Photos as I Like It

After a long day of circling the Bay for several family activities, I decided to stick close to home for my Sunday capture. This is a shot down the main street near my house. I love the light in so many different areas of this image. Molly's image Sarah's image

This weekend I headed down the California Coast to Cambria. This small town is right between the SF Bay Area and Los Angeles, so it makes for a nice meeting place, plus it has Hearst Castle, Nitt Witt Ridge, elephant seals and zebras! For today's Sunday photo, I was lucky enough to see the zebras roaming in the fields along Hwy 1. These are some of the few animals left from the Hearst Private Zoo . For some additional photos from the weekend, here's another post .  And, I couldn't leave out these cute elephant seals resting and playing on the beach and in the ocean. There are several pups hanging out, eating, growing and playing while getting ready to head out to sea. Molly's image Sarah's image

I spent the weekend in Cambria, which for a sleepy town had quite a few adventures and things to see. Here are a few captures from Nitt Witt Ridge to elephant seals and Hearst Castle to zebras (for my zebra photos, go to my Sunday post) . The "Ladies Room" at Nitt Witt Ridge. The well-used kitchen at Nitt Witt Ridge. Just hanging out on the rocks. Can I go back to my nap now? Hearsts office. The Roman Pool. A guest suite sitting room.

Here's the collection of images from my final class project. With a little encouragement, I decided to switch from black and white to color. This series is all unused, decrepit buildings from the Alameda Naval Base.

This Sunday brings me to an outing with my Mom down in Santa Cruz. She has three images in a really interesting exhibit at the Pajaro Valley Arts Council , an exhibit of alternative process in photographic media and I joined her at the opening reception. So for today's image I headed out to West Cliff Drive and Steamer Lane to capture a typical Santa Cruz image of surfers, despite the very few waves there were several people out in the water.  I really liked watching people find their way into the water. And an outtake of someone catching one of the few waves. Molly's image Sarah's image

Here are my photo selections for my third class assignment, which was inside. Finding indoor locations for interesting architecture, definitely leads you to churches. These images are from two different well-known churches in Oakland, Chapel of the Chimes and Cathedral of Light.

For the next five weeks, I'm taking a Creative Photography of Architecture class, so you're likely to see a few images that are also class assignments. This weeks assignment is a one- or two-story building portrait. I headed out to the abandoned Alameda Naval Base which is a weird mix of empty buildings that are no longer in use, and some that have been taken over for new businesses. This old credit union building is definitely abandoned, and doesn't even look like it really was ever used as a credit union. (Additional images for the class assignment can be found here , not all taken on Sunday.) Molly's image Sarah's image