Last week I went on a photography outing with members of my photography group. It was the first time I went on a downtown outing that wasn’t informal.
We started by capturing the 2nd Street tunnel. You know the tunnel, the one you’ve seen in Independence Day, some alien eske movies, etc. A well known filming tunnel. This is where I was finally able to capture some of my long exposure traffic shots. I really liked how this one turned out. Unfortunately, I forgot to crop out the other photographers in this shot.
I discovered that I really love to capture buses in motion. It makes for some great light capture. And well, utilization of a fence makes for great foreground.
We then walked towards the Department of Water and Power building. There are blue light up screens along the path towards the building. I decided to capture the city through the screen.
This was one of my favorite shots of the night. I am a huge fan of capturing the sculptures around town. The beauty of Downtown LA has a ton.
The city and glimpses of the Walt Disney Concert Hall are off in the distance!
We walked further along the street into the city, and ended up in front of the YMCA where there were some sculptures to take pictures of. I love this photo above. I title it, “Dancing around Downtown.” I just love the buildings in the background.
This was another favorite of mine throughout the night. A simple image, but with the gymnast on display with the buildings in the background, I just liked how it turned out.
But my favorite photo of the night is the one above. I’ve been wanting to take a pic of this “iconic” freeway shot since I’ve first seen pictures of these. I just wasn’t sure where to go, or even how to capture it when I first arrived in LA. It is a reminder to me in how much I’ve learned about photography within the last year of meeting up with these other photographers.
In the end, it was a GREAT night, and was very much needed. It had been awhile since I had gone out and shot anything.
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