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I Went To Southern California, And Here Are 27 Of My Favorite Photos That I Took While Being There
Been traveling to Southern California with my best friend for a couple of years now. She lives there and I’m from Arizona. I’m not a professional photographer but I like to shoot often, and some of these are actually from my phone. I have a love for the color that SoCal has to offer. It's amazing. Share if you like.
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#1
Vampire Beach Cave, I Believe Was In The Movie The Lost Boys... I Think. I'm Dating Myself Again
Final score:
94points
Jill McElroy 3 years ago
If you took this in So Cal, then then this shot is NOT from that movie. (Probably some other tho.) Lost Boys was shot is Santa Cruz, which is Nor Cal. Bout 30 mins from San Jose/Silicon Valley. (That assumes traffic)
Rich Bojorquez-Davila (Submission author) 1 year ago
Hudson's Bluff Sea Cave, Rancho Palos Verdes, California ...Sadly, the cave interiors were filmed on Stage 12 at Warner Brothers Burbank Studios in Burbank, California. Still, the view of the cliffs makes a perfect shot to capture the beauty and mystery of The Lost Boys' Santa Carla... https://screenrant.com/the-lost-boys-filming-locations-explained/#:~:text=Hudson's%20Bluff%20Sea%20Cave%2C%20Rancho%20Palos%20Verdes%2C%20California&text=Sadly%2C%20the%20cave%20interiors%20were,The%20Lost%20Boys'%20Santa%20Carla.
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Lucy 3 years ago
I think you may be right, although I've not seen the movie in a very long time.
Rich Bojorquez-Davila (Submission author) 1 year ago
https://screenrant.com/the-lost-boys-filming-locations-explained/#:~:text=Hudson's%20Bluff%20Sea%20Cave%2C%20Rancho%20Palos%20Verdes%2C%20California&text=Sadly%2C%20the%20cave%20interiors%20were,The%20Lost%20Boys'%20Santa%20Carla.
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Rich Bojorquez-Davila (Submission author) 1 year ago
Hudson's Bluff Sea Cave, Rancho Palos Verdes, California Near Los Angeles CA
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#2
I Hunted This Image. I Saw It On A Movie Called The Usual Suspects. It Plays As A Backdrop To One Of The Many Intense Scenes. San Pedro
Final score:
93points
JJ K 3 years ago (edited)
It rings 5 times a year - new years, korean-american day, july 4th, korean liberation day, and constitution day. I've been there and the sound is actually really really loud
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Daycare Attendant Sun 3 years ago
That's the Korean Bell of Friendship, and it's at Angels Gate Park. "The bell does not have a clapper; instead, it is sounded by striking it with a large wooden log." Looks like it was out of commission for a while to be restored, due to rust and graffiti.
Pterodactyl in Disguise 3 years ago
Cool! I can imagine the huge gong when that would happen.
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Sherri Taylor 3 years ago
In the mid 80’s I lived in San Pedro and visited the park this is in and it’s beautiful.
#3
The Trees On The Coast Seem Like They Are Always In Motion
Final score:
86points
Lucy 3 years ago
The tree is amazing & love the house in the background. Amazing compliment to each other.
#4
Where's Waldo?
Final score:
85points
Elizabeth Truss 3 years ago
For the love of God would someone please tell me yes or no if there is an actual Waldo on this van?! My eyes are starting to twitch, wife says I've not slept in 3 days, but I'm getting close...so..very.....close
wellwisher 3 years ago
I use to know this guy, he had an apartment but he slept in his VW van. The top lifted up and the tables laid down, instant camper. He parked it on the grass right by his apartment.
catherine wightman 3 years ago
I covered my 1987 red Toyota Corolla FX-16 with bumper stickers, just like this! Yes, I'm originally from Los Angeles, but was living in Texas at the time. Somehow the hippie vibe doesn't come through with a Corolla, though.
Jill McElroy 3 years ago
We have one of these driving around Santa Cruz as well. Went to the same place for their paint job. 😉 No Waldo’s, but can you find the CA Hwy 1 sign? (Pretty much every car near the beach has one up here. So it’s a given, right? )
#5
Beach At Night
Final score:
84points
Rich Bojorquez-Davila (Submission author) 3 years ago
I think it was Dana Point.
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Rich Bojorquez-Davila (Submission author) 3 years ago
No sorry, its the relections of the light from a dock behind the cove.
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An Amazing Little Hostel On The Beach During Covid. Quite, Cool And Calm
Final score:
76points
Rich Bojorquez-Davila (Submission author) 3 years ago
ITH Beach Bungalow Surf Hostel 707 Reed Ave, San Diego, CA 92109
Load More Replies... Jill McElroy 3 years ago
This could be tons of beach tons tho. I immediately thought Capitola in Northern California. I’m sure there’s many more towns in between that look like this. ❤️ 🏝
#7
Lonley Highways And Sunsets In The Desert. I-8 Looking Westward. El Centro Maybe
Final score:
76points
Pterodactyl in Disguise 3 years ago (edited)
How did you capture that sky, it’s stunning! Edit: grammar
helmut hair 2 years ago
loooooooool I live in el centro and it is the most beautiful place in SoCal
Rich Bojorquez-Davila (Submission author) 3 years ago
Its the I-8, I promise. This is the offramp or frontage road on I8... the multi lane highway is off to the right. See the guard rails at the edge... lots of cars and lanes there. I didnt want to get run over. lol.
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Low Light, Took A Chance.... A Little Grainy. But If This Ain't Socal; This Surfer At Least Is Pointing To Where Socal Is
Final score:
69points
Uncle Bud 3 years ago
I agree with you. Where I live in South Carolina, we get quite a few pink sunsets.
Load More Replies... Ivan Petrov 3 years ago (edited)
Do you get your social in batches, dozens or loaves? Edit: I'm an idiot, it says "Socal", not "social".
#9
Ok, How Do The Make Something Like This? Balboa (Cellphone)
Final score:
61points
P R 3 years ago
"Balboa" is a name used in many places throughout California. This is in Balboa Park, San Diego
Paul Greer 3 years ago
Home of the worlds fair . Made of plaster never ment too last this long but has . It’s glorious.
#10
Tower 13 Oc And A 1971 Type 2. The Aqua Blue And White Two Tone German Transporter Is Sooooo Socal (Cellphone)
Final score:
60points
#11
If The Mona Lisa Is Appritiated As Art Than Socal's Lowrider Scene Is A Rolling, Hopping Masterpiece (Cellphone)
Final score:
56points
Rich Bojorquez-Davila (Submission author) 3 years ago
lol. It means I was up late and didnt do a spell check. lol
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georgia layne 3 years ago
It's not just a low rider. It goes up as well..
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Joshue Tree, Better Than You Think. U2... Should Have Had Color
Final score:
56points
Tracy Wallick 3 years ago
If you ever get a chance, go back in spring; the superblooms in Joshua Tree and Anza-Borrego are to die for <3
#13
The Elusive Green Flash. Didnt Know Anything About This Until My Dearest Friend Told Me It Existed. On My Second Try I Got It. Just Wish I Had A Better Lens
Final score:
55points
Pterodactyl in Disguise 3 years ago
How does it exist, when? What is the “elusive green flash”?
Jill McElroy 3 years ago
When my girls were young, we lived at the beach for summer. (They did guards camp) And the whole neighborhood goes out to the bluff after dinner to watch the sunset. (Assuming there’s no fog. Cause July/August can be California’s true winter) So we’ve seen the flash a bunch, but I’m impressed you caught it with your camera. I’ve never managed that one.
Amie Redman 3 years ago
I have never seen nor heard of it, and I have lived in CA all of my life. I love California.
wellwisher 3 years ago (edited)
I saw it! A bunch of us scuba divers were diving off of a sailboat out of the port of Miami. It is quite a sight.
Audrey Schuster 3 years ago
If you catch it just right with the naked eye down off garbage beach you'll see a rainbow cascade after the flash that lasts until the light fades
#14
Alleys And Art. Barrio Logan Is The Place To Have A Visual Overdose
Final score:
54points
Issadora Saeteng 3 years ago
People often knock Chicano park and Barrio Logan in general but now, there is much more appreciation for the history represented through amazing and often very large street canvas
#15
Boy On The Beach
Final score:
54points
MacKenzie Moore 3 years ago
this is good, you should send it to his family, they would probably frame it, your an amazing photographer
#16
Succulents On A Window Sill In Julian (Cellphone)
Final score:
49points
#17
Pepe Le Petro! 29 Palms (Cellphone)
Final score:
48points
#18
Night Life On The Beach Walk. Looks Almost Carnival (Cellphone)
Final score:
45points
MacKenzie Moore 3 years ago
California is so cool! wish it wasn't so crowded though :( this place doest look to bad, and I would totally go!
FABULOUS1 3 years ago
Yes, its always better to come here during the off seasons, and stay away from areas near Disneyland. I really wanted to leave at one point but I honestly really love it here, so much to see and do.
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#19
Motorcycles, American Iron... California Style
Final score:
45points
Cat the rat queen 3 years ago
Now we need someone in a black leather jacket with i white shirt black jeans pompadour and pilot shades and it’s a classic 90’s bada**
#20
Photo Museum At Balboa...one Photo That Is Bw (Cellphone)
Final score:
44points
#21
Stairway To Heaven. At The Presidio. Sd (Cellphone)
Final score:
44points
#22
29 Palms... Dont Break Down. No Cell Service Here But There Are Panic Phones Every 3-4 Miles
Final score:
44points
#23
Socal And Hotrods....nuff Said
Final score:
43points
Cat the rat queen 3 years ago
After seeing the pendine sands speed races with hot rods this is really nice looking
#24
Oceanside's Beach Bicycle Scene Is Beautiful
Final score:
40points
#25
Evan An Oil Rig Can Look Beutiful In Socal
Final score:
39points
Nelson Sturdivant 3 years ago
What's sad about it? Almost everything you use on a daily basis is made with oil. Plus people need jobs.
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Krystal Grier 3 years ago
I had to read it a few times, kept wondering who Evan was haha
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Luann Daniel 3 years ago
I'm such an idiot, I was reading social instead of southern California.
#26
Oc Night Life (Cellphone)
Final score:
39points
Brian bell 3 years ago
I love this shot, wish I knew how to get my phone to expose a night shot like this...
Rich Bojorquez-Davila (Submission author) 3 years ago
I use a Google Pixel 3. (Pixel 6 is current model) Take alot of pictures. Use the filters in Google Photo App. But dont overuse, lots of people do this. Enhance slightly only the good pics. Thats why you take alot and then choose the best one. Do not try to save a bad picture with alot of editing or cropping. Use a little tripod, or hold your camera bery still in low light settings like this photo. Use angles, to highlight architecture. It will create depth. And the most important to me is.... use the "Rule of thirds" to compose your picture. https://www.slrlounge.com/glossary/rule-of-thirds-definition/#:~:text=Description%3A%20In%20photography%2C%20the%20rule,one%20of%20the%20lines%20itself. Thanks!
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#27
The Presido In San Diego (Cellphone)
Final score:
36points
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E2U&U2 3 years ago
It does, a couple of days out of a few months. Not nearly enough, but when it does the streets flood because they're not built for rain, people drive like they've lost their minds and the weather folks report like it's Armageddon. Still, it's home sweet home.
Load More Replies... Tracy Wallick 3 years ago
God, this makes me homesick. I was born and raised in San Diego, and I only left when I joined the Navy. I wish I could afford to go back when I get out.
Uncle Bud 3 years ago
Thanks for your service. I was in the Navy back in the 80s.
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E2U&U2 3 years ago
It does, a couple of days out of a few months. Not nearly enough, but when it does the streets flood because they're not built for rain, people drive like they've lost their minds and the weather folks report like it's Armageddon. Still, it's home sweet home.
Load More Replies... Tracy Wallick 3 years ago
God, this makes me homesick. I was born and raised in San Diego, and I only left when I joined the Navy. I wish I could afford to go back when I get out.
Uncle Bud 3 years ago
Thanks for your service. I was in the Navy back in the 80s.
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