Over this past Memorial Day weekend, the weather was gorgeous here in the L.A. area, so my husband and I took advantage of it and explored a few of the local sights. I know, I know...I can just hear my friends now, "You? The palest girl in Southern California? Out in the sun, Michele? We don't believe it." But it's true I tell you; I left my cave. Anyway, on Friday, we chose to head up to Santa Monica, home of Pacific Park and Third Street Promenade...both of which are often used as settings in movies and TV shows.
Also, during this past year, I've gotten into habit of carrying my camera with me everywhere I go, so today I'm posting a photoblog of Friday's excursion. As you'll see, I took advantage of the color isolation feature on my camera... I have so much fun with that! :) But I am finding that by taking photos, I'm seeing everyday things--shapes and angles of buildings, trees, shadows, clouds, expressions--in a completely different way now and that it's helping me pull out those details while I'm writing.
Hope you enjoy! And yeah, I did get a little too much sun that day... just not used to it.
Oh, and tell me: Do you take your camera with you everywhere you go? Do you find taking pictures helps you with your writing? How about another art form?
Take Care,
Michele
(copyright 2009: All photos were taken by me on my Canon PowerShot SD 750 Digital Elph.)
Third Street Promenade in Downtown Santa Monica
(lots of shops, restaurants, movie theaters, and musicians)
Actually, I'm not sure where everyone disappeared to in this shot!
Also on Third Street Promenade
On the Santa Monica Pier... Pacific Park.
Still at Pacific Park...
Yep...still there. ;)
Trapeze School on the pier..."learn to fly."
The entrance. We came down a huge hill to get to the pier.
Which meant we had to climb up that huge hill. Ugh.
Route 66 ends here. 
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Exploring. A Santa Monica Photoblog.
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I forget me camera,or if I take it, I never get it out to use it. I used to take pics, but have just gotten lazy.
I love the red color feature--it's the most dramatic!
Michele, you were in my 'hood this weekend! Great photos, and I love that color isolation feature. I wish I had that on my camera.
I carry my camera with me wherever I go -- so you'd think I'd use it more often. I always forget. I need to write myself a note to remember to take photos. Especially when I'm with my friends. :-)
Yeah, Jen, we definitely need to be better about taking pix at conference and meetings and such! I can't believe we all had cameras and probably took--what?--a total 10 photos amongst the 5 of us in S.F.? We were there for several days...LOL
I love the red, too. :)
Kate!! When I saw someone flying through the air on the trapeze, I totally thought...Hey, Kate lives around here somewhere!And yes, we ALL need to remember to take more photos with our friends!!! I'm still kicking myself after conference. (That's not easy to do, by the way... I'm not limber at all.)
Cool pictures. I forget to take my camera 99% of the time. I have good intentions, but I dont know if that counts.
Thanks for stopping by Erika!
99% of the time, eh? LOL! Well, you probably have a better memory than I do anyway... See, I need those photos to remember everything I'd seen and experienced during the day, at any rate. ;)
Take Care!
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