Old Mission - Tubac

Interesting places close to home? Time to grab the camera and take some shots. Down the street in Tubac Arizona is the old mission at Tumacacori National Historical Park. Not the best time of day to take pictures -- smack dab in the middle of the day. This did not stop me...here are some pictures of the mission and one pretty large resident bug.

As you can see, many interesting angles and shapes. Imagine if this was at sunset or sunrise and how different the lighting would be...

Check out the bug...I say it was 2 or 3 inches, my wife would say less than an inch. I don't like bugs...not sure why I thought it would not attack me if I had my camera.

The next two photos are of old vintage bowls or pots from the 1800's. Love the shades of brown and the shapes.

Hope you like the pics...I enjoyed taking them. Check out my site for more pictures.

Jazz Hats...

Sometimes we go to a familiar event or location for a specific reason...like the annual jazz concert we go to in Southern California each year and all is as expected...great music, good people, hot weather. However, sometimes a camera helps one to look at the usual in an unusual manner.

This is the case this year. In looking for a theme my eye kept being drawn to the wonderful hats throughout the event...here are a few...

I wear a hat and it does not look this cool...

I could have easily done a theme of pictures on sunglasses...some great ones at the concert.

Hope you like the pics...check out my site for the rest of my pictures.

Bob Ochoa Photography

Tubac - 400 cool cars 2009

Time to catch up on updating my blog. Back in early 2009 there is an annual car show in Tubac, Ariziona where approximately 400 cars come to the sleepy artist community of Tubac to show off their vehicles. Fortunate for us, we had roadside seats as the cars filed into town one after the other to find their place on the golf course lawn at resort

Several of our neighbors gather on the road early in the day and watch the parade of cars....

Vintage, color, style are part of the parade....

From the street to the golf course...

Once on the lawn we walked up close and personal to the cars finding some interesting shots...

All in all, a great day, great friends, great cars and some pretty good pics. If you are interested in more of my work, please visit my site.