the obsessive with a camera…

central coast

We’ve just returned from a road trip. We went to Ventura, CA with no other motivation than to play tourist in our home state. Initially we had no bad weather to escape just an excuse for a change in scenery and to visit spots on our bucket list which so easily get overlooked.  This was a program through Road Scholar…we have never been disappointed!

I am one of those people who often complains about those in museums shooting every aspect of an exhibit instead of just looking at it. Cellphones with cameras have only made this problem worse. While I frequently and spontaneously will shoot a cellphone image, I chose on this trip to take a small point and shoot digital camera, thinking I would be sparing my phone battery. Ha…I created a monster!  I began with shooting the usual textures and patterns and before long I was taking multiple images of many things. I became one of those obsessed who might only experience their trip in looking back at the photos on the PC at home. Well not that bad, but close.

At the Ventura and Santa Barbara Missions a total of 37 images, mostly of weather stained resist on walls, succulents and doorways or windows…

Getty Trees

At  the Getty Museum lots and lots and lots of photos of architecture, trees, cactus and views of the LA Basin on a cloudy rainy day (huh?)

We drove down the Central Coast and so there were dozens of shots of the coastline and an incredible 67 of the birthing and mating rituals of the sea lions near San Simeon. Clearly we spent way too much time there!

sea lion maternity ward

My husband gave his first Presidential news conference (wearing his nametag in case the voting public forgot they elected him) at Reagan Library. This was taken with my late employer in mind who always said…who was on this vacation when I showed him piles of photos of textures, patterns and landscapes.

window, Reagan Library

santa cruz island