Photography

Irvine Katie Wheeler Library Grounds – Lensbaby Blog Circle

Published: Sun, Jan 06, 2019
Written by GizellaN
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Categories: Architecture, Blog, Double Glass, Lensbaby, Lensbaby Blog Circle, Photography, Photowalk, Single Glass, Spark 50mm
Tags: 50mm, Double Glass, Irvine Ranch Historic Park, Katie Wheeler Library, Lensbaby, Single Glass, Spark

On the last weekend of November I suffered from a stress related back injury, and pain in different areas of my back has been troubling me since then. Unfortunately, this also meant fewer photoshoots in the past five or so weeks. Last week I did have a short photowalk on the grounds of one of our city libraries prior to picking up a reserved book, and I’m happy to share the images I took there with the Lensbaby Blog Circle readers.

The library is located at the Irvine Ranch Historic Park in Irvine, California. It is a replica (2008) of the Irvine family home, which was originally constructed in 1876. The park itself was established in 1996, and it houses 24 original ranch structures that represent the agricultural history of Orange County.

The double rows of palm trees seen on the fourth image were planted in 1906. The park has many trees, flowers, and it has a section where they are rejuvenating avocado trees.

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A Bit of Fall at the LA County Arboretum

Published: Thu, Dec 20, 2018
Written by GizellaN
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Categories: Blog, Burnside 35, Double Glass, Landscape, Lensbaby, Photography, Photowalk, Pinhole, Single Glass, Sol 45, USA, Velvet 56
Tags: Fall colors, LA County Arboretum, Lensbaby

In mid-December I was able to make another visit to the Los Angeles County Arboretum. Since my daughter started high school, visiting places that are somewhat far from us has become quite difficult due to her very strange drop off and pick up schedule. But this day provided an opportunity to spend some time farther away from home, and I chose the Arboretum for my destination.

I have been using my Lensbaby lenses a lot more than my auto lenses. One exception was a fundraising project at my daughter’s school theater program, where I documented their creation of a play throughout two weeks of rehearsals, and made the images available to purchase for the parents, which resulted in some extra funds for the Theater program. When it comes to people photography, catching moments on stage – especially with youth actors – is what I really enjoy to do.

Now back to my Arboretum visit. I first walked though the Aloe Trail, and towards the end of it I found this gorgeous succulent in the shade. (Velvet 56)

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An Autumn Trip to Oregon

Published: Tue, Nov 20, 2018
Written by GizellaN
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Categories: Blog, Landscape, Photography, Photowalk, USA
Tags: Autumn, Oregon, Portland

In October of 2017 I did something I had not done before: I spent 6 days away from my family on a trip to Portland, Oregon. I chose this destination because I really miss seeing the Fall colors at our current Southern California location.

This trip was super fun! I did everything I love doing: walked in the city and hiked in the forests, listened to audiobooks on the buses and during walks, visited three museums, and of course, took over a thousand pictures. But, as soon as I got home, I had to jump back into the everyday life and somehow I didn’t spend time on culling and post-processing my images. This past week I was tidying up my portfolio, and I realized that in addition to my Hungary, Colorado and California pictures I also have images from Oregon that I could share with the world. This blog post is features a few of those images, but head over to the Oregon gallery to see the rest. You never know… you might even consider ordering a print to decorate your house or give it as a gift.

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The Shoreline Project (Laguna Beach, CA)

Published: Mon, Nov 05, 2018
Written by GizellaN
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Categories: Blog, Burnside 35, Double Glass, Landscape, Lensbaby, Photo Events, Photography, Single Glass, Sol 45, Sweet 50 or 35, USA, Velvet 56
Tags: Elizabeth Turk, Laguna Beach, Lensbaby, Shoreline Project

On Saturday, November 3rd, 2018, Laguna Art Museum hosted an event on the Main Beach of Laguna Beach, CA. Entitled the “Shoreline Project” was a community project based upon Elizabeth Turk’s art work. Hundreds of volunteers held led-lit umbrellas that featured Seashell Mandalas by Elizabeth Turk and moved around with them.

My friend and I arrived more than an hour prior to the start of the event and set up our cameras in a good vantage point. We were able to see the whole beach from the cliff; unfortunately the volunteer dancers did not move much away from their original location. I only took my Lensbaby lenses with me, and just one 85mm prime lens.

While we were waiting for the event, I captured the late afternoon beach with various LB lenses. On some of the following images you can see the group of volunteers dressed in black on the left side of the pictures.

Sol 45
Double Glass
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Lensbaby Session with a Pink Dahlia

Published: Wed, Oct 31, 2018
Written by GizellaN
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Categories: Blog, Burnside 35, Double Glass, Flower Photography, Lensbaby, Photo Technique, Photography, Pinhole, Single Glass, Sol 45, Sweet 50 or 35, Velvet 56
Tags: Dahlia, flower, Lensbaby, Photography

I have once again added a few more pieces to my Lensbaby lens collection; this time I found a set of three optics that fit into my Composer Pro base. I also found a beautiful pink Dahlia plant at the local nursery where I learn about gardening tips and tricks on most Saturdays.

I was wondering how differently I could capture the same flower with all my Lensbaby lenses and optics. So I emerged in a photo session with the Dahlia for a good two hours. I used  two additional accessories for all images: a +10 macro filter or a +10 macro filter combined with a 36mm macro tube.

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