Going Rogue – A Sierra Madre PhotoWalk

by jprentice on July 23, 2010

This is a really last minute notice, but some friends and I are doing a photowalk tomorrow (7/24/10) in Sierra Madre (see map below). We’re meeting at 7am. If you’re available and awake, come on down! You don’t even need to own a camera, it will be fun just walking around.
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Our Independence Day Party

by jprentice on July 11, 2010

Independence Day Party at the Garcia's
Los Angeles is typically NOT the place you go if you intend to (legally) celebrate Independence Day with anything that even remotely resembles a firework. However, the city of Alhambra is one of the few cities in the county that matches are legal. As far as I can tell, as long as your firework isn’t being launched into the air, you’re safe!
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What to do with abandoned bird eggs

by jprentice on June 29, 2010

Picture of a bird nest full of eggs

A bird moved into our house about the same time we did. She (I assume it was a she) spent a ton of time working on the above nest. We (excluding our cat) are good people and left her alone. A few weeks after the nest was completed, we stopped seeing her. We didn’t think too much of it until last weekend when I decided to take down the vacant nest. To my surprise… Click to continue →

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Shoot in manual, get rich

by jprentice on June 9, 2010

First Steps
That title’s a stretch. I don’t know any rich photographers personally. But time is money and this is a time saving post. So the title MIGHT be true. I know the opposite is true. Shooting in automatic has made me NOT-rich. I believe more science is required to prove it either way.
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Twiggy on stage

by jprentice on June 6, 2010


Twiggy’s been in three recitals for her preschool. Although she’s participated in only one. The other two she was on stage but her participation was somewhere between staring off into space and hiding behind another kid. She’s not a kid that likes an audience.
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