Political
1 photo
Hopefully humorous political
Photos in Explore
40 photos
Wambeke and Wambeke, Photography and Quilting photos in Flickr's Explore.
Photos of the Day (PoDs)
6136 photos, 22 videos
These are photos that Charlie Wambeke Photography AKA Charlies Photo Art sends out most working days to an email subscriber list. You can find subscription email address on Charlie Wambeke...
John McLaren Park
57 photos, 2 videos
Photos taken in and around John McLaren Park, 313 acres of varied terrain, open air, trees, and family and dog friendly activities.
Orchids
147 photos
Film - negatives or slides 1964 - 2005 photos
37 photos
Shots taken with film camera - negatives and slides scanned to digital
Conservatory of Flowers
610 photos, 1 video
Images captured at the Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park
Roses
220 photos
Dahlias
112 photos
Although I photograph dahlias where I find them, my usual dahlia source is the Dahlia Garden in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park - just east of the Conservatory of Flowers which is another favorite...
Quilting and sewing including Fashionista Crazy...
220 photos
This album contains quilts, those found in quilt shows, those made by or owned by friends, and others my lovely bride Melody has completed since we met in 2011. The Fashionista Crazy Quilt was a two...
Mono Lake trip 2011 - Yosemite, Lee Vining, Mono...
99 photos
This album comprises images captured September 24 through 26, 2011 of Yosemite National Park via Hwy 120, the town of Lee Vining, Mono Lake, and June Lake Loop. It excludes a side trip to Bodie ghost...
Videos
26 videos
Parks Alliance Membership appreciation event...
76 photos, 1 video
This album is a series of photos taken at the Garden for the Environment of 7th Ave at Lawton Street and Warren Blvd intersection. Melody and I spent a couple of hours there attending a membership...
Taken from a car
9 photos
Shots taken through windshield when stopped or taken from back seat when others driving.
moon
105 photos, 2 videos
Various moon shots I have taken over the years.
Living Memorial Sculpture Garden (LMSG) A place...
38 photos
These photos were taken at the Living Memorial Sculpture Garden 13 miles north of Weed California on Highway 97.
Nevada out and about: including City of...
62 photos
Winnemucca Nevada is a critical stopover destination on any of our Western States trips from San Francisco to Idaho via Reno on Interstate 80 and Hwy 95 - a route of 800 miles (nearly 1,300...
Death of a friend - Bill
16 photos
This is a short chronicle of photos taken between July and October 2012 of my friend Bill's end of life experience. It was during my first visit that I discovered Bill was bedridden - with an...
Best shots 2015
42 photos
Compilation of 2015 Wambeke and Wambeke photos I like the best in this Best Shots 2015 album - inspired by a group of that name. These shots are considered Best Shots for various reasons - the...
Women and girls main subject
978 photos, 3 videos
Photos where women and/or girls are the main subject.
J.M.W. Turner deYoung Museum exhibit
13 photos
This is a series of images captured at the deYoung Museum exhibit many of the works of Joseph Mallord William Turner on July 5, 2015. The Turner special exhibit ran at the deYoung Museum between June...
Muir Woods National Monument Redwood Forest Mill...
67 photos
This album includes photos taken at Muir Woods, a 554 acre redwood forest that is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Images are of redwood trees and surrounding flora, people and paths...
Tiled Steps in San Francisco
43 photos
This album will feature various images of the 16th Avenue Tiled Stairs on Moraga Street between 16th Avenue at the bottom and 15th Avenue at the top in San Francisco's Sunset Heights District. That...
Botticelli to Braque masterpieces from the...
20 photos
Melody and I visited the Botticelli to Braque exhibit of centuries old masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland to our home town of San Francisco in early 2015. The several image posted...
Bodie Ghost Town California
63 photos
The images in this set were captured when my friend, Anita, and I took a four day trip from our San Francisco homes, through Yosemite National Park, over Tioga Pass to the edge of the Mono Basin. Our...
Lunar New Year
69 photos
This album starts off in 2015 with the Spring Festival in San Francisco's Chinatown. The main street was Grant Avenue from California to Broadway St at Columbus Ave. 2015 was the first Spring...
Portraits / People
1217 photos
These are of isolated single or group images of people.
Sculptures & Statues
193 photos
Ginger McElrath
13 photos
Photos of Ginger McElrath or of her art work.
People
1852 photos, 12 videos
This set will include photos that has at least one person in them.
San Francisco
3526 photos, 19 videos
People, Places, and things in and around my hometown city of San Francisco.
Western States USA
1370 photos, 4 videos
Photographs taken throughout California, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, and Washington in Western USA.
FILOLI
346 photos, 1 video
Filoli is a country house set in 16 acres of formal gardens surrounded by 654 acreas estate, located in Woodside California about 25 miles south of San Francisco. The photos in this set were all...
Cats
68 photos
Images of cats - mostly those that I know.
Dogs
177 photos, 2 videos
Obviously photos of dogs!
Animals
202 photos, 2 videos
Created this set in 2013 so I would have someplace to put animal photos.
Space Shuttle Endeavour last flight
13 photos
On September 21, 2012 a NASA 747 carried Space Shuttle Endeavour piggyback from Houston TX through much of the Southwest, over the greater San Francisco Bay Area, including Sacramento, East Bay, San...
Wedding Day Melody and Charlie May 15, 2014
16 photos
Only two of the several images presented in this album were taken by Flickr member, Charlie Wambeke - since I was the groom. They are the first image of flowers from my sister Mary's garden which we...
Melody and Charlie
339 photos
Images of Melody Chan Doss-Wambeke and Charlie Wambeke either alone or together.
Signs of the times
336 photos
Social statements either by sign or by example through photos
Cell Phones and Electronic Devices
206 photos
In the 21st century, electronic devices seem to have taken over many of our lives. This set includes many images I have captured on the subject. Some I missed were a teen texting while skateboarding...
Blue Angels - San Francisco
36 photos
I have many photos of the Blue Angels flying over San Francisco during October Fleet week - beginning in 2006. No airshow in 2013. May post more Blue Angels in future.
Charlie Wambeke
Untapped Blues & Brews Festival 2011
123 photos
The images in this set were captured on May 14, 2011 while attending the 2011 Annual Untapped Blues and Brews Festival at Benton County Fairgrounds in Kennewick Washington. It was a fun day of...
St Peters Catholic Church Mission District San...
8 photos
This is a series of eight photos taken at St Peter's Catholic Church 1234 Alabama St, San Francisco in August of 2011. Contact me if you want to add to this description. Charlie Wambeke
Sacramento River & headwaters
13 photos
The Sacramento River is the second largest river in California. It first emerges from the rocks on the side of a hill in Mt Shasta City Park in Northern California and flows over 400 miles to the San...
Murals, Mosaics, & Tiles
140 photos
Painted murals are tough enough to create, Mosaics are a real labor of love. In San Francisco, murals have evolved from Graffiti Art.
Cars, Trucks, and other ground Vehicles
251 photos, 1 video
Any kind of cars, trucks, and other ground vehicles (bicycles, skateboards) I have posted on Flickr
2010 Winnemucca at Work - Shooting the West...
10 photos
2011 Winnemucca at Work - Shooting the West...
48 photos
Taken at various Winnemucca Companies that participated in Winnemucca at Work with Shooting the West attendees
2012 Winnemucca at Work - Shooting the West...
95 photos
Photos taken during March 2012 trip to Winnemucca NV for Shooting the West Photography Symposium XXIV.
Jean Ellen photos
46 photos
Planes at Half Moon Bay during "Dream Machines...
8 photos
The planes in this set were taking off and landing at Half Moon Bay Airport on the afternoon of April 29, 2012. They were part of the vintage items on display at the "Dream Machines Show"....
Golden Gate Bridge
28 photos
Videos Luisa Hepper memorial Sep 22, 2011 SFSU
6 videos
Here are some videos from Luisa's Farewell gathering for her San Francisco area friends hosted by her husband Stephen Kathriner. Click on the six images to the right (in order from left to right) to...
CSM cancelling classes July 27 2011 board meeting...
2 videos
Two videos concerning program cuts at College of San Mateo. Shot at board meeting of July 27, 2011 cutting American Sign Language, horticulture, and possibly other programs from CSM curriculum.
Dorothy and George Retirement Party
51 photos
I made the photos in this album during a retirement party for two of my former coworkers. The date and place were Feb 2, 2018 at Celias in San Mateo California. I am presenting the photos mostly in...
Mikki's graduation party
24 photos
This album is a set of photos I made during a graduation party for Elizabeth Michelle – Mikki – at our mutual friends home in Millbrae California, south of San Francisco. Charlie has known Mikki...
Birds Bees Butterflies & Insects
557 photos, 8 videos
SFO Airport noise over San Francisco and peninsula
96 photos, 1 video
I bought my home in 1967, before many of my Flickr viewers were born. It was a peaceful and pleasant place to live for the first 48 years, until the United States Federal Aviation Administration...
Cameras on a stick
6 photos
This set (album) is for photos of people taking photos of themselves with their cameras or cell phones on an extension.
Gilbert's Birthday Party photos 160312
7 photos
Random photos of individuals, groups, and food at Gilbert's birthday party on March 12, 2016, the Saturday before his actual birth date. As you can see in the very first photo, it was a rainy day....
Nancy and Terry's party
14 photos
This is an album taken at a coworker Nancy's retirement gathering she and her husband Terry hosted in their home in mid May 2019.
CSM Garden to be demolished even though community...
5 photos
Here are four recent images of the Eleanore D Nettle Garden at College of San Mateo. This garden was dedicated by the Horticulture Club for Ms. Nettle's 30 years of service to CSM.
You will notice in...
Abstracts
17 photos
Idaho
374 photos
A compilation of things, people, and critters around Idaho.
Flowers, plants, & trees
2270 photos, 3 videos
Bouquets to Art deYoung Museum
96 photos
Over 100 certified floral designers created arrangement to both complement and complement fine art displayed at the deYoung Museum in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. The exhibit is usually only...
Clouds
162 photos
Sandy Vee's Birthday Party 2011
24 photos
2005 Images
45 photos
Extreme Skateboarders June 30, 2017 & Feb 14, 2020
2 photos
These seven videos are of skateboarders intimidating, taunting, and vandalizing residents of 175 Naples St on June 30, 2017 and destroying property at 200 Naples St on February 14, 2020.
I reported...
Ron and Linda's Parties at their Millbrae...
106 photos
The photos in this album are those taken at the home a childhood friend, Ron, and his wife, Linda. The images are ordered newest to oldest taken in years 2017, 2014, and 2011. As you can see during...
JD's Retirement party March 2007
8 photos
Boo and Ricky's Baby Shower
3 photos
These images were taken during Boo and Ricardo (Ricky) Bardales fun and loving Baby Shower in Sacramento on July 12, 2014. They are for private viewing by family and friends of Drs Ricardo...
Miriam Photos May 15, 2022
32 photos
This album is of a photo shoot at Palace of Fine Arts on May 15, 2022 celebrating Miriam's high school graduation.These photos are cropped 5X7 inches
August 2011 Contest Photo - Contest is over
3 photos
This can be found in most any neighborhood. Can you guess what it is?
Images on a Rock
5 photos
Set of various images affixed to and sealed on Rocks. Dimensions 2X3 to around 3X5 inches