I did not get the chance to do this in Turkey, so here my chance to view hot air balloons locally in California. I’m sure the aerial views must be breathtaking from above, but since the rides are a bit out of my price range, I had to settle for a view from below. Good…
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Looking down
I spontaneously joined in on a friends road trip out to AZ this weekend to the Grand Canyon. While I’ve been to the Grand Canyon a few times before, I’ve never seen it from the North rim before, and when he invited me, I jumped at the opportunity. The Grand Canyon isn’t for someone with…
A candid moment
There is nothing more honest than a candid shot. Our whole group gathered down by the sand and a break out dance session occurred shortly after. We were all truly happy, enjoying the moment and being able to dance whenever we wanted, just because we felt like it. Here is quote that this reminds me…
Under “Pier” Pressure
Taking picture with my cell phone at the beach was how I first started to get into photography. Lately, though, I haven’t been quite as inspired by beach shoots. Mind you: I still enjoy going to the beach: I just don’t enjoy photography at the beach as much as I did in the past. I…
Film is not dead
No long blog post here: I love it when I spot photographers who shoot with film and wanted to share a snapshot of this vintage Yashica-D. I definitely do think that invention of digital photography has lead people to be lazier with their shots and rely too heavily on photo editing to get a decent…
Portraiture Venture
I need to give a shout out to Instagram for being able to be such a successful social media platform for photo sharing. Yesterday I went to a “world wide instameet” in Newport Beach and was able to connect with 100 or so local hobby photographers. (Note my handle @calimanders for more pics) There were…
An affair with Canon
Canon hosted an event at the Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch in San Diego this weekend. They offered a free photography class and also loaned out their lenses for free, which was awesome…except for the fact that I have a Sony camera (Yes, I am going to be that person who brings a Sony to…
Mandy On Earth 