Nighttime in the City

I like posting to my blog! But I've been really busy lately, so this is a photo I took last month. This is the view from my balcony at night, with an almost full moon. I like the layers of colors, the brightness of the moon, and the glow of the city lights on the horizon with the silhouettes of the palm trees.

I stayed up way too late last night and I've been paying for it all day today, but I think it was worth it. Johnny and I went to see Stardust with Bryan and Amy. It surpassed my expectations. I would say that it is sort of a comical Harry Potter meets Lord of the Rings with a little element of Princess Bride. A less complicated way of putting it would be to say that I enjoyed it.
Well, as Tigger would say, "TTFN!"

This is my city

The other day I was driving home and the light from the setting sun was so beautiful. It was also a really clear day - I could actually see downtown from Hollywood! As soon as I got home I ran in and got my camera, ran back out, hopped in my car, drove to Runyon Canyon, and ran up the hill hoping I would catch the good light. My first picture I forgot to adjust my white balance, but I thought the result was interesting:




Downtown LA in the waning light:



Cacti with the city in the background. This reminds me of the cacti garden at the Getty (which I love!)



Century City (I think). This is looking west towards the beach. In my world, I think of everything in relation to the beach. It helps me to stay oriented:



My camera does so great in low light! You can tell it's gotten darker because there are so many more lights on, but I can bump my ISO up and still have lots of light in my images. This is downtown again:



Looking south across the city:




West (towards the beach ;):




Wow, this was my favorite shot of the whole evening. This is my city.

Just for Fun

Wow! I am SO tired! I've been working for a couple of days now to update my website, and I think I finally got the kinks worked out. Now you can come see my blog just by clicking on the nifty little "Amy's Blog*a*licious" button on my website! I have so many great new pictures to put up, but that won't be happening tonight. I am, however, putting up this blog, just because I am so excited about making these changes to my site. And here's a picture:


This is me and Johnny (my husband) in Las Vegas a few months ago. We had a weekend as fabulous as the city. This year was our 5 year college graduation anniversary, and we, along with some friends, were making good on a promise we had made each other to have a reunion in Vegas. This picture is at the Japanese Steakhouse inside of the Las Vegas Hilton.