I spent the past 3-nights up in Julian, CA with Family for a quick getaway. We spent our entire time up there just relaxing, talking, listening to music and enjoying the outdoors. We did happen to find a fantastic pizza & sandwich place called Hereos Deli. Their 12” Pepperoni pizza is fab and their BBQ Shredded Chicken Sandwich is as equally good. Between Miner’s Dinner, Fajita Grill and Hero’s Deli, Hero’s Deli is by far the best.

I have been to Julian several times and it wasn’t until this last trip that I realized that Julian still has a standing holding cell for suspicious people back in the day. It’s a small building and only holds two people, one in each cell. It was very interesting to check out. It was cool to be able to enter the building and walk around. I did want to enter a cell, but they keep them locked for security purposes. I was tempted to head back to our cabin and get the keys that looked like they would fit the cell doors and try them out. Julian’s Holding Cell:

One of the nights, I did go out in the freezing wind to take some sunset shots. I did pick the perfect night as there was some amazing colors in the sky that I could not pass up. The following image was the last image that I shot that night and it so happened that I went out just in time to capture an amazing array of colors in the sky. The colors you see in this image is what my camera captured. Truly stunning!

This next image is the same image as above, but I took it a step further and turned it into an artistic piece. This image is quite popular on my facebook page, but I am having a hard time duplicating the results in the full size image. I will play with the full size image of these and see if I can match the results as this would make for a great canvas print.

While up there I decided to practice some natural light portraiture photography. This is one area that I am greatly trying to improve in. I have shot most of my portraiture work in studio or using studio strobes, so natural light portraiture photography is a new area for me. I have concluded that I need to learn how to see light and how it relates, because it is different for landscape and wildlife photography.

Lastly just random images. I will eventually add more to this section as I edit more.

This past week I completed and turned in all my work so that I can have it easy until the end of the semester. Now that I didn’t have to worry about projects, due dates, etc, I took some time to go through some of my old photographs back from when I was just starting photography. I re-edited some of the more popular images and edited some new images. These images were shot from: Morro Bay, March Field Air Museum, Irvine Regional Park, Las Vegas, and Temecula.

Morro Bay is my getaway from everything. Morro Bay is located in Northern California off the CA-1. Morro Bay is filled with many places to visit, relax and shop. You can see everything from jelly fish to killer whales to falcons. Morro Bay famous attraction is Morro Rock. At Morro Rock you can hit the beach, walk the break wall, feed squirrels and watch the otters play, eat and relax. If you feel a little adventurous you can continue on CA-1 and visit Hearst Castle (on your way you may see: turkeys, herd of deer – be careful because they do cross the roads, and a zebra hanging out with cows) , Elephant Seals and Ragged Point. Ragged Point has a trail you can hike (at your own risk) which will provide a hefty workout. If your thing is shopping then head to Embarcadero and enjoy the beautiful sites and shops. As far as food goes my favorite places so far are Fred’s Grill (Morro Bay) and Main Street Grill (Cambria), but local favorite (if you are into seafood ) is Giovanni Fish Market & Gallery. Additional places to visit are Black Hill, Natural History Museum, Montana De Oro, Estuary, and Farmers Market (Thursday & Saturday).