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I saw Richard and his Ford Model-T circa 1924 while I was driving after picking up my daughter from school. So, I did stop and took the chance of asking Richard if I can take some snapshots of his car. And guess what? He didn't just let me take pictures of this classic car but he gave me a tour of what this car was all about.
He has this car/truck now for more than 20 years and, surely, I can see from his eyes and the way he talked that he loves it so much. The car was built and/or released 4 years before he was born. And gladly, the car and Richard are still pretty strong.
He is now a good friend of mine and he promised me that he will show me his other classic. That will be shown in the future if I got some shots for all of you.
Hope you will like this one.
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This was taken using 5 separate exposures using the Nikon's auto bracketing. And I don't want to offend Richard by using a tripod and really loved the way we chatted. These were handheld shots.
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Everyone wants to be happy. But what hardly anyone knows is that the path to happiness is increasing our tranquillity.
Stay calm. Relax and enjoy life.
The following are so important for us to have a happy life:
* tranquillity
* truthful
* relaxation
* calm
* contentment
* feeling at ease
* inner peace
* serenity
And of course, don't forget to smile. Life is beautiful and that should make you happy.
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Some of you have known me for months now. Some of you even considered me not just a friend but as a brother. And so do I.
You probably know how I believe in God through my pictures and my titles.
You probably know how sentimental I can be.
And so, I want to tell you more about myself.
My emotion was evoked when our friend, Charlie Brown, asked me for my dad’s picture for Buddha’s anniversary in my earlier picture. I really wanted so much to show you my dad. But sad to say, I don’t have one right now. All the pictures of my dad are with mom who is in the Philippines.
My mom is pretty old now. She’s 73 and I’ve never seen her nor touch her for so many years since we moved to the United States. And you know it’s Mother’s Day tomorrow and she will surely miss again her son and my family.
My dad died 20 years ago. He was born in 1909 and my 4 kids never seen him. He loved cars during his times just like the one in the picture. But, he never had a chance to own one. Not that he never had money to buy his dream car. He just decided that rather than buying a car, he used his money in making sure his kids will have great education and future.
So, when I saw Richard who owned this Ford Model-T, I remembered my Dad whom I see and touch only in my dreams.
Time flies but memories live. Hug and kiss our dear parents while we can.
They are our treasures for eternity.
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I will be in your respective photostreams shortly after I sleep for awhile.
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this past week marked the 100th anniversary of the los angeles aqueduct. on the northern edge of the san fernando valley are the "cascades" where the water pours down the mountainside at the end of its long journey from the eastern sierra.
this image is a square crop of a multi-frame panorama taken with a nikon D7000 + nikkor 10-24mm + schneider B+W ND64 6-stop neutral density filter. 1/2 second exposure on tripod @ f/11 iso 100.
image processed in capture NX2, nik analog efex pro & alienskin exposure 5.
Film shot from the dining room window sometime in 1993. There was a gorgeous view to watch the sunrise while reading the morning paper and drinking my coffee. In the distance is the San Fernando Valley, the San Gabriel Mountains and Mt. Verdugo. The Hollywood Hills (Santa Monica Mountains) are in the distance on the right, Los Angeles is just beyond them.
I hope you enjoyed my Granada Hills series, it is a very nice place.
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He is my little weather guy but I didn't say he's reliable. His thermometer had stopped working a long time ago. But we can learn something good from him. No matter what the weather is, whether it is sizzling hot or arctic cold or tropical pleasant weather, he is always smiling.
Of all the small backyard weddings I’ve done for college roommates, this was my first. Not only was it NOT their backyard, it wasn’t even supposed to be a wedding.
Diego and I were roommates at UC Santa Barbara when I was a junior there. Remained friends, and a few months ago he asked me, “hey, my fiancé and I are having this engagement party at our house in January. What our guest don’t know is we’re actually going to surprise them and get married on the spot, can you cover it?” I of course said yes. But January… backyard?? It was suppose to be 50 people in their backyard, maybe a BBQ, and someone to play some music, and then me taking pictures. But then logistics came into play, and they realized “what if it rains” so they had to reserve a huge tent. Then food… catered food+utensils+linens+tables & chairs+ people to serve it.. and then parking, and other permits and then 50 people became 75, which became 140…
Screw it. Tell everyone it’s a wedding and move it to a local country club.
And that’s what became of this small, personal backyard wedding which ended up at a country club.
Fisheye lens on a Nikon D4, held over my head. And for those of you who know her, my wife is somewhere in the audience. She was nice enough to accompany me, and we had a very romantic dance together on this very dance floor.
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Saw my neighbor bought this new Toyota RAV4. Nice one.
>>>>If you have not seen my gruesome but artly keyboard, CLICK ME.
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Except for my signature that was made in Photoshop, everything was rendered using Photomatix HDR. I used 3 exposures (+2, 0, -2) to generate this picture.
los angeles, california
fall 1975
freeway construction
i-405 & ca-118 interchange
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
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My little kitten, Twinkie loved to sit in the window next to these stuffed bears. The house next door was approximately 7000 square feet and sat vacant the entire time I lived here. That was from the housing crunch of the 90's.
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Strobist: One Quantum QFlash with standard diffuser disk on stand camera left, opposite side of race course, 1/2 power, triggered with PW Mini/Flex.
Granada Hills is the only place in Los Angeles County that Eichler Homes were built. Modern architecture with an inspiration from Frank Lloyd Wright, they were known for their unique style with features such as floor-to-ceiling windows and radiant heating in the cement floors.
Mostly one story homes, they each have a custom designed appearance. Eichler would also design homes for individual clients. Built in the early 60's, most are still in beautiful condition today.
Eichler Homes ~ Balboa Highlands
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Karaoke, Darts and Happy Hour...I can imagine how entertaining this could be!
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After sunset on our last night in Los Angeles, when Tim and Jackie took us to the Odyssey Restaurant in Granada Hills, up above the 405 (I-405).
GRANADA HILLS - Your LAFD responded to a structure on fire at 1:17 PM at the 17000 block of West Los Alimos Street on February 25, 2023. The first arriving 20 LAFD Firefighters took just 22 minutes to access, confine and fully extinguish stubborn flames that began near the floor furnace and quickly traveled through the the walls to the attic of an 1,119 square foot one-story home (built 1954) on LAFD arrival. Firefighters successfully protected neighboring homes and there were no reported injuries.
© Photo by Greg Doyle
LAFD Incident 022523-1310
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Fireball in Balboa Boulevard, Granada Hills, following the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake. The earthquake caused a slight lateral spread (a shallow, low-angle landslide), which ruptured pipes buried below the road paving. One of those pipes was a 3-ft diameter water main; water gushing from the main eroded the large pit shown in this view (and flooded homes and businesses downhill, to the right). Another of the ruptured pipes was a natural gas line. As someone tried to start the engine of his vehicle, an ignition spark also ignited gas that had leaked from the broken pipe. The ensuing fire burned five homes, two behind the fireball in this view and three on the other side of the street. I took this picture about 5 hours after the earthquake.
Notice small flames in the eroded pit (to the left), on broken paving (to the right of fireball), and on burnt and broken telephone pole (immediately left of break, at height of tree tops).