Farley Family Photos – The Orchards
My kids and I have taken photos every year at the same Walnut Creek location for almost ten years. When we started, we called our spot “the meadow.” Recently, “our meadow” has been developed and named “The Orchards.” We visited our meadow again last weekend after my son’s baseball game. It was the first day […]
Mason Farley – And The Family Stone
Today is my birthday. My son’s birthday was six days ago. (I am a little older than he is.) Just as I did with my daughter on her tenth birthday, my son and I returned to the hospital where he was born ten years earlier for a photo shoot reunion. This time my daughter joined […]
Farley Family Photography Pilgrimage
For the last seven seasons, my children and I have visited the same location for family portraits. We bring at least two cameras and take photos of each other. My daughter took the picture of me that might still be at the top called the “featured image.” In 2010 I called this trip the “Farley Photo Pilgrimage.” A […]
My Next 30 Years Living With Epilepsy
At the high school where I teach, students wear shirts that say, “You are stronger than you think.” Besides having epilepsy, I have dyslexia fueled by paranoia, so that the first few times I read the shirt, I thought it said, You are STRANGER than you think. As a person who has lived with epilepsy […]
Emily Farley – Yesterday and Today
Tonight my daughter Emily and I visited Alta Bates Summit Medical Center where she was born ten years ago. Emily called the hospital “Magic Land,” because it “gives life.” Ten years ago today was the best day of my life, because it was the day I started being a father. There is nothing better than […]
Sonoma County College & Career-Ready Fair
Last week I attended the2013 Sonoma County College & Career-Ready Fair at Windsor High School. Almost ten years ago, I had an idea that high school students in Sonoma County should have a Fall college fair. I worked for a college and when I visited the local high schools, I realized that many schools had eliminated […]
Vans Warped Tour Better Than the Best Day Ever
I have photographed the Vans Warped Tour the last four years and even though I am clearly not the targeted demographic, I have loved every year. (This year, I photographed twenty six bands in one day. 26!) After only one hour at Mountain View’s Shoreline Amphitheater, I was humming the (new/old Blink 182) song “What’s My […]