pre-thanksgiving

i meant to post this aout 2 weeks ago, but i guess i didn't. this was on a walk with weave, greg, wendy, otis, buster and charlie in virginia country club ...

santa barbara sunsets

click here for more pix from santa barbara

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.

spokane washington

i took a ton of pictures while in spokane last weekend. i am trying to continue with my "less is more" philosophy ... but i took over 300 shots and i need to narrow them down ... here goes:

i'm splitting them up into 3 posts.

here's the frst picture i took in spokane and the first picture i've ever taken with my new camera (nikon d7000 - that i barely know how to use).

spokane airport:

bishop.

here are a couple pix at the camp ste and leaving bishop.



tubes.



bulla.



otis saying goodbye to the river




stonehenge in olancha.




olancha shadow.



weekend clouds

giant blooming agave



weave next to giant blooming agave




giant blooming agave


i am thinking about entering a photo contest. i am not 100% sure why. i don't want to "win" anything nor do i really want to compete, but i guess i'm curious about how my photos look with the others that enter ... you know? to see if mine stand up to the others. the contest that interests me is one on perspective ... the sample image for the contest was a giant building with a jogger running by so you could see how giant the building is. i shot 2 of the 3 pictures above with that in mind, as that agave is HUGE! but i don't think they are too successful ... just be warned, there will be more pictures of that blooming agave ...

memorial weekend

I guess the 'less is more' concept is put on hold this week as i took a few pictures over the weekend and was not able to post them ... except for the iphone pix that i posted and the ones on sarah's blog

ricardo's

ricardo's.

after ricardo's

after ricardo's

after ricardo's



this is the wall of the store with the bbq chicken



cal hts 8:30 am 5.31.11



cal hts 8:30 am 5.31.11




cal hts 8:30 am 5.31.11 - I had to try again.



the clouds were awesome that day.

clouds make it.

random cambria.

3 x cambria
1 x paso robles

lensbaby.

cambria.

aloes.

pride of madera.



the weave.

 just a quick note. "lensbaby" is a line of camera lenses. these pictures were shot during the first day of learning how to use the lens. it has a purposeful and adjustable blur. it has little plates that you must insert into the lens for the f/stop. i need to keep using it, keep learning how to use it, its an interesting lens ...

Walk to the Factory

On a walk to the Factory ...

Atlantic Ave




Hughes Middle School - LBC


I took a couple pix of the field light below with my iPhone, but wanted to shoot it with my camera ... I like the iPhone, but I like these too ...

Hughes Light




Hughes Light




Front of Hughes



Gang Signs.



Hughes Middle School - LBC



Schoolyard.

Hughes Middle School - LBC

Shooting out the window

Clouds

Frog House

I love the Frog House. Best surf shop with helpful people that seem like they would be dicks ... But they're not.

Nardcore

Less is more? Didn't I type that somewhere pertaining to this blog? I did, I know I did, but I shot 157 pictures over the weekend and am having trouble narrowing them down ... I'm not saying they are all "show-worthy" but I like them and I like where they were taken, so ...  I guess I'm posting them. Hope you like or at least look at them.



Wagon Wheel Bowling



The Back of the Wagon Wheel Inn

 The bowling sign and the broken down motel have so much potential. I feel like I could have spent an entire day there. I'll be back ...

Culver City

Culver City is a cool area - I could shoot there for days ... Thanks Weave!



Dry Cleaners Wall



Drainage Ditch near ThinkSpace



These 2 images are of the coolest planter I've ever seen. It is at a place called Superfad ...  It looks like a tv studio of some kind, yeah, yeah, I could look it up, but this blog is supposed to be getting LESS wordy.  OK I looked it up here. Anyway - these pictures are of cactus planters. 36 pots, 36 cacti, elevated about 36 feet off the ground. I was really tempted to call Superfad and ask whoever answered the phone "What's that planter thing you guys have in your parking lot? It's so cool!" The one on the right has Sarah in the picture so you can get an idea of the size of it.

Phono

The Phongraphy show opening was last night. It was cool. A lot of great photos. I bought 3 by Ed Templeton. I've really liked Ed's work for a while now and when he has a solo show his work can be $3000 each. I got 3 images for $20 each at Phongraphy and I'm almost as happy about that as I am about having a picture in the show. The show was PACKED. In fact the Blind Lady staff were concerned about capacity and finally had to start a line outside until some people left. By the time I left, there had to be 150 people in there. It was crowded, which is GREAT. If I remember correctly Josh (curator) said there were 164 images in the show and probably 50+ different contributors Before I left it looked like sales were going pretty well, which is great because I want Josh to get reimbursed for his expenses and I'd like there to be a decent donation made to Doctors Without Borders for Haiti too. I'm curious to see if mine sells but we'll see.


Wall A of the show.


Switching gears - I got a nice email from John Royce (pres, Cal Hts Neighborhood Assoc). He said he was talking to Robert, the owner at Roxanne's, who was looking for vintage photographs from Cal Hts to display in the bar. John said that there are not too many available and wondered if I would be interested in sending Robert some of the stuff I've been shooting around the neighborhood, particularly the pictures of the reconditioned street lamps. I am stoked that Mary Sramek tagged John in some of those pix on facebook or this never would have come about. I've sent some images to Robert ... we'll see. I think i posted a couple of the pix on the last blog entry. Most are from my phone but here's one from the camera: