where

i like this picture because it doesn't look like it was taken in my front yard. it looks to me like it was taken at the beach or overlooking a cliff or something other than simply looking at the sunset down my street.

you walked in, just like smoke

mingus?

pan

the photo mag i subscribe to has an assignment in it each month ... and they ask you to send your images in. if they like them, they'll publish you in the mag ... i'm not too interested in competing, but i like the assignments and i like to compare my way of doing the assignments with others ... its interesting to me.

this assignment was "hand held panning." basically capturing motion in a picture by following the subject with the camera. usually this produces a blurring background and fairly focused subject. i shot at a really slow shutter speed and chased a pigeon around watts, so my whole image is blurry, but i like the results ...

not sure if i'm going to actually submit these to the magazine, but i'm considering it.

a cop stopped us on the street and asked ...

sunday september 18 weave and i took a photo class / workshop. it was a shoot at the watts towers in beautiful south central los angeles. the shoot was fun and the info on the towers and the builder was interesting. i'm actually pretty happy with a few of my pictures. after the shoot and the tour, the class was going to go get some lunch. there was a well (yelp) reviewed puerto rican restaurant within a 10 minute walk so we all decided to go (i think there were 7 of us). walking the streets of south central l.a. we stuck out like sore thumbs, passing cars stopped and stared, pedestrians looked with wonder ... finally a cop car stopped and asked: "DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE? YOU'RE IN SOUTH CENTRAL L.A., WATTS! What are you doing here?" after explaining what we were doing and where we were going, the cop said, while shaking his head: "BE CAREFUL." with that warning, and the restaurant being closed, we scurried back to the train station ...

more pictures here FLICKR LINK

full moon

driving home the other day the moon and the clouds looked awesome. by the time i got parked and grabbed my camera, i had missed the shot i wanted, but i like this blurry one. it reminds me of a painter i really like ... holly williams, you should check her stuff out - it rules AND she's super cool!



this is a plane taking off from long beach airport ...

demo

no one paid attention to that "5 shots a day" post i did last week, did you? i'm actually trying, but i'm not taking 5 a day ...

i was walking otis the other day and saw a small building that was recently demolitioned. i really liked that building ... oh well.