Where Angels Play

Noted as one of the last great Movie palaces built between 1911 - 1931 In downtown Los Angeles. The LA Theatre was designed by S. Charles Lee.

The LA theatre has been a popular location for film and television productions. I have found myself working in this theatre at least a couple of times a year. Each time Im so struck by the French Baroque architecture as its my most favorite style.

In the past 12 years, Ive probably found myself working in this theatre once or twice a year. Each time Ive not had the time to photograph this remenant of days gone by.

However, recently I had the good fortune to have just a few moments on my way out the door while working on CSI:NY to capture an image of the lobby of this intricate theatre. It wasnt enough time to get everything I wanted. but I was glad to get this image.

In a city where your inundated with plastic surgery commercials, male enhancement ads and hundreds of dating and relationship finding companies, its really refreshing to visit a place the echos the romance and dignity of a much less decadant period of time.

Aloha!

Aloha Friends!.

Its been a long time being away from my family, and to celebrate the end of my stint in LA, we took a little break on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. The last time I was here on Oahu was during the filming of Jurassic Park III where we spend a month on Oahu and a total of 3 weeks on Kauai. Let me tell you, being here for pleasure is much more rewarding than being here for work.

We got our selves a little cottage on the windward side just about 10 miles south of North Shore. This week is the O'neill world cup surf competition. Dont think well make it up to watch as it gets crazy, but we did go up earlier this week to check it out . I got out on the lava fields at around the Pupukea Beach to shoot some of the violent surf crashing on the lava that lines the coast. (tempting the island again it seems)

We of course made the trip to Hanauma bay for a day of snorkeling. On the way back we stopped by Sandy Beach which has a special attraction for me. While I was here with JPIII, I went here with a buddy I was working with, and after a couple of hours of snorkeling at Hanauma, we found sandy beach. It looked fine as there were pleanty of locals swimming. But things didnt fair so well for this Haole (howlie) I almost lost my life trying to swim here, it was as close to drowning as Ive ever been.(sorry mom if I never told you...Im sure you know why) I'm a land lover and not gifted with peace in the water. Long story short, the island was telling me... Not today, so I respectfully crawled back to my scooter to tell the story today.

Well alls well that ends well. We are almost at the end of our time here, and it has been the best vacation Ive had to date. Its been fantastic reconnecting with my lovely wife and daughter. With that I leave you with a few images along the way. My view of Hawaii.

Aloha & Mahalo!

Good bye LA

Well its that time again. Its a time to once again load up all my belongings and make my trek back home to the Northwest and my Lovely wife and daughter.





Having come down to LA back in September, its been a shorter stay than my normal stints. Still any time I spend away from my family can become arduous. To pass the time while Im not working in the film business, I am roaming the streets of Hollywood in search of interesting subjects to shoot. Notably, there is never an end to the supply of subject matter.


This is a common scene on the streets of any city. For the homeless, after a long day of restless passing, finding shelter and peace under the eaves of sleeping business.


Funny how not all the stars shine so bright.


Cheers