I was so lucky that Rosemary came to visit California TWICE last year! She had a conference in December in San Diego, so I drove down and spent the day sightseeing around San Diego! It was so much fun! Brunch at Cafe 21, Gaslamp District, 2014 Sandcastle on Coronado Beach, Coronado Island, 2014 View from […]
Read more "Rosemary Visits San Diego"This month’s outing with the Night Hawks took us to a park in Torrance – Rocketship Park. It sits up on a hill that overlooks the South Bay, so it provided great views of city lights. As always, Mike served as my loyal sherpa and hauled my equipment around for me! We had three models […]
Read more "Night Hawks – Rocketship Park"We were so excited for this night shoot in November because of the ferris wheel at the pier, and it did not disappoint! We were there at sunset and I got some great shots of activity at the beach as the sun set. After we got done photographing the pier, we went to the amusement […]
Read more "Night Hawks – Santa Monica Pier"This night shoot last October came with a surprise – a model! This was my first time shooting a model, and it was really fun! Terminal Island provided the perfect backdrop for grainy, film noir looking photographs. I learned a lot on this outing! Done Fishing, San Pedro, 2014 Terry’s Gale, San Pedro, 2014 […]
Read more "Night Hawks – San Pedro Terminal Island"In September, we had to put Sophie down and it was an awful thing to have to go through. To get to that point, I need to backtrack to what happened in July. We woke up one morning and she wasn’t responsive, so we took her to Mike’s work for some tests. A mass on […]
Read more "Sophie"In September, Mike’s parents came out for his birthday and we went to Catalina Island for the day. Catalina is about 30 miles off the coast of California and is a neat, beautiful getaway! It took about a one hour boat ride to get to the island, and everything is just so relaxed and not […]
Read more "Catalina Island"Yosemite is probably one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been. These pictures don’t even do it justice! Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, 2014 Mike and I at Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, 2014 Rose, Tim, and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, 2014 Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, 2014 Half Dome from Yosemite Valley, […]
Read more "Yosemite National Park"Our friends Rosemary and Tim came to visit in August and we went to Sequoia National Park and Yosemite National Park (which will be highlighted in the next post) to see their spectacular beauty! Of course, the parks did not disappoint and we had a wonderful time with Rosemary and Tim! We Made It!, Sequoia […]
Read more "Sequoia National Park"In late June/early July, my cousin Greg and his wife Katie came to visit! We had so much fun taking them to our favorite places here, and of course, I was able to take more pictures at our favorite places! Dolphins off the Pier, Santa Monica Pier, 2014 Seal on the Rocks, Abalone Cove, 2014 […]
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