April 2010

arches

29 April 2010
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the night before Easter I went to a special church service in LA. The church was very dimly lit…(I had to use the slowest shutter speed and hold the camera still for a long time to get this shot without a flash). As I looked at the arches I thought about how love, and very [...]

snail

28 April 2010
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I crouched on the sidewalk and took pics of this little one for 10 minutes. totally worth getting my jeans wet and looking like a wacko. my neighbors think I’m nuts.

dolce & gabbana

27 April 2010
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While walking in Beverly Hills we saw this empty Dolce & Gabbana bag. One of my friends checked it out… sadly the only thing left in the bag was the price tag: $495

eccentric crank

26 April 2010
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this is on a dolly we rented to move the frig. sometimes I’m a bit of an eccentric crank. just thought it was an unusual term.

baby yoga

23 April 2010
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not sure why doing downward-facing dog face first in a pillow is fun, but Penelope certainly enjoys it.

yellow trucks

22 April 2010
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took this on the way home from Tucson; can’t imagine driving truck number 1!

lara 2

20 April 2010
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I used a Ilford Delta 3200 film to take these pictures because I was curious about the grainy effect.

lara

20 April 2010
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My friend Lara is even prettier on the inside than she is on the outside, which is saying something because she is gorgeous! She graciously posed for me while I took 2 rolls of b/w film last fall… and it took me *forever* because I was still learning how to use the light meter.

huggable cactus

20 April 2010
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it’s probably just me, but when I see these guys I just want to give them a big squeeze!

norbert

19 April 2010
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Norbert has a cute face and super cute personality!

star!

18 April 2010
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I followed this car to get this picture, and was terribly pleased when we hit a red light.

eden in the sand 2

14 April 2010
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eden in the sand

14 April 2010
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parking meter

13 April 2010
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I think they’ve been around for a while, but this is the first time I’ve seen a credit card parking meter. in Beverly Hills

cute trash

12 April 2010
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it is cute, isn’t it?

yellow

9 April 2010
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center line on the bike path, late in the day when even pebbles and paint bumps cast shadows.

wee vine

8 April 2010
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l just love the colors in this picture! I often walk past this gate, and the vine is making its way between the gate and the wall.

beverly hills

7 April 2010
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On Saturday morning I went to a photo seminar by Shannon Leith and learned more about using my camera at night. I was thrilled to use my new knowledge and get some shots that night in LA!

broken glass

6 April 2010
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part of a broken beer bottle… held together by the Bud Light label. I didn’t break the bottle but I *did* carefully flip the glass over to see what type of beer it was.

eden

5 April 2010
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look at that little face!

eden in the playhouse

5 April 2010
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having fun at the playground

pear

2 April 2010
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kim holding a gorgeous pear.

thousands have been april-fooled

1 April 2010
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I was early for class, so I went to the library and read at a desk in front of the Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature. Volume 3, 1910-1914 caught my attention, I started flipping through it, then noticed the article, How Thousands have been April-fooled. My mom manages to fool my dad almost every year; [...]