Posted in Photography (mine) on Dec 23rd, 2007
The Getty has an exhibit of photographs by Graciela Iturbide, so on Saturday, I headed up there to check them out. I didn’t care for her portraits very much, but some of her earlier work, particularly some work with birds was really great. It was almost grotesque and surreal in a way that was interesting [...]
Posted in Photography (mine) on Dec 1st, 2007
I drove down to the San Diego Zoo today to make some pictures of the animals. It was a little chilly, and it was a little rainy, which I wasn’t expecting. I spent the latter part of the day with my camera wrapped in my shirt trying to keep it dry. Still, all things considered, [...]
Posted in Photography (mine) on Oct 21st, 2007
About a year ago, I heard about this place, Oak Glen, up in the mountains just outside Los Angeles. They have a bunch of U-Pick apple orchards, and trees with leaves that actually turn colors like it’s fall. I’ve been wanting to check it out for a while, and since October is apple picking season [...]
Posted in Photography (mine) on Oct 7th, 2007
Newport Beach held their 46th annual Sand Castle Contest today, so I drove down to photograph it. These things always have this weird mix of really privative children’s creations and reasonably elaborate carvings. I think I may have liked The King Has Two Thrones the best. What can I say? I’m a sucker for the [...]
Posted in Photography (mine) on Sep 30th, 2007
Santa Clarita has this sidewalk, chalk art festival. I went up there today to check it out. Of course, I took my camera, and you can see some of my sidewalk art photos.
Posted in Photography (mine) on Jul 16th, 2007
I took a two week road trip up the western coast of the US and into Canada. Naturally, I took a ton of pictures.
Posted in Photography (mine) on Jun 17th, 2007
I drove up to Santa Barbara and went out on a whale watching boat trip. It was a fun day. Some of the whales got almost within touching distance, and there were hundreds of dolphins swimming and jumping around. It turns out it’s not very easy to photograph whales. You basically just get a bit [...]
Posted in Photography (mine) on Jun 10th, 2007
Yesterday, I went for a hike in Malibu. The Solstice Canyon Loop is an interesting trail to hike. There’s this burnt out old building that you can explore, and plenty of streams and waterfalls. I would have liked to have seen the house before it was burned. It’s sort of tough getting an idea of [...]
Posted in Photography (mine) on May 24th, 2007
I’ve been wanting to get down to the San Diego Wild Animal Park for quite a while now, and since I was taking this whole week off to burn some vacation days I was about to lose, today seemed like the perfect day. I did one of their photo safari adventures. That was cool since [...]
Posted in Photography (mine) on Apr 28th, 2007
I took a drive up to the Exotic Feline Center in Rosamond to make some pictures of cats.