This was our THIRD trip with the Night Hawks to the Redondo Pier, and it was just as windy and chilly as the last time we went! The waves were big and the pictures turned out great! I love the birds that hang out on the pier, eager to snatch a fisherman’s prize! In general, […]
Read more "Night Hawks – Redondo Beach Pier"This post can be summed up in two words: BABY. BURRO. Let me set the scene for you. Mike and I are in a beautiful national park surrounded by snowcapped mountains, salt flats, and canyons. We drive up to a ghost town, Rhyolite, which is just outside the park border in Nevada. We were told […]
Read more "Death Valley Part Two"Mike and I were super excited for our first photo adventure trip! Death Valley is a place we’ve been wanting to go since we moved here and we figured this would be the way to see it! We had such a wonderful time taking pictures and seeing Death Valley’s beauty! The funny thing was all […]
Read more "Death Valley Part One"Have I mentioned before how much I looooooooove long exposure photography? The second half of this collection of pictures is why. I will never get bored with night photography OR long exposure photography! This shoot and the Griffith Observatory are my favorites. This was Mike’s first time on this one, because last year my mom, […]
Read more "Night Hawks: Downtown LA"Coming from the Midwest, Mike and I have been really excited to go to a fair out here. When we found out the Day Hawks were making a trip to the Orange County Fair, we knew we had to go check it out. It was NOTHING like the fairs back home. NOTHING. It was mostly […]
Read more "Orange County Fair"Mike and I were really excited about this Night Hawks trip because we missed it last year! San Pedro is such a neat area and I knew we would get some good pictures! We started the night at the dancing water fountains and snapped pictures of the water show that’s set to music. Then, we […]
Read more "Night Hawks – Vincent Thomas Bridge"This night hawks trip was one of my favorites last year, and this year’s trip did not disappoint! Last year, we walked away from the observatory and took pictures from a distance. This year, we stayed close and got some different shots! Then, we went down to Hollywood Boulevard for some street shooting. One of […]
Read more "Night Hawks – Griffith Observatory & Hollywood Boulevard"As Julie stated in her previous post… we ended up going to the Huntington Library because the wildflower bloom ended before we could make it out that way. I have always enjoyed the photo trips and being Julie’s camera “Sherpa”, but this trip I took some pictures!! It took some getting used to the camera, […]
Read more "Huntington Library – Mike’s Pictures"Mike and I did our first photo adventure with the Creative Photo Academy last Sunday and it was such a blast! It was an all day outing – 10am to 8pm! We were originally supposed to go see wildflowers, but the bloom was already gone. Plan B was Huntington Library outside of Pasadena. Huntington Library […]
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