The first night hawks outing of 2015 took us to downtown LA – specifically, Chinatown and Union Station.  I had never been to either of these places, so it was fun from a “tourist” point of view, AND as a photographer! Hop Woo, Chinatown, 2015 Chinatown Plaza, Chinatown, 2015 Hop Louie, Chinatown, 2015 Lanterns in […]

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Every Christmas season, there is a whole neighborhood in Torrance that decorates their houses and streets.  People from all over come and either drive through or walk through the neighborhood looking at all of the beautiful displays.  It was so much fun to go and take photographs of the lights and get into the holiday […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Mike and I went to the Queen Mary on Thursday night with my night photography group and we had a fun time as always! We even saw a GHOST…which had a striking resemblance to Mike, but we can only assume it’s one of his ancestors!  This month’s outing had us playing around with ghost pictures, […]

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After taking the boot camp with the Creative Photo Academy, I decided to sign up for one of the night photography classes.  This was my first outing with the group, and we loved it so much we’ve been going to them ever since!  Mike attends as my sherpa/bag carrier/photo assistant and I think he loves […]

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