Monthly Archives: March 2015

365/Day 74

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A Heat Wave and A Marathon

Los Angeles held its 30th Annual Marathon today, with the participation of some 26,000 runners. But LA also had a heat wave this weekend which made the marathon very hard for the runners. We saw lots of people having a great time but many suffered with cramps and heat exhaustion. Aside from that, it was a great event and I enjoyed cheering for runners as they passed by my neighborhood.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Wall

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This week’s Photo Challenge is Wall. Here is a variety of walls –ancient, new, fun, weird, musical–from my collection.

Wall of what used to be a house.Tuscany, Italy.
Walls of Pompeii. Italy.
Internal walls of a house in Pompeii, Italy.
This wall says all about Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA.
Wall on Abbott Kinney Blvd., Venice Beach, LA, CA
Strange art decorates this wall in London.
Pink Floyd’s Wall. The Wall, with Roger Waters, Washington, DC,

365/Day 71

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One Spot, Three Perspectives — My photography class assignment was to shoot three photos from the same spot using different focal lengths. We had to choose one lens, and shoot with: (1) the widest focal length possible; (2) a mid-range focal length (50mm to 70mm); and (3) the highest focal length possible. I chose my Nikkor 18mm-140mm lens. Here is one of the sets I shot.

18.0 mm
50.0 mm
140.0 mm

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Catching People Unaware

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See asked us to show our photos where people were unaware they were being photographed. There’s nothing I enjoy more than taking candid shots. People are so much more interesting when they are just being themselves, going about their lives, no poses, no fake smiles…

Reading in the park. Santa Monica, CA.
Walking home with Dad after school. She’s got such a determined look… Venice, Italy.
Taking a coffee break. Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Working hard for his money… Stay. Monica, CA.
Having a blast in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA.

365 – Day 70

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Spring is Here! And with spring come warmer days, bees, birds, and, of course, lots of flowers! Not that L.A. is flowerless during the winter. In fact, L.A. is never flowerless. We have flowers all year long –including some pretty awesome desert stuff– but there’s never as much variety as in the spring. So, if we keep getting some rain (fingers crossed), soon they’ll all be blooming with full force! Here are a few flowers blooming in our garden right now.