Festa De Italia in San Diego

I've been wanting to attend the Little Italy Festa de Italia for a while now. Usually, I would just forget and not realize that it was on that day. 10/10/10, I remembered to attend. I challenged myself to only use a 35mm f1.8 lens. Here are some of the results.

Kids Traveling

I like seeing kids traveling with their parents and visiting historical sites and museums. I know they can be rowdy, hungry, tired, whiny, and noisy. But I like the idea that whatever they've seen while traveling will stay with them and let them be informed about the world.

Going out and taking more photos!

I've blogged about how I tend to read more about photography than actually going out and taking pictures. Luckily, I have co-workers that are into photography and are really good. So now I've been taking pics around La Jolla Shores. Just hanging out and actually taking my time with shots have helped me alot. And my buddy doesn't mind sharing tips.

Here is his website: LEE SIE PHOTOGRAPHY

After 2 excursions, I've felt as if I learned alot ::

Dodgeball - If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.

I've taken pictures for soccer games and I can figure out where the action is going to be after awhile. I bet if I had to take pics for a basketball game, I could figure it out because I watch these sports. Dodgeball. Dodgeball is a whole other world. I have the hardest time with this sport. Maybe its because there are six or seven balls being used and the action is all over the place. I have not been able to catch the players that have jumped up doing the splits trying to avoid a point blank shot. Here are some of my efforts for Joimo Dodgeball league. It made me want a longer 2.8 lens... then I come to my senses.

Reading instead of Clicking the shutter...

I love photography. I especially like to look at other people's work. I'm just not that creative. So I have a harder time coming up with stuff for subject matter. Traveling is the easy out, because I love traveling and everything is new. To learn and to get inspired, I read a lot of books. I think that I read too much instead of going out there and seeing what works and what doesn't for me.

Books that help:



Thankfully, a friend was a willing to let me photograph her and her children. It gave me a chance to try out my flash. I wish I could have done better by her, but this is what we came up with:

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Mom's Quest for a Dress

My Mom was picked to be a principle sponsor for a 25th wedding anniversary. As always, my Mom likes to be different in a stylish elegant way. She saw an interview of a young designer named Rajo Laurel. She liked his designs and luckily one of my Dad's old friends is related to him. Mr. Laurel was nice enough to let me take pictures while he was talking to Mom about the "dress".

Rajo Laurel:

In Honor of the Upcoming World Cup...

In honor of the world cup, I thought I would post a soccer shot. I'm not too good at sports' photography. I end up watching instead of catching the action. This shot was taken from a hill on a path for walkers behind the fields. It's perfect for a faux tilt shift picture. Tilt shift is when you have a lens that makes things look miniature. I don't own a tilt shift lens, but I do have photoshop.

JOIMO sports at Rancho Bernardo 4S Ranch