Posted in Photography (mine) on Aug 16th, 2008
The tall ships have sailed into Ports of Call in San Pedro. I headed down with my camera to make some ship photos. Their riggings are crazy. I don’t even know how you determine which sheet to pull, but it’s kind of cool getting a chance to check them out. There was supposed to be [...]
Posted in Photography (mine) on Jul 13th, 2008
Santa Barbara puts on a French Festival to celebrate Bastille Day weekend, so I headed up there to check it out. It was a little smaller than I was expecting/hoping. I’m not sure it’s really worth the drive all the way to Santa Barbara to see it (especially given the price of gas these days), [...]
Posted in Photography (mine) on Jul 4th, 2008
I headed over to Marina del Rey to celebrate America’s birthday and make some photos of fireworks. I really need something in the foreground to make these shots a bit more interesting. I had hoped I might get some water reflections, but I wasn’t set up in a good place for that, and I ended [...]
Posted in Photography (mine) on May 18th, 2008
It was kind of hot today, and in an effort to get out of my oven of a home to enjoy the great outdoors, I grabbed my camera and headed over to the South Bay Botanical Garden. I’ve been there a few times before, and I knew that in the heat most of the plants [...]
Posted in Photography (mine) on Apr 19th, 2008
I spent a nice Saturday afternoon at Kenneth Hahn Park in Culver City. I had my camera with me, and you can see a few Park photos. I’m happy to say I finally managed to get a shot of a humming bird. It isn’t great, but I did get it, so that’s something.
Posted in Photography (mine) on Apr 6th, 2008
I took my camera up to Descanso Gardens to photograph some spring flowers. It’s weird. I haven’t been to Descanso in about 5 years, and I remember it being a lot smaller. I don’t know if my memory was playing tricks on me or if I didn’t fully explore the place last time. It was [...]
Posted in Photography (mine) on Mar 23rd, 2008
With all of our recent rains, the desert is in full bloom, so I drove over to Joshua Tree to check out all of the wildflowers. I was really kind of surprised at the variety that I saw. It seems like whenever I see wildflowers on TV, it’s just fields of yellow flowers (I think [...]
Posted in Photography (mine) on Feb 9th, 2008
I headed up to Chinatown today to check out their New Year Dragon Parade. It wasn’t nearly as colorful as the Doo Dah parade I went to a few weeks ago. It seemed a lot longer — particularly with all the city and state officials that turn out for the thing. Still, it was interesting [...]
Posted in Photography (mine) on Jan 20th, 2008
A colorful bunch of characters get together every year in Pasadena, CA to put on the Doo Dah Parade. It’s a crazy scene with a synchronized nap team and a marching hibachi band grilling and passing out hot dogs and every other stripe of freak that you could possibly imagine. I figured with all that [...]
Posted in Photography (mine) on Jan 20th, 2008
My dad was in Orange County for business, and my mom came down with him, so we spent a couple of days sight seeing. We went to Laguna Beach, the mission at San Juan Capistrano, and Newport Beach. You can see some photos.