TRAVEL: Nova Scotia Trip Planner
After 9 days visiting the Canadian Maritime province of Nova Scotia for the first time, I can help you with your planning, and cut to the chase. The province is huge, and for those of us who don’t live there, figuring out where to go, and for how long, was daunting in setting up the […]
Friendship Foundation raises $24 million in 15 years
Over 10,000 people crowded the Manhattan Beach Pier and Strand area Sunday morning to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the area’s most powerful fund-raiser, the Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk. At the event, which raises funds for youth with special needs, Michael Greenberg, the founder of the event and president of Skechers announced that […]
TRAVEL: Nova Scotia’s stunning beauty & music
I knew something was different about Nova Scotia when the bridge to the northern part of the peninsula flashed a red light, and we had to wait, as the bridge actually turned sideways to make room for a boat. I’d never seen a bridge turn before. And then when we woke up the next morning, […]
Sharpen iPhone/Galaxy Photo skills class Thursday 10/26 5 p.m.
The Apple iPhone is the most popular camera in the world, but are you taking advantage of all its features for awesome photos? Come join me at the Manhattan Beach Pier Thursday for tips on how to get professional photos on your smartphone, and what all those hidden menu tools in the camera app are […]
TRAVEL: The wild colors of Nova Scotia
Mark your calendars for next September and October. By the time you read this, the top tourist spots in Nova Scotia will be closed for the season, but you really want to come back in 2024. Why? Imagine a short plane ride to Boston, renting a car, driving a few hours through Maine and hopping […]
TRAVEL: Boulder, Colorado’s Rocky Mountain High for photography
Huge mountains, a creek that runs through town, a funky downtown with cool shops and cafes and historic buildings that date back to the 1800s, and for nostalgia buffs, an easy walk to the home shared by “Mork and Mindy” in the opening credits of the 1970s/80s TV series. There’s lots to photograph in […]
TRAVEL: Prescott, AZ–the Old West Lives
Prescott, Arizona is just a seven hour drive from the South Bay bubble, and into another world. The old west lives on in Prescott, which was the original Arizona state capital in the 1800s, and a favorite haunting ground for the likes of Wyatt Earp and the Earp Bros., Doc Holliday and Big Nose Kate. […]
TRAVEL: Moab, Utah & Arches National Park
It will take about ten and a half hours to drive from the South Bay to get to Moab, but its so worth it. Leave the beach and you will enter an otherworld, a tiny small town in southeastern Utah, pop. 5,300, just down the road from Arches National Park. This is the place best […]
TRAVEL: The awe-inspiring Monument Valley & Old West
There is a very special place on the Arizona/Utah border that is synonymous with the American West and should be visited by every photographer at least once. This giant landscape is tailor-made for mobile phone cameras and the ultra-wide angle lens. No fancy gear needed! It’s Monument Valley, part of the Navajo Nation, discovered by […]
TRAVEL: Jackson Hole’s 5 Best Travel Photography spots
Jackson Hole, Wyoming is one of the most beautiful, yet pricey places you might consider visiting. It’s a popular spot for wealthy millionaires and billionaires to spend a few days in their second home during summers and ski seasons, as well as ordinary folks who love the skiing and national park touring. While winter is […]
Travel: 8 South Dakota Can’t Miss Instagram Spots
PhotowalksTV recently returned to California from a mammoth 9-state, 30-day photo tour, where every stop (with the exceptions of Henderson, Nevada and Chadron, Nebraska,) was particularly spectacular. But it’s fair to say our photographic journey of South Dakota was easily the most memorable. This is a place we had been to before, so we weren’t […]
Beloved music teacher Pat Dietz dead in accident
by Jefferson Graham Pat Dietz, who with his brother John has run Dietz Brothers music shop in Manhattan Beach since 1976, died heroically Wednesday in a tragic accident in Torrance. Dietz and 16-year-old grandson Charlie were visiting a Torrance bookstore when a driver lost control of the vehicle and started heading towards the pair as […]
TRAVEL: Columbus, Ohio’s 4 Must-see spots
Columbus, Ohio doesn’t usually get listed on the rosters of the best places in America to visit, but it should be on your radar. How does a bustling downtown full of art deco masterpieces, a funky and thriving university district, historic brick-lined and cobblestoned old German neighborhood and less traffic than you’re likely to see […]
TRAVEL: Exploring Pismo Beach Dunes with Car & Camera
Just up the road from the South Bay, about a three hour drive, is the only legal place in the state of California that lets you drive your car on the beach. For just $5 entrance fee, you can bring your vehicle, whether that be a jeep, 4×4, SUV, front-wheel drive or even a compact […]
TRAVEL: 13 ways to see & photograph Morro Bay Rock
The huge 576 foot Morro Rock dominates the tiny 10,000 resident town of Morro Bay, California and no matter where you go in the city, you can’t miss it. It’s visible as far as ten to 20 miles away in nearby Los Osos and Cayucos, for instance. The Rock itself sits on over 50 acres. […]
Hollywood Sign @100: 6 ways to see the L.A. icon
In 1923, the late Los Angeles Times publisher Harry Chandler was instrumental in having a big sign erected for his “Hollywoodland” real estate holdings, a $21,000 billboard that was intended to last a little over a year. Instead, it morphed into a free-standing Sign and is still standing, all these years later. Cut to […]