Category: Photography (mine)

I wanted to celebrate springing forward to an additional hour of sunlight each night. Well, nothing says sunshine like the beach, so I grabbed my camera and headed to El Segundo. There’s a water treatment plant there, so the whole thing is kind of industrial looking (i.e. not all that pretty/interesting), but I get tired…

For the past two weeks, I’ve been trapped inside a lot, so this weekend, I was pretty eager to get out and get some fresh air. With that in mind, I grabbed my camera and headed off to Topanga Canyon. Except, I got tired of driving well before getting to Topanga Canyon (probably had something…

The California Science Center (which I didn’t even know existed until a few days ago) was having an exhibition about risk. They sold it as this exciting participatory kind of thing where you could risk your life walking on an iron beam 17 stories above the ground like a construction worker or laying on a…

I took an extended weekend trip down to San Jose del Cabo, Mexico. The scenery down there is unbelievably beautiful. The water was so blue, I was half convinced they had people going out early in the morning to add food coloring or something. What I didn’t get was much in the way of Mexican…

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon, so I took my camera and headed to the Long Beach Aquarium. I was inspired by the amazing sea horse shot that Tracy got at the Sydney Aquarium. What I discovered is that shooting aquarium shots is freaking H.A.R.D.!! You have to contend with weird light, dirty glass, troublesome…

Expose Right is an interesting discussion of the proper way to expose (or under-expose) an image in a digital camera. I was pointed to the page from this other interesting discussion of the benefits of shooting RAW instead of JPEG. I knew I should be shooting RAW, but it’s such a hassle. Maybe I just…

Santa Barbara is such a cool city. I’ve been there a few times, but I’ve never been there with a camera. Today, I decided to rectify that. Except that today was really grey — almost foggy. The fog hid much of the charm of the city. I took some photos anyway. I mean as long…

Saturday, I took a quick trip up to the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. I originally left my camera in my trunk. I didn’t want to deal with carrying it around since I was pretty sure they wouldn’t be cool about taking photos of the exhibits, and the museum itself isn’t nearly as interesting…

Yesterday, I was driving up the 110 Freeway just at sunset, and the light and color in the sky was remarkable. As I came around a turn, I saw the skyline of downtown LA, and the setting sun was reflecting off the buildings in a really beautiful way. I started looking for a place where…

Saturday, I headed down to Laguna Beach to spend the day. I wasn’t sure what I was going to find, but I knew that I love that town like no other that I’ve found in Southern California. What I found was their Sawdust Festival. It’s one part art festival and one part Christmas pageant. It…