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Back to MacWorld from February.  One of the highlights was attending the Photoshop 20th anniversary presentation.  It was hosted by David Biedny, who is an author, expert, and top educator (he’s on the right).   The event included Jerry Harris, who was the co-author of PixelPaint and responsible for the “brushing engine” in Photoshop 7 (he’s in the center).  Also joining was Russell Brown, who is senior creative director of Adobe and always a fabulous, albeit zany, instructor.  It was informative seeing the evolution of the program and lots of laughs.

Photoshop 1.o.  Wow!  It’s so young.  Who would think it would evolve into what it is today.  I cannot fathom where it will be in another 20 years.

Back at the show.  And there He is, larger than life, showing off the next great thing.  And, wow, is it!

Nothing makes an Englishman happier than football (soccer to us in the US) and more proud than seeing England showing on the ad.

Some shots from around the area.

Next up we went to the deYoung Museum at the Golden Gate Park to primarily see the “Amish Abstractions” show, an exhibit of 48 quilts from the collection of Faith and Stephen Brown.

Photography was not allowed inside the exhibit, but the guard was okay with this one.  The quilts ranged in all sizes and were made during the period of the 1880s through the 1940s.  Living in central NJ, I visited Amish country in Pennsylvania many times.  Thus, the quilts were all very familiar.  However, seeing them in a museum setting was quite inspiring.  I can only imagine what the makers of the quilts would have thought having their work being display at an art museum.  Very cool.  The show runs through June 6th, and more information about it is here.

You are allowed to photograph other works in the museum.  This piece stopped me in my tracks.   It’s called “Hovor II” by El Anatsui and was made in 2004.  It is made with woven aluminum bottle cops and copper wire.  It’s amazing to look at and the color seems to change with every direction.

A close up.

Outside of the museum, there is a wall filled with names of various museum benefactors.  I loved how the sunlight and reflections were playing with the surface.

After leaving the museum, we hailed a cab to take us to the Marin County side of the Golden Gate.  The sun was starting to set, and I had always wanted to take some pictures from that high up area.  The cab driver drove us up, and I took the above photo through his front window.

We made it, and the lighting was great.  We both took a lot of photos.

It was a popular spot for photographers, and tripods were lined up in many areas.

One person was being photographed doing various yoga poses while standing on a stump.  I couldn’t resist snapping off a couple pictures.

I did a digital painting of the above image that I hope ends up in an art quilt.  If nothing else, I’ll print it on watercolor paper.

Of course the big thing when you’re driven up to take pictures is realizing that there are no taxis to bring you back down, so we made the hike …

and walked under the bridge to get to the other side.

Resting before the trek back.

It was a very pretty sunset.

This image includes some layer blends to give it a bit more drama.  Generally there are many people walking on the bridge.  This evening there were only a few.

Eventually we made it to the other side of this magical area.

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