Today was such a beautiful day! James and I headed to the park where there are tons of small turtles and ducks. There were several small baby ducks and we had a blast just watching them. They used to have koi fish and when my older kids were younger a few years ago, they found… Read More
I love San Vicente Blvd. These trees line the center median and shade the runners who run up and down the edges of this greenbelt, from Ocean up to Bundy, it makes for great exercise (I’m not a runner, but I’ve heard it does! 🙂 ). Today we were driving around with our two year… Read More
My son had a baseball game in the valley tonight and on our way, we passed by the “Iliad” bookshop. Since he read this in high school and did well on an essay today, he was feeling pretty good about English and wanted to stop by to take a picture and get a gift for… Read More
Is it too late to drop off my dry cleaning? 🙂 I like this building, as I’ve mentioned before, I’m a big fan of neon and this place has a lot of it! The building is yellow with green awnings and a brick building behind with some interesting murals painted on the backside. Great cleaners,… Read More
I see this jersey every time I head to the garage. I attended a former client’s cancer research fund raiser several years ago and this was one of the items auctioned off. At the time, I was a huge cycling fan (I still am to a large degree), and was completely motived by Lance Armstrong.… Read More
I have a Monday night commitment each week and afterwards more often than not, I generally do some weekly grocery shopping afterwards. There’s something about this Vons that I find fascinating. It’s not your typical easy listening Muzak playing overhead with pristine fruits, women in yoga pants (after all, I am in Santa Monica), and… Read More
Nothing too special about tonight’s image other than I have contributed greatly to Santa Monica! I figure the amount of parking tickets I’ve received I should have one of the new Metro trains coming to Santa Monica named after me! “Render unto Caesar what is Caesars!” 5D3 85mm f/1.2L @ f/1.2, 1/125″, ISO 1600
Today I was going to head up to Paseo MiraMar and hike up in order to get the glorious panorama from downtown LA to the Santa Monica Bay and beyond. But, with no clouds in the sky, I figured the sky wouldn’t be very interesting. On my way, I noticed the kite surfers in the… Read More
Tonight while looking for opportunities to shoot, I was taken with the wind, the full moon, the hazy sky, and the general feel of the night. Therefore, I ended up in Venice Beach and like how my headlights were creating shadows and textures in the sand. So tonight’s image is a very simple, stripped down… Read More
Ok – so today IS day 112, but as I mentioned in day 111, I fell asleep at around 8PM putting my 2 year old to bed, so I didn’t get an image out. As I mentioned, it was a GORGEOUS night!
Last night I laid down with my little one to put him to bed. Well, daddy was out first at 8pm, so I didn’t get to take my picture. I made it 110 STRAIGHT days of 1x picture per day! So today, I will post two. I went down to the Santa Monica pier which… Read More
It was hard to capture this image in a way that truly represents these stairs. You can see the road down below. This is a very popular place for the local residents to work out – you can find people running up/down the stairs, or making it a loop with another set of stairs.… Read More
Tonight a friend asked me to volunteer with him and spend some time with the ‘residents’ of this facility. I’ve been here a few times before, and am glad I’ve gone, but more glad I’m able to leave! 🙂 5D3, 24-105mm f/4.0 @ 24mm, f/4.0, ISO 800, 1/320
Great victory over the SF Giants by the LA Dodgers! I took my older son to the game and we were fortunate enough to have great signs behind home plate. Dodgers won 3-1 and we needed the win to secure a three-way tie for first. Had the Dodgers lost, Giants wold be in first with… Read More
It’s Day 107. I’m sleepy; had a long day. The shot represents my morning fuel! I have 1-3 double/triple lattes per day. This stuff is cheap and plentiful! 🙂 5D3, 24-105mm f/4.0 @ f/4.0, 105mm, 1/80″, ISO 1600
Driving along Wilshire Blvd. from my office in Beverly Hills and drove by this construction site. I liked how the sun was backlighting the crane and illuminating the flag. 5D3 24-105mm f/4.0, 24mm, f/7.1, ISO 100, 1/250
Tonight’s shoot comes by way of the “Thursday Night Key Group” on Venice Blvd held in the Masonic Lodge. Also, I very rarely (if ever) drop below 50mm, so I’m trying to play a bit with a wider view to train my ‘eye’ on what this does to compression (stretches it out and spreads the… Read More
Yesterday was a long day – a loved one went under the knife and at the end of the day, I drove down to Palisade Park to process. It’s one of my favorite places to unwind – the bluff above PCH. It was a chilly day (by Southern California standards; 62 degrees) and windy. The… Read More
The two trees in our front yard are still in bloom with these gorgeous flowers. Tonight, I went out with my 5D3 and 70-200mm lens along with my trusty 2 year old side kick who want to “do horsey on my head” (give him a horsey back ride), so I galloped through our little neighborhood,… Read More
Last night was a long night, fell asleep at 8PM, woke up at 10PM, back to bed, then up at 2AM, came downstairs, then fell back asleep around 4AM and got up at 6AM and started getting some work done. Went to see my son’s baseball game in the valley this afternoon and as the… Read More
Today we had baptisms at church and I shot the 9A service. This shot is of the bowl we use. Our church, Pacific Crossroads, has three services: 9A, 11A, 5P. The morning services are held on the Westside in Barnum Hall Auditorium at SAMOHI (Santa Monica High School), and the 5P service meets downtown off… Read More
I drive by this museum several times a week for my son’s high school baseball practice in north Venice and have always wanted to go in. Today, my wife, younger son and I decided to go check it out. It was a really nice display, especially given the size of the building. There are several… Read More
I almost forgot to get my POTD (Picture of the Day) as we had friends over for dinner. So I was going through my photos and came across this picture of Machu Piccu that I took back in 2009 from our honeymoon. I took this with a Canon Rebel XT with the kit 18-55mm lens.… Read More
It’s not too often we get the clouds rolling through, and I love the rain – but to see a billboard of a VW Microbus with a board on top calling me to Hawaii? I say “Let’s Go!” 🙂 Who’s in? Shot with Canon 5D3, 85mm f/1.2L @ f/4.0, ISO 800, 1/125″
I’ve done this type of shot before a year or two ago, but I didn’t know about focus stacking. This is my second focus stack attempt, the first was the rose from day 15. Focus stacking allows for an increased sharp/in focus depth of field. When shooting macro and longer focal lengths, the depth of… Read More
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