Senior Member
This is LA
Photo Safari
Drive to LA one hour no traffic ( yea right LOL )
Breakfast at Cantors
Lunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel ( warned not to take photos )
A Drink at the Chateau Mormont ( Again warned not to take photos )
D705377D-CE0E-439A-8BA6-9C9DCD8CA3EC.jpg
AAC843F9-9752-46B0-B9FD-0537836B4092.jpg
2B959305-36C2-462A-9F13-B153502E41E6.jpg
12F2C786-3AED-47A7-B76E-E375370B7821.jpg
8C6CC947-08D1-4815-978E-308FBFDB9F47.jpg
Last edited by Joe (SoCal); 02-04-2023 at 12:13 AM.
This post is temporary and my disappear at the discretion of the managment
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
Last edited by Joe (SoCal); 02-04-2023 at 01:25 AM.
This post is temporary and my disappear at the discretion of the managment
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
Last edited by Joe (SoCal); 02-04-2023 at 12:35 AM.
This post is temporary and my disappear at the discretion of the managment
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
“All I want to do is have some fun…”
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
Not my cup of tea, or coffee.
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
City or Photos ?Originally Posted by skuthorp
This post is temporary and my disappear at the discretion of the managment
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
Canter’s : yes
The rest of LA? Nah.
ITS CHAOS, BE KIND
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
This is the city: Los Angeles, California. I work here. I'm a cop.
ITS CHAOS, BE KIND
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
I originally went up to LA to shoot some street photography and there were plenty of ingenuine actress wannabes looking to attract the male gaze. I just don't have the heart to shoot people up close without their permission.
This post is temporary and my disappear at the discretion of the managment
Landlocked Expat
Re: This is LA
LA is definitely not my thing.
But I'm glad it suits you, Joe.
I'm more interested in something like this:
Tom
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
Actually to be honest I HATE LA - I'm trying to expand my photography horizons and I thought a city scene might be fun.
I do like the Porto 400 film type and I'm trying to get that full LA vibe.
Although I probably would have preferred to shoot in NYC in April I know that city so much better.
This post is temporary and my disappear at the discretion of the managment
Landlocked Expat
Re: This is LA
If I had to pick a city to love, Istanbul might be the one. (But not with Turkey's current politics).Actually to be honest I HATE LA - I'm trying to expand my photography horizons and I thought a city scene might be fun.
I do like the Porto 400 film type and I'm trying to get that full LA vibe.
Although I probably would have preferred to shoot in NYC in April I know that city so much better.
Tom
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
My top three cities
#1 NYC
#2 Paris
#3 Florence
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
#2,470 LA
This post is temporary and my disappear at the discretion of the managment
LPBC member
Re: This is LA
I’ve only been here a few days but I’d have to put Singapore pretty high on my list.
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
About an order of magnitude above NYC
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
Hey, Joe, in the first photo in post # 3, I am seeing a small circle on the right edge of the building - 3 floors below the top. I am definitely not a photographer, and have no idea what it could be. . . Your thoughts ?
Rick
pinko commie tree hugger
Re: This is LA
maybe try wearing a dodgers cap
Simpler is better, except when complicated looks really cool.
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
It's a small Chinese balloon.
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
I've been and have no desire to ever return.
In the US this perverted idea of “blood and soil” over “constitutional principles” is the most radical and anti-democratic and anti-Conservative idea I have heard in my lifetime.
~C. Ross
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
Great pics. Looks like you have the new camera dialed in.
Old Guy
Re: This is LA
It's amazing how his voice comes back to my head as I read this. That was fun. Thank you.
"Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world." - Bono
"Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip." - Will Rogers
"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others." - Groucho Marx
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
Wow, you guys are really looking at the photos
This post is temporary and my disappear at the discretion of the managment
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
Have you lost your f***ing mind ? Nevahhhh !!!!!
This post is temporary and my disappear at the discretion of the managment
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
Did you go to Olvera St, Japan Town, or the farmers market?
ITS CHAOS, BE KIND
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
This post is temporary and my disappear at the discretion of the managment
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
Not this time. I mostly did Wilshire, Brea & Sunset area.
This post is temporary and my disappear at the discretion of the managment
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
Thats kinda the feeling I wanted, and more importantly it's that feeling I get when I go there. It's always spread out, desolate with stark buildings and few people on melrose mid afternoon on Friday.
It's the LA of Diane Arbus or Michael Mann's movie Collateral, only instead of night it's in stark, bleak daylight.
FWIW the pink building is actually the high end clothing store Paul Smith, but it totally looked like a stark strip club to me, and thats what caught my attention the similarity between high fashion and a stark strip club.
This post is temporary and my disappear at the discretion of the managment
pinko commie tree hugger
Re: This is LA
pretty much the craziest tom cruise movie ever
Simpler is better, except when complicated looks really cool.
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
Don't forget Jamie Fox, was awesome. Yea but the terminator quality of Cruise's stiff arm running style is pretty intense. It was satisfying when he took care of the thugs in the ally.
This post is temporary and my disappear at the discretion of the managment
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
Also FWIW if I was to ever go back and shoot LA, unless I'm on Sunset down by the Chinese theater and all the crazy people and tourist where B&W street portrait photography would work. Other that that one location the rest of LA needs to be shot in Kodak Portra 400 only
This post is temporary and my disappear at the discretion of the managment
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
As kid I associated LA with my grandmother and old stories because we visited her a few times a year. Otherwise it was one big region of malls and suburbs sliced up by four lane roads and freeways. When visiting PapaGrande would often have a visitor we called The Countess who would come over to speak German with him. I think she used to be a minor actress in her youth. Don’t recall what country she was from.
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
Yeastie Boys .. I love it.
But home of the LA Bagel? How can that even be a thing? LA Sushi, or avacado toast sure but Bagels? That's a thing the east coast owns I''m sorry. Some good pics there Joe keep at it
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
" They didn't nickname me 'Hawkeye' for nothing, Joe ! ! "Wow, you guys are really looking at the photos
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
When I was a waiter and people would ask me to take a photo of their party, I would always flip the camera around and take a couple of candid shots of my mug before I fliped it back around and take the photo they want
This post is temporary and my disappear at the discretion of the managment
Senior Member
Re: This is LA
Can't answer for Joe, but this practice is more common than you might think. It is usually a case of:
A. Protecting Artwork from damage from camera flashes.
B. Copyright violation.
C. Distraction of other visitors./ Disruption of Work
The Sistine Chapel, Westminster Abby, Taj Mahal, The Eiffel Tower, are all examples.
I used to have an office in the Chanin Building, NYC. It was forbidden for me to take pictures in the lobby. The place is an orgy of Art Deco bronze art. The rule there was part monetary--the building management could command a higher price from camera and film crews wanting the site as a shoot. And, its a working office building, so tourists congregating and snapping selfies gets in the way of normal business.
Kevin
There are two kinds of boaters: those who have run aground, and those who lie about it.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote