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CCSI - San Ysidro :

CCSI - San Ysidro

Updated: Jun 23, 2009 4:25pm PST

Redondo Kite Festival 2009 :

Redondo Kite Festival 2009

Updated: May 26, 2009 10:33pm PST

Amy's 17th B-Day : For her 17th B-day, my daughter Amy, wished for a new guitar. So we went to "The" Guitar Center in Hollywood. Amy lives in Rancho Santa Margarita, about an hour ana half south of Los Angeles ... while there are many Guitar Centers between SM and Hollywood ... "The" Guitar Center is a Mecca for musicians.

Amy's 17th B-Day

For her 17th B-day, my daughter Amy, wished for a new guitar. So we we ...

Updated: Dec 12, 2008 2:26pm PST

Shakespeare by the Sea - 2008 : A Midsummer's Night Dream by the Bard.

Shakespeare by the Sea - 2008

A Midsummer's Night Dream by the Bard.

Updated: Sep 20, 2008 4:43pm PST

Neon Nation : Concert in the Park
La Mirada, California

Mary Lou Heard's Garden Tour : Mary Lou Heard's Garden Tour is a fund raiser for The Sheepfold and The Orange County Foundation for Oncology Children and Families. Participants open up their gardens for the tour and people donate at each home. This year the gardens ranged from high up Saddleback Mountain in Orange County to the Pacific Ocean in Long Beach (Los Angeles County) and destinations in between ... all toll more than 100 miles and 12 homes.

From the silence of the mountains to the crashing of the sea.

Mary Lou Heard's Garden Tour

Mary Lou Heard's Garden Tour is a fund raiser for The Sheepfold and Th ...

Updated: May 19, 2008 7:35pm PST

Renaissance Faire '08 : Just sorta hung out and watch some shows and drank pear cider. Enjoyed the belly dancers best.
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Renaissance Faire '08

Just sorta hung out and watch some shows and drank pear cider. Enjoye ...

Updated: May 10, 2008 9:48am PST

Las Posadas - 2007 : Last Week I hit the opening day of Las Posadas (The Inn) at Olvera Street in Los Angeles. (Olvera Street is the historic "First Street" of Los Angeles.)

Las Posadas is a Mexican reenactment of Joseph and Mary as they sought out shelter. Traditionally the reenactment is carried out all in song with participants and spectators all contributing to the reenactment. Posadas are carried out in Mexico for nine days from December 16 through December 24th.

Las Posadas - 2007

Last Week I hit the opening day of Las Posadas (The Inn) at Olvera Str ...

Updated: Dec 24, 2007 6:56pm PST

Halloween Dog Parade : Long Beach, California
Dogs .. Dogs ... Dogs
Just some fun snaps of dogs and their crazy owners.

Halloween Dog Parade

Long Beach, California Dogs .. Dogs ... Dogs Just some fun snaps of do ...

Updated: Dec 01, 2007 8:52am PST

Moon Festival :

Updated: Aug 09, 2008 8:42am PST

Shakespeare by the Sea - 2007 : One foot south and 120 feet down separates Pt. Fermin Park from the crashing waves of the Pacific. In the midst of huge Magnolia trees, LA's first lighthouse, incredible views of Catalina, whales, ships and coast is the home theater of Shakespeare By the Sea. On summer evenings made chilly by the offshore breeze is a night unequaled by the combination of natures splendor and man's culture. This night was Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.

Clothing and period seemed to be 1930-ish, the contemporary setting added zest and enjoyment to the Bard's tale.

Shakespeare by the Sea - 2007

One foot south and 120 feet down separates Pt. Fermin Park from the cr ...

Updated: Aug 06, 2008 7:28pm PST

Renaissance Faire : See more Faire at: http://yido.smugmug.com/gallery/1370012

Renaissance Faire

See more Faire at: http://yido.smugmug.com/gallery/1370012

Updated: Nov 21, 2008 7:16pm PST

MLP Graduation '07 : Mary Lou graduated from Cerritos College with Highest Honors! Pretty good for anyone, but for a single parent with a teenage son still at home, working full time, this was especially satisfying.

Now the non-interesting stuff. The Commencement Ceremony was shot from the middle of the stadium about the 50 yard line with a Bigma on a 20D (Sigma 50-500). In addition to the playing field pitch there is a quarter mile track increasing the distance to the graduates. I am very impressed with the Bigma.

MLP Graduation '07

Mary Lou graduated from Cerritos College with Highest Honors! Pretty ...

Updated: May 20, 2007 9:12am PST

Renaissance Faire 2007 : Renaissance Faire is a random collection of people dressed in costumes from Medieval Knights to Tudor England. There is an English Queen, French Knights, music, skits and battles.

The battle is new with bits and pieces of the performance spread across the entire event.

Renaissance Faire 2007

Renaissance Faire is a random collection of people dressed in costumes ...

Updated: Apr 17, 2007 1:06pm PST

Do Dah '06 - Faces : The Doo Dah is a spoof on the Rose Parade, held every year in Pasadena, California. This year I shot the parade differently. Instead of covering the parade like a journalist ... walking the parade ... getting shots from set-up to break-down ... I (and a few photogs from LAShooters) set up chairs at the turn, (there's only one turn), and I went for faces of people who came to me as opposed to me finding them.

As stated before, this is not a Do Dah Parade story but about people of the parade, participants and spectators ... all those around my little corner ... which I guess is still a story nonetheless. -G-

PS: It was a very very warm day ... with a photographically unforgiving overhead midday sun.

Do Dah '06 - Faces

The Doo Dah is a spoof on the Rose Parade, held every year in Pasadena ...

Updated: Nov 30, 2006 8:53pm PST

Day of the Dead : This is a Mexican Holiday, Aztec actually, for remembering those loved now departed. The Aztecs had a fixation with death much of which is reflected in the modern holiday. Traditionally it starts with a village procession, the graves are fixed up and decorated, an altar in the home displaying flowers, photos and objects the departed cherished, then a family meal is shared between the living and the dead. The first day of activities is to honor the departed children, The "Day of the Littel Angels". Hollywood has taken this holiday an extra step ... but the again that is Hollywood.

Day of the Dead

This is a Mexican Holiday, Aztec actually, for remembering those loved ...

Updated: May 04, 2008 7:24am PST

Fireworks '06 :

Updated: Jul 14, 2008 5:14pm PST

Las Posadas - 2006 : Originally, I intended just to shoot Las Posadas, a Mexican tradition which re-enacts the travels of Joseph and Mary as they sought out shelter on the night of Jesus' birth.

I realized that in many different ways Olvera Street, the first street of Los Angeles and location where settlers marched nine miles from nearby Mission San Gabriel, broke ground under a giant Oak Tree and created the City of Angels, and La Posada were similar.

The following images are of both Olvera Street and the Posada, a passing glimpse of a small fragment of Los Angeles and Mexico.

Las Posadas - 2006

Originally, I intended just to shoot Las Posadas, a Mexican tradition ...

Updated: Dec 25, 2007 1:05pm PST

Sonora Does The Conga Room :

Sonora Does The Conga Room

Updated: May 26, 2006 1:04pm PST

Lech Walesa & Faces from the Polish Festival - Santa Monica, California

Updated: May 04, 2006 10:25am PST

Lunar New Year 05 : Year of the Dog, Parade and Festival - Pasadena, California

Lunar New Year 05

Year of the Dog, Parade and Festival - Pasadena, California

Updated: Feb 05, 2006 1:21am PST

Doo Dah! :

Updated: Nov 22, 2005 10:53am PST

LA Co Fair :

Updated: Feb 14, 2009 11:23pm PST

Rodeo Snaps :

Updated: Jan 09, 2007 2:40pm PST

Nisei Week : Little Tokyo
Los Angeles, California

Little Tokyo Los Angeles, California

Updated: Nov 10, 2005 9:59am PST

Space & Movement :

Space & Movement

Updated: Aug 04, 2005 10:37pm PST

Dragons : Dragon Boat Races in Long Beach, California.

Dragon Boat Races in Long Beach, California.

Updated: Jul 31, 2005 11:45pm PST

Echo Park Los Angeles, California

Updated: Nov 05, 2005 7:27am PST

Faces of the OC Fair : Usually, when I photograph an event like the fair, I photograph it as a story. The photos required to tell the story may or may not reflect a personal interest. This time I just snapped a few shots which I found interesting. Maybe I was uninspired ... maybe I'm trying to shoot differently ... and maybe I'm just being lazy. I really liked the goats ... maybe one for the backyard ...

Gary

Faces of the OC Fair

Usually, when I photograph an event like the fair, I photograph it as ...

Updated: Jul 31, 2006 5:41am PST

Equestfest :

Updated: Jan 01, 2007 4:43pm PST

Thirty calves, three Cowpeoples and a clock. The object is to separat ...

Updated: Jan 16, 2006 9:34pm PST

7-7-07 : Snaps of the happenings throughout my day on 7/07/07.

Snaps of the happenings throughout my day on 7/07/07.

Updated: Jul 13, 2007 6:44am PST

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