Taking Pictures while Driving

"Lamp in the Sky"

Photographing LA

I have been in LA for the better part of 4 years.

It's been somewhat of a sordid love affair because on one hand,

she gives me great pleasure in her many offerings of experiences be it new tastes,

sights and sounds.

But at the end of the day or even whenever I get the chance, I find myself catching the earliest train out of here to go home.

With the year coming to a close, I realize that I have let my the past 4 years go by relatively undocumented, therefore pending will be a series of photographs that will document some of my favorite spots in la. They will capture the location but hopefully they will also recapture the experience.

A few preliminary locations:

1. Chinatown

2. LACMA

3. The Grove

4. Wilshire blvd

5. Culver City

6. Venice Beach

7. Hodoris (This should actually be #1 on my list)

Early Morning in San Francisco

"Baring it"

Black and white photography on a cloudy overcast day is definitely high on my list of

"Things I like to do on cloudy overcast days"

"Up"

"Big easy..."

Came across this picture while going through some old pictures...

Love it.

De Anza Park

De Anza Park

De Anza Park (while spinning)
It's almost like some sort of pencil sketch.

I've grown up next to this park. Some of my best childhood memories were at this park.
I was driving home today and noticed that the sun was just coming down and the leaves had started to fall so I quickly dropped by for a quick photowalk.
Autumn is only palpable in the evening in California.

"Autumn Evening"

2 Photo Treat today

These here are my two favorite shots from San Francisco

"Bus Stop"

"Kearny St."

Walking around San Francisco

Photographs that take on a story of their own...

When I took this picture, the word "Noir" came to mind.

I imagined that on the top floor of that Steinway building, there was a private eye smoking a cigarette and nursing a tumbler of scotch (no ice), while waiting for a beautiful, sultry dame in distress to come to his office with an offer that he just can't refuse.

"Yeah, sure thing toots, I'll take ya case, but you gotta promise me one thing...you gotta let me motorboat ya when I crack it..."

Favorite shots from the last roll...

"Haze over LA"

It wasn't haze actually, it was more like an afternoon fog/mist

but I love the hazy dream like effect that it gave the city skyline.

"Sunrise before the Train"

6 a.m. 60 degrees. Enough said...

"Avocado"

I placed a curtain over my lamp and noticed that my light guava colored walls had a very interesting color to it so I snapped a shot.

But looking back at it now, it reminds me so much of an avocado.

"Bathroom window"

Jumped into the shower and saw this silhouette with a very vibrant colors of the early morning.

"Black and Gold"

"Grace and Form"

Portrait

Random Picture

Sometimes, you get lucky and manage to find a shot that turns out better than you expected.
This is my current wallpaper at work and I think this was from an impromptu photo walk I did in and around the neighborhood.

A doe, a deer

This is an old picture from Malibu Creek State Park.
I just love the warm tones and the little haze that the picture has from the direct sunlight over head.
I also love the contrasting texture and it reminds me so much of the hike that my friends and I took on that day as we walked through the trees, hills and meadows.

Song of the day:

Jacob

"Jacob's Walking Stick"
Malibu Creek State Park

I can't really tell you why I love this picture so much but that does not change the fact that it is one of my favorite pictures of all time.

Once upon a time...

"Snow..."
Mt. Baldy

I can't tell you how much I love snow and how excited I get at the prospect of it.
I think this year, I am going to wrap my nikon in saran wrap and take it deep into the snow storm, that is if we are fortunate enough to have another one.

Because she is adorable...

"80's Chic for Babies"

This is my Cheer me up picture.

Photo walk: LA #2

Bonsai

Inner City Boundaries

Photo walk: LA - Parallels

Blue

Red

Roll #1: B&W

Lines: Clothing & Power

Pumpkin Patch sans Pumpkins

Koi

Needless to say, I had a blast going through this roll of film.

And really excited to shoot another one.

The combination of having a yellow tinted moldy/cloudy lens plus the fact that they processed the b&w film on paper reserved for color prints had some very interesting consequences.

The most noticeable consequence is the greenish tint that these photos exhibit due to the film/paper discrepancy. In addition, there is a also a haze like filter that really softens up the movement of the fish and the direct sunlight in the pumpkin patch.

So overall, I was very happy with this first batch.

Onto roll #2.