Just loved it!  Korea was so calm, children adorable, women beautiful, people friendly….  

The sky line of buildings……

The subway at the Korea Airport…

Seeing Cami in this spot over the weekend… One of my favorite quotes quickly came to mind…..

Peace…. it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work.  It  means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart…..

Picnic people, registration…..

TV cameras……News, Media….

Bear Hugs from Loving kids……

OliveWood Garden Picnic

We enjoyed the Grand Opening of Lee Peterson's Fine Photographic Art in Oceanside yesterday!  What a wonderful time with friends for a great Burger lunch afterwards!    Lee's work will be on display thru December,  if you get a chance stop in and take a look,  there are very good other exhibits there too!

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Join us at Oceanside Museum of Art at 10am this morning to see Lee Peterson's beautiful photography!

 

UP C O M I N G   E X H I B I T I O N S

FOCUS ON OCEANSIDE: LEE PETERSON 
September 25

Award-winning San Diego photographer Lee Peterson presents a new series of photographs in his exhibition Focus on Oceanside: Lee Peterson opening in the Groves Auditorium Gallery at Oceanside Museum of Art on September 25. Through his unique lens of vision, Peterson documented Oceanside in both a natural and provocative way revealing his constant observing mind. Images of the Oceanside Pier and the Harbor to the San Luis Mission Rey highlight the icons, local history and the intrinsic beauty of Oceanside. In his photographs Peterson marvels over the simple things in everyday life that go unnoticed enabling visitors to reflect on their surroundings. As Lee says, “The things that go unnoticed are often the things we need the most – reflections and emotions”. He sees the world in visual metaphors and moods and through the use of photography records the happiness, sadness, abstraction and concreteness of the world we live. Peterson will give a walk and talk through his exhibition on Saturday, September 25 at 11:00 am. The talk is free with admission and free for OMA members, students and military.

Lee Peterson has dedicated his life to photography. He has mastered the technical skill of the camera and the ability to visualize the intangible and construct powerful images that speak of imagination and spirituality. Focus on Oceanside not only highlights places of legend, but the unnoticed buckets of daily catch on the pier, the murals around town and other everyday scenes that endear Oceanside to its community. Photographs in the series range from abstract to representational and surreal. In his globe series Peterson is able to manipulate the picture plane to create a spherical image where one end of the photo morphs into the other establishing a distorted image in the shape of the earth.
Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1941, Lee discovered photography at an early age when a test pilot in Texas gave him his first camera and darkroom lessons, let him use a 3×4 folding camera to make photos of his model airplanes, and encouraged him to “dream a lot”.

From then on the camera became his travel companion. His father's career kept the family constantly on the move, and before settling into high school in San Diego Lee attended 16 schools in 12 states. This gave him the wanderlust to keep on exploring.

Lee has eclectic interests, and he began early testing them all out. Flying, biking, SCUBA diving and free diving, and surfing introduced him to many photographic opportunities. His science background earned him a position in the military where he worked on photographic engineering projects at Edwards Air Force Base. He developed his own underwater camera housings and strobes and formed Marine Camera Distributors to sell a multitude of systems to professional underwater photographers. He was one of the founders of the San Diego Underwater Photographic Society in 1961. He now runs the San Diego Photodistrict community and his own Photographic commercial business. He is still traveling the world over exploring and working and educating. 

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Join us at Oceanside Museum of Art at 10am this morning to see Lee Peterson's beautiful photography!

Here's me in my Air Force Days! (1973)

And Dad Greene…….(1950)

and now active duty (2010)…..  Craig Runk

Today marks the 223rd birthday of the signing of the U.S Constitution!!

Recognized as the oldest national constitution still in operation…. since they don't teach much about the constitution in schools and TX has removed Thomas Jefferson from History books….  

there are still ways to teach Children about it…  There are apps for iphone, ipad and audiobooks…

Celebrate today for our Liberty & Freedom in the USA!!!  

Vote for Orvis Dog Contest and Make a Difference!

God Bless America

Lee Peterson Exhibit coming soon.…

My new photographic show “Focus on Oceanside” is opening at the Oceanside Museum of Art on Sept. 25th. Come join me and the staff at the museum opening at 11am to see the 66 large images they have selected from my collection on Oceanside. I will be speaking in the Gallery at this time about the project.

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