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Monday, April 22, 2013

A Nice Day in the Mountains

San Gabriel Mountains near the end of Highway 39, January 2012 - Shot with Canon Rebel XT, Canon 35-80mm f3.5-4.5, Fujifilm Superia 400

Monday, April 8, 2013

Barlett Park, January 2012 - Shot with Canon Rebel XT, Canon 35-80mm f3.5-4.5, Fujifilm Superia 400 (just a roll I picked up at Walmart)

This park was a bit on the creepy side. There were remnants of several homeless homes in the trees up there.

Friday, March 22, 2013

Let's go ......... Right!

The end of Beach Blvd in Orange County, January 2012 - Shot with Canon Rebel XT, Canon 35-80mm f3.5-4.5, Fujifilm Superia 400 (just a roll I picked up at Walmart)

I had read that Highway 39 went up into the mountains but had never seen it, at least in my current memories.. I drove all the way from the start of the highway, Beach Blvd and Pacific Coast Highway, which begins at Huntington Beach city beach and ends near Crystal Lake in the San Gabriel Mountains. A very scenic trip.

To follow highway 39 to the mountains, you must turn right at the intersection above Until you reach Harbor Blvd/Fullerton Rd. Then turn left and merge onto the 60 West going towards Los Angeles. Then get off at Azusa and turn right and follow the road up the rest of the way

Thursday, January 24, 2013

The Mission Submission Part 2

Today will be my last post of the year which ends this Saturday. But first, I would like to plug my best friend Charlie's site Terms of Enbeerment. It is a site dedicated to Quality beer, whether it be mass produced or not. He offers reviews of breweries, information on different styles of craft beers and he shares a behind the scenes look on the production on beer. Everything you ever wanted to know about one of the most bought products in the world today. Prepare to be amazed. Drink Quality, not Quantity.

Today, I'm continuing my picture post from Tuesday. The majority of these pictures today are from the two missions I spent a decent amount of time at, The incredibly haunted La Purisima Concepcion and Mission San Juan Capistrano.

La Purisima Concepcion is located in Lompac, CA. Its about a twenty minute drive off the 101 freeway at the exit for Buelton and Solvang. As one of the two missions owned by the State Parks division of the State of California, it was restored to its original look and feel and then made into a state historic site. This mission was more amazing then all of the other 15 I visited because it has a fully functional farm on the premesis as well as a natural well with a mini aqueduct going to the settlement.

I had a blast looking at the pigs in general. Both of them were a trip because they had major character. Just make sure to stay away from the church and the living quarters, because they are supposedly haunted. I walked through them quickly so the ghosts wouldn't follow me home! Thanks to Susie for pointing the mission out to me before I went on my trip.

The other mission I visited was San Juan Capistrano. Its the closest to where I live in Anaheim. Just a short 30 minute ride down the 5 freeway. I was originally going to hit this one up on my trip to San Diego, but I have no clue when I'm going and I was bored on a Saturday. There is much to see here. The most interesting spot is the ruins of the old chapel. It was massive and impressive. When I develop my film, I have a good shot of whats left. You can see the outside of it in the picture below with the two bells. In the spring time, you can see the swallows as they return from their winter migration. A real great place to check out all around.

Mission San Juan Capistrano
San Juan Capistrano, CA

Mission San Rafael
San Rafael, CA

Mission La Purisima Concepcion
Lompac, CA

Mission San Francisco De Asis
San Francisco, CA

Mission La Purisima Concepcion
Lompac, CA

Mission San Juan Capistrano
San Juan Capistrano, CA

Mission La Purisima Concepcion
Lompac, CA

Mission San Juan Capistrano
San Juan Capistrano, CA

Mission Santa Ines
Solvang, CA

Mission San Juan Capistrano
San Juan Capistrano, CA

Does anybody have any recommendations on historic places for me to visit? Preferable in the states or the west coast area. I don't have a passport yet. :'-(

Take care and have a nice day!

Monday, January 21, 2013

El Camino Mission Submission

Before I start in with my subject for today, I would like to recommend a great blog for my fellow craft beer enthusiasts. Terms of Enbeerment. He gives reviews on new and different styles of beers as well as breweries and special events. Thanks!.

I'm still waiting on developing my three rolls of film from my most recent project And I thought I would let you all in a sneak peek at some of the places I visited on my little trip after Christmas.

One of the most important issues when setting up a project is to be specific. By specific I mean the lowest common denominator with your subject. I didn't really understand this point that my teacher tried to make when I was taking my portfolio class, and that ultimately led to my failing the class. It was a horrible failure, too. One that made me not want to return to the photo department of that school.

When I decided to take a mini vacation, I was thinking of all the different places I could afford to travel to. Las Vegas was my first choice, but then I thought about trying to find something to do there and realized how bad of an idea that was. Then, I thought back to my time in my portfolio class and remembered that I wanted to do something involving El Camino Real. Now that's an idea.

I scoured the internet for information on this incredibly old, and mostly forgotten, path and how interesting it would be to drive it. I had never driven past San Jose either, so it would end up being a wonderful experience. The only problem was that it was just to darn broad of a subject.

I went back to the drawing board to be more specific on what I would like to document. Whats interesting, what interests me, and what do I want to get out of this trip. My second thought on a subject was the 21 missions spread out along this beautiful road. Even that was too broad of a subject! Then it hit me. Not in the way where I was walking down the street and I wasn't paying attention and I walked straight into it, but there it was in my picture set from Downtown Anaheim. There is a bell that is a road marker for El Camino Real right in front of the city hall!

Surprisingly, there are very few websites documenting the bell, with information or pictures of the bells at any of the missions. Each mission actually still has its original bell. Well, i think there are a few that don't have the original but they have a different one that was made by Caltrans or Southern California Auto Club in the early to mid 1900s.

Well, enough of my babblings. Here are some of my side shots from my trip. I think I have only about 12 of the missions visible on this set. I was shooting with film so I was more focused on that over taking digital shots. Plus my schedule was VERY tight. I'm amazed I was able to visit as many missions as I did.