Belmont Shores

I took this shot to capture the kite at the top.

That is a gondola at the center there.

Boats parked right in front of people's houses.

Bad exposure but I liked the effect.

Was trying to capture the illuminated offshore oil rigs and platforms.

Newport BackBay, June 23, 2013

more pics

 

Use a Rubberband for a Better Pan

Downtown LA, Monday, June 10, 2013

Downtown LA
Good pics of Petula Clark. 

East side of Los Angeles City Hall.  My dad told me that his dad worked on a construction crew that built city hall.  It was completed in 1928. 

Walt Disney Concert Hall.

The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. 

My dad loved cafeteria food.  Cafeterias regularly serve soups and on occasion chili.  When visiting his older relatives who were recovering or dying in hospitals from major illnesses or surgeries, he would go visit their cafeteria to get a bowl of chili and two cups of coffee, and later rave about the chili.  He loved Clifton's Brookdale on Broadway in downtown LA.  His years in the Marines defined so many of his tastes.  The food at Clifton's must have reminded him of home-cooked meals from somewhere.  I used to visit him at his work during summer vacations as well as after high school, and we would walk across Grand Avenue, cut through the Music Center, and across Hope Street to the Water and Power building seen here and eat in their cafeteria.  There was a cafeteria in his own Superior Court building, but he enjoyed trying the cafeteria food at different places.

Driver's Training Cal Poly Pomona, June 09, 2013

Canon A3300 IS Miniature Effect Mode

Have fun. This is a fun feature. One: Turn the black wheel on top of your camera to the video camera icon. Two: Press the blue "Function Setting" button at the center of the black button to the right of the window. Three: Move the orange pane onto the miniature icon. Four: Press "Function Setting," and you're good to go.

This is my initial attempt:

The miniature effect works a lot better if you're shooting down on subjects from an upstairs 2-story building.
How to do Timelapse.

Apple Valley