Huntington Beach Pier Sunset

I take it when I can and this past Sunday was a great day to be at the beach shooting sunsets.  So here are some of my favorites from that evening out.

 

Huntington Beach Pier Sunset

Can you tell football is over for me.  With my added free time I now get to shoot some non-sport stuff, this usually means wildlife from the wetlands or a sunset at either Seal Beach or Huntington Beach.

 

In this case it was Huntington beach.  My son had a very early day at work and got off at 11am, once he came home and cleaned up a bit him and I went out to lunch at a place called Stacked in Cerritos.  I've found my new favorite burger place.  It was excellent.

 

What does this have to do with Huntington Beach, well nothing :), but on the way home the clouds were just WOW, so I dropped my son off at home, got my gear, and headed out to Huntington Beach.  Now it was early, but I thought I'd get some pier and beach shots from the other side of the pier.

 

I did stay for a couple of hours waiting for the sunset and as it grew later the clouds started to dissipate, but I stuck it out and took some shots until all the color was gone.

 

Here are my favorites from this afternoon / evening out.

 

Disneyland Walkabout

 Yesterday morning while off from work, I was relaxing at home having my first (and only) cup of coffee thinking about what I should do for the day.  I did have some Christmas shopping I wanted to do, but once I'm done with that I would have the whole after none open.  So while I drank my coffee watching morning cartoons the wife suggested I go to Disneyland and take pictures.  So after putting some thought into it I got my gear together and then headed out to take care of my small list of things to do.  Once done I headed to Disneyland.

Now initially I thought I'd bring my 300 with me to get some great isolated Bokeh shots, but as I drove I saw the sky had something else in mind.  The clouds were nice big fluffy clouds and just screamed for me to shoot some wide and possibly HDR shots.  So I brought in my 24-70, along with my tripod to do some shooting.

Now I did play with all of these shots, either doing an HDR or messing around in Topaz.

Enjoy.

Huntington Beach Pier Sunset

Another evening drive to the beach.  Thought the clouds looked promising, but while I was at the beach waiting for the sunset the sky just didn't deliver the colors I wanted.  Now don't get me wrong, it was a great evening to be out (shorts and shirt), but I was hoping for a bit more splash of color.

Here are my favorites from yesterday's venture.

McCully Family Portraits - Angel's Stadium

I was asked if I would be interested in shooting a family portrait session for a friend in Angel's Stadium.  Now I wouldn't be shooting my friend and her family, which I've shot earlier in the year, but a friend of hers.

 

She continued to tell me their neighbors have a 14 year old son who has stage 4 rhabdosarcoma, a super rare cancer, and she wanted to do something nice for them, such as a nice family portrait, which is where I come in.

 

For me this would be a once in a lifetime opportunity to have access to Angel's Stadium for portraits, but on the other had an opportunity to do something nice for a family who has got to be going through a very rough time in their lives.

 

It was overcast and raining two days prior to our scheduled shoot, but the morning of the shoot looked to be a beautiful day.  I got to the stadium early and thought I'd take advantage of the extra time to take some shots of the stadium's entrance.

 

It was my pleasure and honor to photograph the McCully family.  Here you'll find some of my favorites from the shoot.