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Welcome to the on-line home of Stephen Bruno Photography. I value your visiting. Please return anytime. I frequently enhance this website to improve your experience and I add new and diverse images frequently.

Galleries

Abandoned : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Aircraft : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

American Coots : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Amphibians : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Anemones : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Architecture, Rural, Urban, Cityscapes, and Statues : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Architecture, Rural, Urban, Cityscapes, and Statues

Archived Images : These archived images are a diverse collection of photographs that I have taken in a variety of locations. I keep them in this gallery more for my naturalist interests. All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Archived Images

Artful Impression : All of the photographs in this gallery are available for purchase.

Artful Impression

Bird Portraiture :

Bird Portraiture

Black & White : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Black Oystercatchers : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Black Oystercatchers

Black-Crowned Night-Herons : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Black-Crowned Night-Herons

Boats, Sailing, & Tall Ships : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Boats, Sailing, & Tall Ships

Bridges : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

By-Gone Era : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Canada Geese : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Candid : None of the photos in this gallery are not available for purchase.

Captive Animals : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Captive Animals

Cat Portraiture :

Cat Portraiture

Cats : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Cemetaries : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Children Portraiture :

Children Portraiture

Clarks Grebes : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Classic Vehicles : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Classic Vehicles

Commercial, Business, & Civilian, Aircraft : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Commercial, Business, & Civilian, Aircraft

Cormorants : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Couples Portraiture :

Couples Portraiture

Deer : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Dog Portraiture :

Dog Portraiture

Dogs : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Equine Portraiture :

Equine Portraiture

Equus : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Faces : None of these images are available for purchase.

Ferruginous Hawks : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Ferruginous Hawks

Fine Arts : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Flora : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Golden-Crowned Sparrows : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Golden-Crowned Sparrows

Great Blue Herons : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Great Blue Herons

Great Egrets : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Great Horned Owls : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Great Horned Owls

Greater Roadrunners : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Greater Roadrunners

Gulls : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Hairy Woodpecker :

Hairy Woodpecker

Jellies : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Kelp : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Lakes : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Landscapes : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Lighthouses : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Long-Billed Curlews : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Long-Billed Curlews

Macaws : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Macro & Insects : All the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Macro & Insects

Mallard Ducks : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Missions & Monasteries : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Missions & Monasteries

Mourning Doves : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Musician Portraiture :

Musician Portraiture

Night Photography :

Night Photography

Northern Harriers : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Northern Harriers

Ospreys : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Parotts : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Peacocks : All of the photographs in this gallery are available for purchase.

All of the photographs in this gallery are available for purchase.

Updated: May 14, 2008 6:48pm PST

Pelicans : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

People & Environmental Portraiture : Arnold Newman: One of the twentieth century's most renowned portrait photographers, he pioneered a style which places the subject in a carefully composed setting, capturing the essence of their work and personality; a style which became known as "environmental portraiture". All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase. This gallery is under construction. All of the photographs in this gallery are available for purchase.

People & Environmental Portraiture

Photo Essay: Canada Geese : I was hiking along a cliff trail overlooking the beautiful ocean at Point Lobos State Reserve, Carmel, California. It was a cold and windy early morning, and I nearly lost my camouflaged boonie hat.

Many previous times I walked this same path looking for subjects to photograph. I had photographed hummingbirds, lizards and certainly the majestic ocean shore and cove.

This time I heard "wheep-wheep-wheep" but at first, I could not tell where it was coming from. The wind was dispersing the sound. I was not even sure of the source.

After a few moments, I heard "wheee-oow" and then "wheep-wheep-wheep" just as I observed a gander leading his Canada Geese (Branta Canadensis) family out from the brush and climbing up a rise toward me.

He called out in a low-pitched "ahonk" as he saw me. The adult female goose, slightly smaller than the male, was following the gander in a protective manner protecting her new brood. She called out with a much quicker and higher-pitched "hink".

The goslings periodically gave a wheezy soft call or a drawn out whinny. This was a marvelous sight indeed. I nearly forgot to photograph them.

I could not believe how incredibly yellow the goslings were. I wonder if you can imagine just how soft they looked.

Photo Essay: Canada Geese

Photo Essay: Family Reunion : P-51D "Mustang," San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport, San Luis Obispo, California.

I heard that the P-51D WWII fighter was going to land at a nearby airport. When I arrived, I saw it landing a ways down the runway and I took this photograph. The aircraft is as beautiful as I expected it to be. What I found out later was a very interesting story. In the rear seat was Marcia Beckman, age 84. This was the highlight of a large family reunion. Her husband, Ralph Beckman (deceased) was a B-29 bomber pilot. Her brother, Charles Harris, was a B-52 bomber pilot. The pilot was her nephew, Jeff Harris who is a Captain for American Airlines. He supervised the two-year restoration of the P51D that flew for the 15th Air Force in Italy. The owner is Jack Croul who is with Allied Fighters in Chino, California. Jack was a Captain and flew a B-17G bomber for the 96th Bomber Group from the Snetterton Heath Airfield in the UK. Jeff's brother, Dave, is a corporate pilot. Marcia is the last alive of her generation. Marcia said that they flew low over the cliffs at the coast and he even inverted the aircraft. She told me that the ride was a totally awesome and thrilling experience. Great information is available on the P-51D in the links.

Photo Essay: Family Reunion

Photo Essay: Homeless : It is not lost on me that but for the grace of God and one or two different personal decisions, this photo essay (under construction) could easily show a photograph of me sleeping wherever I could.

Homeless: 'An inadequate experience of connectedness with family and or community.' This fact recognized by Habitat, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme suggests that homelessness may not be just about a lack of shelter.

Many folks are one or two paychecks away from being homeless. An estimated 100 million people worldwide are homeless. A 2007 study by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty states that approximately 3.5 million people, 1.35 million of them children, are likely to experience homelessness in a given year in the United States.

This photo essay provides a photographic homeless slice of life.

This is the first of many photo essays that I will post. To learn more about being homeless click on the links below.

http://www.nchv.org/veterans.cfm
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/
http://www.homelesscamera.com/index.html
http://www.angelfire.com/stars4/lists/homeless.html
http://www.redcross.org/more/commserv/hless.html

Photo Essay: Homeless

Photo Essay: Last Road Trip : I was spending the day photographing at Fisherman's Wharf when I watched this wonderful dog being pulled in a red Radio Flyer wagon. Several people stopped to pet the dog and ask about the wagon. Jaime (a California fire fighter) patiently told them, that Taz became very ill and this was his "Last Road Trip" before he was set free of his situation. This was his special wagon trip to Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey, California and other areas that he enjoyed running around in when he was feeling better. Jaime’s friend Tamara and her dog Cowboy (Taz’s friend) joined in the special day. I asked Jaime, if I could take photographs of her and Taz. She graciously agreed to share some time with me. This gallery includes some of these photographs. All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Photo Essay: Last Road Trip

Photo Essay: Lynx : I was walking along the U.S. Coast Guard Wharf at the Breakwater Cove Marina, Monterey, California looking for Sea Otters to photograph near the large granite blocks of the breakwater. The wind was blow the light fog away from the Wharf.

I had already walked up and down the long pier several times without seeing anything moving but the gulls and a few people strolling on the pier.

Then, I saw an unfamiliar sight. Just over the horizon, what looked like the masts of a large sailing vessel, but unlike anything, I had seen before. It was sailing toward Cannery Row.

I had to use my AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on my Nikon D-200 10.2MP camera to see a larger view. I stood on the pier captivated watching the ship appear grow larger. I realized with pleasure that it was a “Tall Ship.”

This was my first experience seeing a “Tall Ship” in person and it was very exciting to imagine how this was a more common sight a hundred years ago.

From the end of the wharf, I could see the ship sail near Cannery Row and as it turned toward me, it fired its cannons.

I could see the puffs of smoke. I figured that it represented an historical naval attack. It was an amazing site and took me back 100 years.

As it came closer, many people gathered around me watching the ship in a hushed silence. I took a number of photographs with my mid range telephoto as the majestic ship approached.

I later found out that it was the “Tall Ship” Lynx, which is an interpretation of an actual privateer named Lynx built by Thomas Kemp in 1812 in Fell's Point, Maryland.

She was among the first ships to defend American freedom by evading the British naval fleet then blockading American ports and serving in the important privatizing efforts.

The Lynx sailed just beyond the end of the rock sea wall and nearly stopped. Then several times, it fired its cannons at the entrance to the harbor. There were barriers but I managed a few photographs.

Later, I photographed the Lynx sailing near the Old Fisherman’s Wharf. I took additional photographs after it docked.

Photo Essay: Lynx

Rabbits : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Railroads : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Rainbow Trout : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Red-Tailed Hawks : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Red-Tailed Hawks

Redheads : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Reptiles : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Ring-Necked Ducks : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Ring-Necked Ducks

Rock Wrens : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Roosters And Hens : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Roosters And Hens

Sea Otters : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Sea Stars : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Seacapes : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Seals : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Ships : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Snowscapes & Ice : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Snowscapes & Ice

Spotted Sandpipers : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Spotted Sandpipers

Spotted Towhees : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Spotted Towhees

Squirrels : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Streams, Rivers, & Ponds : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Streams, Rivers, & Ponds

Sunrises & Sunsets : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Sunrises & Sunsets

Surfbirds : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Trees : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Turkey Vultures : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Turkey Vultures

Waterfalls : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Weapons : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Wendy V. : For your website

For your website

Updated: May 01, 2008 10:39am PST

Western Screech-Owls : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Western Screech-Owls

Western Scrub-Jays : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase

Western Scrub-Jays

Whimsical And Sculptures :

Whimsical And Sculptures

White-Crowned Sparrows : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

White-Crowned Sparrows

Wood Ducks : All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.

Goats : All of the photographs in this gallery are available for purchase.

All of the photographs in this gallery are available for purchase.

Updated: May 14, 2008 6:52pm PST

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