Lensbaby Composer Portrait Photography

The next series of images this week are portraits I shot of quintessential Venice Beach characters. The first few are of Harry Perry, a street musician who has played Venice for over 20 years. I connected with him late in the day and he allowed me 20 minutes of shooting (if I purchased a T-shirt/CD [...]

Lensbaby Composer: Surfer

From the Venice Beach pier I shot a lot of images. Bright harsh sunlight, tough conditions, but I had two things in my favor. First, in those conditions I’m always thinking and seeing “black and white.” Second, I was using the new Lens Baby Composer, a super fun lens. A brief description for those [...]

Photoshop Venice Beach Pier

This was a fun image to shoot and produce. On Monday I posted an image of the pier which is built on a single row of pilings. Because of its design, the pier’s full design from left to right could not be revealed in a single frame. I was a little frustrated [...]

Venice Beach Flash Photography Example

Hi Gang, I recently had a few hours to kill in L.A. so I headed down to Venice Beach. Next week I’ll post and discuss some of the street photography I did and this week I want to post some of the miscellaneous things I shot.
I’m starting with the last photo [...]

MANY APOLOGIES

Hi Gang,
Welcome to 2009. I’m so excited about where this site is headed I can hardly stand it. I hope you find it a super great place to learn about and discuss photography. Also, my sincere apologies. We’re in the midst of migration to the new blog, its nearly done, but [...]