CicLAvia Number 7, I Believe

5828 Wilshire Blvd.

I've wanted to photograph this building for years but always assumed I couldn't get a good angle. I should have tried sooner. This evening I finally did—and I'm pleased with the results.
If you know who designed this building, or anything else about its history, please let me know. 

Silverlake Cocktail Party

Metro: Civic Center

I shot this canopy structure recently for Metro. (Photo appears courtesy Metro)

8th Ever Old Time Social

Came and went too fast.

Picfair Village

I'm beginning to photograph our neighborhood, which is going through big changes lately. Much more to come.

Midcity South

South on Hauser

Westlake/MacArthur Red Line Station

I shot this for Metro recently. Being around there always makes me think of A Patch of Blue.
(Photo appears courtesy of Metro)

Happy Valentine's Day

Abandoned On-Ramp

I was shooting for Metro, up on a ladder photographing the public art at the Expo Line's 23rd St. station, when I turned around and noticed this abandoned on-ramp to the 110 North. (It's fenced off at street level, so you wouldn't notice it without an elevated perspective.) What happens to an abandoned on-ramp?

Kitchen Count: California Towhee

Last post here was of a bird photographed from my living room; this one's from the kitchen, and it actually showed up in our backyard the day after the goldfinch. I'm pretty sure it's a California Towhee. And it's upside down, frankly, because I just found the photo dull in its proper orientation.

Living Room Count

Birders talk about "backyard counts," different species they've spotted outside their houses. I'm officially starting a Living Room Count (though I'm not going to bother counting; I just enjoy looking). In addition to the highly entertaining cedar waxwings I've photographed in the past from inside our PicFair Village living room, today I spotted and got a snapshot of a group of these little (goldfinches?) perched on the rosemary immediately outside our front door. We live in the heart of Los Angeles, yet the variety of wildlife visible from inside our home is incredible. I love this city.

Ballgame

 This idea stolen from James Deavin.

CicLAvia 10.7.2012, contd.

CicLAvia 10.7.2012

Was CicLAvia rad? Do unicorns exist?

Jonathan Zawada @ PRISM: Free Roam Above the Mist

@ PRISM

Better Upside Down?

Metro/ Sam Erenberg

Orange Line, Roscoe station: tile mosiac by Sam Erenberg
(photo appears courtesy of Metro)

Metro, Ken Gozales-Day & Me

I'm photographing art and architecture along Metro's new Orange Line in the Valley throughout August, and here's an image from the first day of shooting, which, mercifully, was not too hot. Landscape photo and tile mosaic by the incredibly talented Ken Gonzales-Day. (You owe it to yourself to check out his Hang Trees.) This photo that I shot appears courtesy of Metro. (And a huge thanks to the inspiring Alan Nakagawa.)