queen Elsa and suddenly we were on a fine horse galloping across the range... Photo-Journal...
 
KP_Library_August_8,_2014.jpg (312183 bytes) 2014, August 9
KP's wild night at the Auburn Public Library...
While the other ladies frolic in the Muckleshoot Casino, KP spends her time at the Auburn Public Library with... Hey! Who is that guy anyway? What's the big idea?  Photo-Journal...
 
vegas_ladies_monkey.jpg (267853 bytes) 2014, August 10
Hong, KP, and Ngoc went on a Vegas vacation back in 2009. A photo suggesting what really happened there has recently surfaced...  Photo-Journal...
 
kp_monkey_george.jpg (271823 bytes) 2014, August 11
For those who have wondered what it might look like if KP was doing a monkey's makeup backstage at a George Strait concert...
Photo-Journal...
 
hong_norman_rockwell.jpg (393883 bytes) 2014, August 12
Norman Rockwell painting Hong... KP and Ngoc already on the canvas...
 Photo-Journal...
 
happy_birthday_geneva_queen_elsa.jpg (1202685 bytes) 2014, August 16
Happy Birthday Geneva Queen Elsa!
Photo-Journal...
 
son_of_ling.jpg (569236 bytes) son_of_ling_cats.jpg (453249 bytes) 2014, August 18
Today's excursion into the world of Photoshop... a friend's son, before and after... Photo-Journal...
 
geneva_stream.jpg (586237 bytes) 2014, August 22
Today's excursion into the world of Photoshop... pretty little Geneva and the Sierra Nevada... neither the foreground - Geneva - or the background are my shots, I just did the blending... Photo-Journal...
 
original_natalie_andy.jpg (60807 bytes) natalie_andy_monkey.jpg (312325 bytes) 2014, August 23
The original (from Natalie), and the obligatory monkey shot... Photo-Journal...
 
natalie_andy_mt_st_hellens.jpg (93364 bytes) natalie_andy_mt_st_hellens_bw.jpg (241034 bytes) andy_mt_st_helens2.jpg (359500 bytes) andy_mt_st_helens2_bw.jpg (318242 bytes) More of the "Natalie" set...
 
ling_at_table.jpg (3046902 bytes) 2014, August 23
Lady Ling... Photo-Journal...
 
kp_party.jpg (1848356 bytes) 2014, August 24
Today's excursion into the world of Photoshop... KP's backyard party, yesterday... I wasn't there, but based on KP's description it must have looked something like this... Photo-Journal...
 
romantic_monkey.jpg (665743 bytes)
2014, August 30
A romantic monkey had his eyes on Hong... as Roy Rogers sang a sweet old western song... Photo-Journal...
 
jumping_ladies_highway_mountains.jpg (300368 bytes)
2014, August 31
KP, Lena, and Hong can hardly wait to go camping again! Photo-Journal...
 
september_2014_013.jpg (2669623 bytes) 2014, September 1
Statue of Liberty Plaza... that monkey dropped in and danced a few steps with Geneva, then jumped back in the trees... Hey! What's the big idea? Photo-Journal...
 
hong_good_morning.jpg (188213 bytes) 2014, September 3
Hong leaps into her day! Photo-Journal...
 
geneva_girl_band.jpg (6385869 bytes) 2014, September 8
Geneva, the young guitarist, is already making plans for her first band! Photo-Journal...
 
geneva_khmer.jpg (4089473 bytes) 2014, September 9
Geneva, the young guitarist, is now thinking about putting together a Khmer fusion project, mixing traditional Cambodian dance with Western guitar... Photo-Journal...
 
phuong_flowers_waterfall.jpg (833975 bytes) 2014, September 13
Phuong's Facebook photo (April 21) + Pongour Waterfall (in Vietnam)... Photo-Journal...
 
october_2014_067.jpg (2800163 bytes) yuzen_and_kentucky horses2.jpg (948726 bytes) yuzen_lamborghini.jpg (977557 bytes) yuzen_and_horses_snow.jpg (877747 bytes) 2014, October 12
Bellevue, WA... in the first shot, the original, YuZen is at my car... Photo-Journal...