May 13th - 15th 2005 I
took a train trip up the coast of California from Irvine
to San Luis Obispo. These pictures are of my trip out,
there and back. I used this opportunity to play with my
camera. You will notice that I am addicted to depth, texture,
lines, and angles. There are repetitive images but I couldn't
come to the decision of which I liked best. If you have
any feedback, comments or questions about my pictures
feel free to email me at charity@achairslife.com
Train
Ride up from Irvine to San Luis Obispo - 5/13/05
One of our many stops waiting
for stations to rearrange
sunset
Me
My sister, Heidi
How bumpy the train was
Grover Beach -
5/14/05
My new hat and the beach
Close up
A scene my sister was going
to paint. I was showing her how to crop the image in her
imagination.
I loved this piece of drift
wood as you can tell
I just liked this lone
flower in with the greenery
Another pretty sand flower
Brother and sister playing
in the water. I really liked how this one turned out.
Level to the waves
Shallow rippling water
shallow still water
Lines/Angles/cropping
I might have to edit this
in adobe. Allowing the railing to be larger to give the
impression that 1/2 is blue and the other half is tan
without the greenery in the middle breaking it up. hmmm...
Looks edited to me. But
hey it was worth a shot :)
Lines
Not sure which one I liked
Liked the focus on this
one
This is a different setting
on my digital camera. I am intrigued by the coloring difference.
Ok so this is one of my
favorites!
I loved this winding path.
I took two shots but this ones composition turned out
the best. It gives more distance then the other shot.
lines and focus :)
Not sure if I like the
way this turned out. But I liked the concept I was trying
for.
A bird singing
Golf course on the east
side of my path with the beach on the other! What a way
to golf!
Flowers
The coloring on some of
my pictures is really unnatural. I didn't want to mess
with the original images too much so I left them.
The picture my sister was
painting while I was exploring the beach taking pictures.
She couldn't finish so I had to take the picture so she
could go home and finish it up.
more flowers
Texture
I liked how the seaweed
broke up the texture
laying on the ground. Not
sure that I was able to capture the depth.
Trip back to the
Rose Garden Inn - 5/14/05
A cool farm
And since I had the cowgirl
hat on we figured I'd have to get a picture with it in
the background.
A very cool tree on a side
road we took
Another very cool tree
At the Rose Garden
Inn - 5/14/05
Me and the willow tree
in front of the inn.
My sister Heidi standing
next to the MANY Roses
Myself standing next to
some of the many roses the inn was named for.
Train Trip back
home - 5/15/05
Some of the scenery along
the way
I loved the Santa Barbara
Station
Our train
Another beautiful station
that I can't seem to remember the city
LA
tracks
smoke break
People and things
on the train - 5/15/05
My sister looking up from
her book
Emergency Exit :)
Close up focus
distant focus
Checking tickets - I decided
I should take a picture of him working "Doing a real
man's job" as he put it.
This guy loved his job!
He would randomly go onto the intercom and start singing
made up songs. :)
My only picture taken with
different color settings. I normally feel to take all
my pictures in color and I can modify the coloring in
photoshop later.
