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Tuesday
02Mar2010

Ever Seen an Elephant Seal? 

DateTuesday, March 2, 2010 at 8:58AM
Ever seen an Elephant Seal? Me neither until about a month ago when Jackie and I took a drive down the California Coast from San Francisco to San Diego. What a phenomenal drive! Here's a few photos from a quick stop at the beach of San Simeon near Hearst Castle. There were about 8 large male Elephant Seals and a number of females just laying around the beach with flocks of pelicans and seagulls nearby. The males were easily as large as walruses.


Here's what they look like close up. It's hard to get a sense of perspective since there wasn't anything familiar nearby to include in the image but this one was huge!


They seemed to like harassing the birds. Every so often, they would charge the flock of pelicans behind them.



I tried taking a really short clip of video footage with my Canon 7D (for the first time) without my tripod and so it's a bumpy ride but here it is.



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Monday
01Mar2010

The Economy of Shark Finning

DateMonday, March 1, 2010 at 8:31PM
I came across this video on Facebook and found it to be moving and enlightening. If you're like me, you'll find it difficult to watch this the whole way through but I challenge you to it. It's raw and wrecked with footage of sharks being destroyed for their fins. It's sad to see this practice reach so far across the globe from where the demand for fins is rooted...Hong Kong and mainland China.

Man & Shark from alexhofford on Vimeo.


If you'd like to learn more about the practice of shark finning, visit our Shark Finning Learning Center. If you already feel moved to do something about it, buy a wristband, wear it, and tell your friends and family who likely have no idea this is happening.
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Wednesday
24Feb2010

Model Shoot with Mark Sulak III

DateWednesday, February 24, 2010 at 5:30PM







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Friday
12Feb2010

www.AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com

DateFriday, February 12, 2010 at 9:07AM
I recently tweeted about this new blog that I came across that is so funny. I find myself returning to this site probably far too frequently. But today, I came across this image and it was too precious to just casually mention in a tweet. This engagement portrait was submitted by owner (not photographer) Chyann to www.AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com.

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Friday
12Feb2010

3rd Place! - Wetpixel Picture of the Year

DateFriday, February 12, 2010 at 8:57AM
Thanks to everyone who took time to vote for my image in this year's Wetpixel Picture of the Year Contest. Many of you told me how you voted on multiple computers. Your enthusiasm and support is amazing!

We took 3rd place!

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Wednesday
10Feb2010

Wetpixel 2009 Picture of the Year

DateWednesday, February 10, 2010 at 7:38AM
This is the last push for the Wetpixel Picture of the Year Contest and I need your help to win!

Check out the image circled below, click on it to be redirected to the voting site and click on "1st" directly below my image to vote for me.

Voting is only open for a few more hours ending on Thursday, the 11th at 11:59pm Pacific Standard Time.
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