Sunset At Leo Carrillo State Park – Malibu California

A family vacation at last!!  It had been around three years since we were able to get away as a family.  Something always seemed to come up so that one or two of us would have to stay home and take care of the business.  I saw the opportunity for us all to get away for 5 whole days and took it!  My family wanted to go to the beach so we went tothe Los Angeles area to hit some beaches and other area attractions.  We saw Universal Studios and went on a tour of Warner Brothers Studios.  Both of those were a lot of fun, but the beach was awesome!  It was still warm in November with temperatures in the 80’s.  That’s a real treat for us.  I took these next two shots with my Sony A7rii mirrorless camera and my vintage Carl Zeiss Contaflex 35mm lens.

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The sound of the waves crashing against the rocks is so soothing to me.  I could sit for hours and bask in the warmth while listening to the ocean and the birds.

I met a friend, Lisa Speakman,  from The Arcanum so we could shoot the sunset on the beach together.  Though she doesn’t live real far from Leo Carrillo State Beach, it was her first time there also.  It was cool to meet her in person after so many months of working with her online.  Her site is lisaspeakmanphotography.com

One of my goals for the trip was to get a long exposure shot of the waves.  I love the look that it gives them.  I used the Ice 10 stop ND filter  to allow me to expose for 30 seconds for this next shot.

A shorter exposure can give you a nice looking image with streaks showing movement in the water also, but I really wanted to play with the mystical feeling that the long exposure gives.

I created the painted effect version of this last picture in Jixipix Artista Impresso.  We stayed at an apartment for less than the price of a hotel by using Airbnb ! If you use my link to Airbnb you get $35 off your stay!

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