Architecture, Angles, and Abstracts

I had another fun assignment in my Photography class; to step away from the beach, and into the City to shoot architecture, angles, and abstracts. I fell in love with the way the light casts shadows on and through structures, and found myself particularly drawn to the arches throughout the buildings and breezeways in Balboa Park. My classmate Jo and I started at the beautiful Botanical Building at Balboa Park, and ended up capturing the City Lights in Downtown San Diego.







I was attracted to the different patterns that the light accentuated and the warm golden hues...

Or was it that this building housed San Diego's Famous Extraordinary Desserts?

At the end of our shoot, we looked for a place to fulfill our "motion" shot. The palm trees against these buildings caught my eye, so we planted ourselves to the side of the train tracks and waited...


After getting completely carried away for hours, we headed home, but spied this Church and had to make one more stop...

I do love the City! Thank you, Jo!

Lagoon Life

The Art of Yoga

Beautiful, graceful Kenna Crouch

Sneaking Out

This hibiscus started sneaking out of our yard a few weeks ago and today it blossomed! I've seen many people walking by admiring it's beauty...

Calla Lillies

The Sunbather

The shot on the left, "The Sunbather", was taken in 1937 by Max Dupain. The one on the right, I took today in Leucadia. This was the assignment given in a class I'm taking...to emulate a professional photographer's photo. As I googled through tons of photos, this one caught my eye. First of all, I love the beach, and of course I love the male physique - especially the shoulders, and as it would turn out, the original shot was taken at Bondi Beach, one of my very favorite places in Australia. Who knew? The model on the right is Phil. Bless his heart for his patience and his remarkable resemblance to this man from long ago...

Through the Torrey Pines

La Jolla, California