LA photoshoot

Once in a while, I like to go a-wandering downtown into areas people hardly ever really see. This one though, was an accident. I was with some of my fellow photographers when, out of the corner of someone's eye, these popped into view. Not exactly abandoned; there were some sleeping bags in a corner and beer (soda for the underage reader) cans scattered about. There is a certain rustic charm to old train cars.

As we moved further north, we found Olvera St. and China Town. The colors are absolutely in-your-face beautiful.

I even liked the un-colored areas...



It's a beautiful place behind all the dirt and smog. The rush of the crowds drowns out the beauty of the fountains and park benches and tiny flowers peaking out through cracks. All in all, I would never want to live there, but I do like the occasional trip.

Greek Festival 2010

Okay, so it's a few weeks old, but I just loved this day so I wanted to share it.

First, I've never been to a Greek Festival so, as excited as I was, I had no idea what I was going to see.

The Temple was beautiful.



At one point, they had Greek Dancers. It was so fun with all the different ages.





There were all ages there,




And SOME moments just couldn't be missed.

Costco Memorial Day Football Game

In another round of Us v. Them, we got up early to play a friendly pick-up game at Boyer Park in Lakewood to kick off this year's Memorial Day.

Although the other team was tough...

Our game faces, I am sure, invoked fear into the hearts of them...

They took turns...

And while they waited...

Our defense was really good...

They took the game seriously...

Ish...

It was a good game with many sweaty, heated,

full-bodied-aggression-releasing powers...

While some of us watched from the sidelines...

But sadly, like all good things, this too had to end.

We just wish it hadn't ended this way...

Allison and the kids at Wilderness Park.

For my first blog entry, I will show you what I have been up to lately. And when I say lately, I mean this morning at around 11 a.m. at Wilderness Park.

As small as the kids were, my camera was no match for their legs. I could barely see a shot when they would take off for another tree branch or stick or piece of grass.

Or the ducks. They l-o-v-e-d the ducks. And the geese. So much that they wanted to throw giant chunks of crackers at them.






When we finally got them to sit for more than a few seconds, their smiles left. They were distracted by everything around them and couldn't understand why they were being punished to just stay still.




As the day wore on, the kids smiled, laughed, cried, disobeyed, snuck around, ran around, jumped out of trees, scraped their knees and did everything growing boys ought to do.