Chinese New Year & Healdsburg
I've been slacking, I apologize. These photo sets are from February and I'm just getting around to posting them.
The first is from the Los Angeles Chinatown parade for Chinese New Year. We stood in the hot sun after a filling dim sum brunch and watched the dragons and cars stream down the street. After that, we went to the infamous Scoops and ordered the most bizarre ice cream flavors, which included pear champagne, brown bread, Guinness & chocolate, and nicotine. Yeah, nicotine.
We finished the day with a drive to Alhambra to eat dinner at Savoy, the best place in LA for hainam chicken.
Here are my favorites from the album:
The last one isn't really a shot of the Chinese New Year parade, but I took it on the outskirts of Chinatown, so I'm including it. I love it--there's something dreamlike about the double exposure, which was actually an accident. The grain creates a gritty feeling, something very raw and exposed, and the saturated colors amplify the heat, giving it a sweaty, downtown LA feeling. If you look closely on the left side of the frame, there's a person with a black sweatshirt sitting on the ledge. The photo, to me, feels like it could be the cover of a novel.
For the second photo set, we travel to Northern California to a small wine town called Healdsburg.
We visited Chelsee's grandmother, Nanette, and her husband, Miles, for a quick weekend trip. It was the perfect getaway. They live on a farm, about 15 minutes away from anything busy, and the peace and quiet was refreshing. It's nice to get away from LA once in awhile.
Here are my favorites from the album:
In the first one, I love the framing. Gus is busy eating and Chels is sitting there watching him. There's something so natural about it and I think the mood captures the whole vibe of Healdsburg. The second one, simply put, has a great sky. I'm a sucker for a great sky.
Their farm shares a fence with another property that raises horses. In case you've never seen a horse in real life, they really are gorgeous animals. They also had a Shetland pony named Ozzy, but we renamed him a more appropriate Gus (seen on the album's cover and above).
As majestic as horses are, I still have no idea how this happens.
The complete albums can be viewed in the Look section, so please check them out. I hope you enjoy them and if anything strikes your fancy, contact me and I can make prints, as well as frame them nicely for you.
*do I think it's a coincidence that my favorite photos from both sets are panoramics? Not at all--I really love what that camera can do.
The first is from the Los Angeles Chinatown parade for Chinese New Year. We stood in the hot sun after a filling dim sum brunch and watched the dragons and cars stream down the street. After that, we went to the infamous Scoops and ordered the most bizarre ice cream flavors, which included pear champagne, brown bread, Guinness & chocolate, and nicotine. Yeah, nicotine.
We finished the day with a drive to Alhambra to eat dinner at Savoy, the best place in LA for hainam chicken.
Here are my favorites from the album:
The last one isn't really a shot of the Chinese New Year parade, but I took it on the outskirts of Chinatown, so I'm including it. I love it--there's something dreamlike about the double exposure, which was actually an accident. The grain creates a gritty feeling, something very raw and exposed, and the saturated colors amplify the heat, giving it a sweaty, downtown LA feeling. If you look closely on the left side of the frame, there's a person with a black sweatshirt sitting on the ledge. The photo, to me, feels like it could be the cover of a novel.
For the second photo set, we travel to Northern California to a small wine town called Healdsburg.
We visited Chelsee's grandmother, Nanette, and her husband, Miles, for a quick weekend trip. It was the perfect getaway. They live on a farm, about 15 minutes away from anything busy, and the peace and quiet was refreshing. It's nice to get away from LA once in awhile.
Here are my favorites from the album:
In the first one, I love the framing. Gus is busy eating and Chels is sitting there watching him. There's something so natural about it and I think the mood captures the whole vibe of Healdsburg. The second one, simply put, has a great sky. I'm a sucker for a great sky.
Their farm shares a fence with another property that raises horses. In case you've never seen a horse in real life, they really are gorgeous animals. They also had a Shetland pony named Ozzy, but we renamed him a more appropriate Gus (seen on the album's cover and above).
As majestic as horses are, I still have no idea how this happens.
The complete albums can be viewed in the Look section, so please check them out. I hope you enjoy them and if anything strikes your fancy, contact me and I can make prints, as well as frame them nicely for you.
*do I think it's a coincidence that my favorite photos from both sets are panoramics? Not at all--I really love what that camera can do.
posted by rjl at
11:24 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home