North Beach
Del Mar is another beautiful beach in San Diego. It’s just north of La Jolla and has some of the best beaches and homes in all of San Diego. I went up to check out some of the local beaches around sunset today and found North Beach which is located just west of the Del Mar racetrack. The clouds were moving in, creating some dramatic skies but just enough sunlight to create a warm glow against the sandstone cliffs.
The Tractor
I took this shot while wandering around with my camera. I liked how the barbed wire and tractor made the scene look rustic.
Epic Yacht Shoot
Bill and I were in Catalina again today shooting some beautiful yachts off the island. One particularly beautiful yacht was Epic Yachts featured in this gallery and below. It was a beautiful day off the beautiful coast of Catalina.
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Island Time
Just got back tonight after two days of shooting Yachts and fishing boats off Catalina Island. This is the time of year when lots of boats and expert fisherman descend on the Island to take part in one of the many catch and release tournaments that take part on the Island in August – October. One of the world’s largest Marlin ever was caught here and this was home to Zane Gray – one of America’s top fisherman and writers of all time.
Summer Lovin
Lovin the last days of summer here in San Diego. Seems like it just started and now it is ending. No one likes one summer ends. That’s why we live in San Diego though – because it never has too.
Beautiful Ocean Beach for Sunset
About 5:30 yesterday afternoon I was driving home. The marine layer was coming in and it didn’t look like there would be anyway to catch a beautiful sunset . I decided I would go home and just relax. At the last moment I swerved off the freeway and decided to check out the Ocean Beach pier on the slight chance that I could catch some nice photos of the sunsetting there. I had not seen the sunset there ever so I thought I would take a chance. I was surprised that when I arrived it was beautiful. While the rest of San Diego was socked in with clouds – Ocean Beach seemed to be spared. I guess sometimes you just have to take chances. You never know what you are going to get. Ocean Beach was beautiful last night at sunset.
Del Mar RaceTrack from the Chopper
The Del Mar Fair is a huge event in San Diego but the Del Mar Race Track is what people actually come to San Diego to see. The Del Mar horse races have become more popular than most other horse tracks in California which includes the famous Hollywood Bowl and Santa Anita Race Tracks.
Bill and I headed up in the Chopper to get the action from above today and were joined by a couple of photographers from the Del Mar Race track that were looking for photos to use for promotional material and advertisements. It wasn’t the most beautiful day since it was overcast but the event was interesting since we were up in the air. We even managed to snap a couple of shots up and down the coast as we were navigating to the event.
The Del Mar Race track was called, “Where the Turf meets the Surf” by Bing Crosby. He wrote and sang a song about it even.
The horses are on the track and it’s a tight race.
The horses and jockeys look almost like miniature from this angle.
We came upon the beautiful Scripps Pier as we motored down the coast. This is one of my favorite places in San Diego.
The beautiful town of La Jolla. This is Children’s Cove which was built and dedicated by Ellen Scripps to the children of La Jolla many years ago.
Look at how cute La Jolla looks miniaturized.
Sunday in Point Loma
This afternoon we headed over to Point Loma. Point Loma is a military town and it is also home to the Cabrillo Monument with the old lighthouse and lots of great coast. While on a walk around the Bay we came across the cutest labrador retriever and he kept making me toss the ball into the water so that he could go and chase for it and bring it back to me. I took some pictures of him shaking himself off.
