I'm a little behind on blogging (surprise surprise), but I wanted to go back and highlight this hike we did in LA. My sister has been doing this hike for a while and from her pictures I knew it was somewhere I wanted to visit with all of my equipment. So a couple weeks ago when I was down in OC for some shoots, I decided it was time to make that 3 hour hike. What an amazing place! I'm not allowed to give specifics on where this location is, but I'd like to describe it to you as a place where the Garden of Eden meets West Side Story; where graffiti is not only acceptible but part of the allure. It was almost too much for a three hour time period. I plan to go back with different eyes.
In addition to my amazing sister, we invited three actors to take the hike and I was worried about that being too many, but now I wish we'd taken more and so wish we had taken at least one girl! So, I'm making a list for the next times I visit. I've decided that I would like to go back there once with a senior (boy and girl), once with the right engaged couple, once with a dancer or several dancers, another time with two little girls in white dresses, maybe once with a little boy in overalls and his favorite pet, for sure once with an entire band or orchestra, and I have to go once with my photographer friends for play date and oh yeah my own family for a picnic. It holds so many different possibilities. There's so many spots to shoot there, not just the graffiti art. Then to finish off the hike, the plush meadows and running creek are almost overwhelming to the senses.
The hike was finished with perfection: A huge orange tree free for the taking which made me smile to think that God also took that hike with us. It does remind me of what life must have been like before we desecrated much of the beautiful land God gave us. But, I know that the earth will return to this beautiful state someday and I can't wait to introduce my children to it.
If you'd like to hike this with us next time, shoot me an email and I'll keep you updated as to the next trek we make there. I plan to make one more visit this Spring. Thanks for letting me digress...
In addition to my amazing sister, we invited three actors to take the hike and I was worried about that being too many, but now I wish we'd taken more and so wish we had taken at least one girl! So, I'm making a list for the next times I visit. I've decided that I would like to go back there once with a senior (boy and girl), once with the right engaged couple, once with a dancer or several dancers, another time with two little girls in white dresses, maybe once with a little boy in overalls and his favorite pet, for sure once with an entire band or orchestra, and I have to go once with my photographer friends for play date and oh yeah my own family for a picnic. It holds so many different possibilities. There's so many spots to shoot there, not just the graffiti art. Then to finish off the hike, the plush meadows and running creek are almost overwhelming to the senses.
The hike was finished with perfection: A huge orange tree free for the taking which made me smile to think that God also took that hike with us. It does remind me of what life must have been like before we desecrated much of the beautiful land God gave us. But, I know that the earth will return to this beautiful state someday and I can't wait to introduce my children to it.
If you'd like to hike this with us next time, shoot me an email and I'll keep you updated as to the next trek we make there. I plan to make one more visit this Spring. Thanks for letting me digress...
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