Santa Monica Sunset

Posted: January 28th, 2010 | Author: Mike | Filed under: Photography | Tags: , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments »

I wasn’t able to do a shoot this morning because I had to be at work early.  Not to worry, I figured.  Since I work at the Water Gardens, if I could get out of work at a decent hour, then I’d be able to head west a few blocks to shoot a nice sunset at the Santa Monica Pier.

Well, I was treated to one of those very vibrantly colored sunsets that just makes you feel so alive and happy to be outside.  The weather was warm and there was hardly a breeze in the air.  It really doesn’t get much better than this – at least not in Los Angeles.

I know the image is a bit cliché but given that I’m only 2 weeks into my 365 and I hadn’t shot anything else all day, I wasn’t about to let unoriginality stall what will be a yearlong project.  I figure I can be more original some other day.  So I plopped my tripod down not too far from a few other photographers who probably walked away with same images I got.

Santa Monica Pier, Perspective 1

Santa Monica Pier, Perspective 2

Roller Coaster and Ferris Wheel

6 Comments on “Santa Monica Sunset”

  1. 1 Andrew Hahn said at 10:21 pm on January 28th, 2010:

    Granted I’m currently drunk…but these pics are sik!!!!

  2. 2 Jon Genchi said at 10:30 pm on January 28th, 2010:

    Truly amazing shots! Its these types of images that reminds me why I choose to live here as opposed to anywhere else

  3. 3 Jacqui said at 9:47 am on January 29th, 2010:

    Original or not, these are beautiful and definitely frame-worthy!

  4. 4 Donna Rosser said at 6:31 pm on January 30th, 2010:

    Absolutely beautiful photos — love your blog.

  5. 5 Mike said at 8:24 pm on January 30th, 2010:

    Thank you very much. I just added your site to my blogroll!

  6. 6 BirdSwell said at 1:46 pm on February 4th, 2010:

    These shots are beautiful. I visited there before but didn’t get to see it all lit up like this.

    Great shots!

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