Central America

Along with the many experiences during my trip, there was one that was a tragic loss of my camera on the 3rd day of travel. Luckily I had a point-n-shoot with me too, but those photos wont be on the blog. Here are just some of the images captured in those 3 days...

Costa Rica and Panama nights

I left for a month to venture across some of Central America. Beautiful and full of experiences...

Erika Hickle phArt Haus

Shot some work for Erika Hickle... keep an eye on the scene for her, her concepts are epic
http://www.pharthaus.blogspot.com/

A night amongst industry giants

Paul, Leanne (http://www.sargeantphotography.com/) and I took a night hike in between the factories lying on the outskirts of Long Beach...

The bamboo fields

I finally got a solid chunk of time to go through the rest of the photos from Rancho Los Alimitos. I don't know what caused the mood, but for some reason my style comes out a bit different, and to my liking. Keep a heads up for more of this type of work, and check out the rest of this series in my portfolio section.

Sunrise Hike of Mt. Baldy

A last min. call to leave Long Beach at 4 in the morning resulted in an unprepared and spectacular hike up Mt. Baldy.

Lightbox show!

The show was designed to help awaken community effort and business in Bixby Knolls. Alexis Gregg and I were two of the noted artists presenting to a crowd of almost 400 and hosted by KJAZZ radio station. One of my favorite parts of this event (aside from seeing these bad-boys finally in action) was meeting Minnesota's first sky diving woman who, at 74, still jumps out of planes.

The Linden Project

My new place in downtown Long Beach has been more than kind to me. The house is filled with musicians and visitors that make these hardwood floors throb. Here's some snaps of my daily life

Lightbox production

In the creation...

Rancho Los Alamitos

Long Beach's best kept secret settles on top of 7.5 acres located at the top of a hill directly adjacent to CSULB. Rancho Los Alamitos is a historic ranch site with beautiful gardens and quite literally a breath of fresh air. The Cactus Garden contains some amazing sights as some of the plants are quite old and take on an almost prehistoric vibe. Free to the public Wed-Sunday from 1-5, I'm going to be photographing there much more frequently.

Trying out some new things - my favorite image comes from an unexpected happening. with the light hitting just right, my camera captures the reflection between my polarizer and my UV filter and displays the writing on the lens. You can see it on the left side of the image directly below, just click on it to zoom in.