Jeff Dillon Photography

My video of the International Brotherhood of Magicians holding its annual convention in San Diego.

A corgi bites at soap bubble at the San Diego Corgi Meetup.

See the full set here.

I came in second among 10 photographers in my San Diego Modeling & Photographer Meetup group in a Make Every Shot Count competition at Studio J (gallery posted here; I’m No. 8 on the menu).

Each of us was given a one-time-use film camera to take 27 pictures of our assortment of male and female models — no settings, no lenses, no flashes (except for the tiny one on the camera itself), no lighting, no editing. The winner — who turned out to be Alison Beacham — would be whichever photographer had the most “good” shots in their set. The models were judged separately on how many of their shots were good; Hollyanne Setola was the winner.

I’ve been shooting some projects with a fixed 50mm lens, so I’d gotten a little used to not being able to zoom, but it’s a challenge to be unable to crop or modify the chip sensitivity or just see how you’re doing. It made me appreciate all the more the guidance I’ve gotten from many of my photography instructors to get the shot right the first time, in the camera, instead of relying on your ability to change exposure levels and otherwise make adjustments in Photoshop.

A recent shot of my mother’s two part-Corgi pups, Theo and Beau. Here’s a rare shot of them with a tennis ball — rare, because they have a tendency to tear all their toys apart.

More than 4,500 sailors and Marines took part in Dawn Blitz, a large-scale Navy and Marine Corps amphibious landing exercise off the coast of Camp Pendleton.

Recent news video for SignOnSanDiego.com.

I wandered over to Rancho Penasquitos Canyon the other week in search of interesting sunset shots. Unfortunately the setting sun just sort of vanished into the murky cloud bank that hovers over the San Diego County shoreline this time of year, but I did take a few interesting shots in the golden light before it faded away.

Here are the other photos.

Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surf Dog Competition.

Dozens of dogs hit the waves for the annual Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surf Dog Competition.

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