This gallery is a sampling of some of the photos I've taken over the last 3 months. It is a thankyou for all the love and support I get from so many wonderful people here and around the world.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM FALL 2009 As always happens in the fall, there was a lot of great THEATER to be enjoyed in Santa Barbara: _Boxtales' Om, an Indian Tale of Good and Evil, based on the classic Ramayana was a visual orgy, and great theater too. _Lit Moon World Theater Fests always bring thought provoking cutting-edge theater of the absurd and surreal to the stage, and this year was no exception, it was Czech & Mates._ How about Lily Tomlin for some much needed comic relief? Done! Genesis West can be counted on for a different kind of humor–the dark kind, and their production of The Lieutenant of Inishmore_was true to form._ Shakespeare's Globe brought us Love's Labour's Lost at the Granada, with a bawdy and hilarious take on one of the bard's best. __Stephanie Zimbalist really "became" Katherine Hepburn for Ensemble Theatre's Tea at Five.__ Santa Barbara Revels brought music and joy to the community with their annual Christmas Revels, and Santa Barbara Theatre flew around the stage of the Lobero with a great Leonard Bernstein's Peter Pan. _ ______ ___On the DANCE front: State Street Ballet went from the steamy (The Jungle Book) to the soulful & fun (Motown with Detroit's Eisenhower Dance). _The Susan Farrell Ballet showed how it's really done with a tack sharp and sublime performance of The Balanchine Couple, with fascinating commentary by Ms. Farrell. _DV8 Phjysical Theatre's harrowing To Be Straight With You was a tour-de-force and UCSB Dance Dept's fall show of choreography by students and faculty covered a wide range of emotions and visuals for a wonderful feast of dance theater.__________MUSIC: Thomas Hampson's recital of works from the American Songbook provided some of the most moving singing I've heard in a long time. __Yamato Taiko Drummers made the whole canyon shake with thunder at the Santa Barbara Bowl during a thrilling performance that had grade schoolers shouting with glee! __Sings Like Hell gave us Chris Smither's super-fine guitaring and smokey singing, Jonathan McEwan and Phil Salazar trading red-hot licks, and Phil Lee's humor was a perfect contrast to Maia Sharp's well, sharp, songwriting and singing. __At 89, Ravi Shankar is still able to hold a big audience in thrall as he works his very special magic, and he has fun too!__ YoYo Ma's masterclass @ the Lobero was a treat to shoot and the SB Symphony ended the year with a show of great Swing music - one of the most fun SB Symphony shows I've seen. Happy New Year!!

Photos are arranged chronologically. Check back again for the latest in April, July, October and next January. Hope you enjoy it!