My family and I met up with my brother’s family to spend an afternoon at the tidal pools at Royal Palms State Beach. I brought my camera, of course, and was able to nab a couple shots just before the sun went down.
Happy Sunday!
Tidal Pool
White Point
At the beginning of February, I had taken a picture of Ballona Creek at Centinela Blvd just after sunset. It had rained a fair amount in the preceding days so the creek level was decently high compared to what it looks like in the summer months.
Last night, I woke up several times to the sound of rain coming down pretty hard so I figured that the creek was really be going. At dawn, I drove out to the same spot while the rain was still coming down and captured a few shots to show the speed of the water flowing out to the ocean. The water slows down significantly as the creek widens as it approaches the ocean.
There is a good amount of debris in this water. A lot of it washes up on the local beaches. I’m sure some of it floats out to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. There is a great program about the garbage patch called TOXIC: Garbage Island. You can watch it on VBS.tv.
The Ballona Creek at Centinela Blvd., looking east
The Ballona Creek at Centinela Blvd., looking west
The Ballona Creek at Pacific Ave., looking west
The Ballona Creek at Centinela Blvd., looking west (February 1, 2010)
Today, the lighting was so even and lacking contrast that it was difficult to see the horizon clearly. The sky just blended into the ocean which was sort of cool. There was a whole lot less debris and seaweed that had washed up onto the beach than the last time I came to photograph this jetty. Luckily, the weather was a whole lot nicer today too!
The Gillis Jetty, Perspective 1
The Gillis Jetty, Perspective 2
The Gillis Jetty, Perspective 3
My truck has been in the shop for the last couple days so I didn’t have a chance to go anywhere for my 365. With a 4-year old boy, I never have a shortage of toys I can shoot here at home. This evening, I set up a little scene using Lego men.
Lego Men
Today is my wife’s birthday so I didn’t try to do anything too ambitious in terms of photography. Plus, I had a 7AM meeting work meeting so I was pretty limited on shooting time. So just before I took off for work, I snapped this photo of one of our dogs, Sherman. We got him from a rescue in the summer of 2005.
He is a super sweet dog, but he absolutely will not tolerate people petting one of our other 2 dogs without him getting pets at the same time. He will insert himself right between you and the dog you are already petting to ensure that he gets some lovin’ too. Our nicknames for Sherman include Perm, Permeus, Shermanator, and Yellow.
Sherman
When I was growing up, my parents had this piggy bank lying around the house and I always thought it was funny and cool. The dude’s head is as big as his body. He has furry eyebrows and a curly mustache. His arms would move up and down and you could turn his head side to side. And if you wanted to access the coins you needed to pull off the guy’s head. All pretty fun stuff if you’re a kid.
The piggy bank is probably somewhere between 45 and 50 years old. When I was helping my mom move a few months back, I saw it and asked if I could keep it. She said, “yes,” and now Nate gets to have fun pulling the little guy’s head off!
The Laughing Man Piggy Bank