With nothing to do and a little time on our hands, we decided to head over to the beach the other night, just after sunset. Just Kevin and my camera… it’s always a good time for adventure. Lately I’ve been uninspired with my camera and these blurry photos are the antidote: reminding me of a time when my friends and I would go out with point-and-shoots and wave the camera around as if blurring the light was some fancy photographer’s trick, no thinking of shutter speed or aperture or other terms I still don’t quite understand…
We parked north of the promenade, and could see the pier off in the distance. But it was quiet where we were. There’s a trail headed down from the bluff and a sky bridge over the coast highway.
The tail lights through the gate on the sky bridge… like hearts or butterflies or birds.
Traffic leaving Santa Monica…
Once we got down to the beach, we could hardly see in front of us. It was quieeet. Just the waves. And lights to the right of us. When you’re walking across the sand in Santa Monica you have to go much further than any beach (ever?!) to get to the ocean. Perfect when you need beach space. Awful when you’re walking across scorching sand. Eerie, lonely, and beautiful when you’re exploring past sundown.
Looking back toward the bluff side and buildings downtown.
I love this picture so much because that black line across the top is about ten palm trees.
For the lifeguards. Ghostly. We thought about whether lifeguards take their girlfriend’s on dates there…kind of romantic, but mostly inappropriate, ha. Which makes me think of what growing up next to this kind of beach was like, what memories would be later on in life—breaking curfew out with your friends—in my case literally doing nothing out of the ordinary, just walking around, laughing and exploring. And getting ice cream, always. Then doing it again weekend after weekend.
Setting the camera on the sand to try and force still waves.
Looking out toward the pier at the constantly changing wheel. xx
Love your artsy shots!
lovely!
i love these captures~~
I love this! Looks like you had tons of fun too! 🙂 xoxo
I really like these photos. They really evoke that city at night feeling so well. They also have a bit of an air of excitement and discovery.