Happy Skaters!

Perhaps it's her first skateboard ride. Near Huntington Beach Pier. The camera was a "Debonair 120," which is a plastic "toy camera" made in Hong Kong. The film was Fuji Acros 100, which I processed in Rodinal.

Electric Chair

A downtown fashion shop. Polaroid 230 Automatic Land Camera and Fuji FP100C film.

Sadie. Canon T70, Canon FD28mm lens, Arista EDU 400 film. Processed in Rodinal 1:50.

Surfers On A Misty Morning

The morning of July 14, 2012. Canon T70 and Arista EDU 400 film. Developed in Rodinal.

Chopped and Lowered

Turning left into Main from PCH. Olympus XA and Arista EDU 400 film.

Waiting for the Dancers

Following a dance performance by HB High School's APA dancers, parents and guardians await their offspring and/or wards. Olympus XA and Kodak Ultramax 400 film.

40 Winks

Sometimes you just need to catch up on your sleep. Downtown Huntington Beach, at the plaza adjacent to the pier. Canon T70 and Ilford Pan F+ film.

Self-Portrait in a De Soto Hubcap

Took this at the Huntington Beach Concours last Sunday. The wheel belongs to a DeSoto Airflow from the mid-1930s. The DeSoto was a division of Chrysler at the time and the Airflow was a seminal design (also released as the Chrysler Airflow) in that it was--I believe--the first real aerodynamically-designed car. The car you see in the hubcap is a Chrysler Airflow. Don't know who that other bloke is. Took this with my Canon 7D.

HB Car Show 2012

1956(?) Lincoln at the Huntington Beach Car Show in Central Park on Sunday June 3. Canon 7D.

The Pier at Night

Last Thursday night. Canon T70 and 28mm Canon FD lens. Kodak Ektar 100 film.

Parking Lot at Night

Taken with a Canon T70,  Canon FD 28mm lens and Arista EDU 400 film. 

Drumming at the Pier

 

Drummers with drums of many kinds drummed out a hypnotic beat and cadence last weekend at the pier amphitheater. I took this shot with my Holga 120 WPC pinhole camera and expired Kodak Ektachrome 100 ASA slide film.

Angry Bird on Pier Plaza

Perhaps he's looking for seed. He's been there each weekend the past couple of weeks I think.

Dance at HB High School

An image taken at a recent APA show at Huntington Beach High School. (APA: Academy for the Performing Arts.)

Commuting Surf City Style

Taken yesterday at the intersection of PCH and Main.

Free Entertainment

On the pier plaza last weekend. Took this shot with a Canon T70 and 28mm FD lens, and Ilford Pan F+ 50 ASA film.

Tuesday Evening Street Performance

At the intersection of Main Street and Pacific Coast Highway. Canon 7D.

Pier Fisher Folk

Huntington Beach Pier, May 2012. Canon F1 and FD 28mm lens, Arista EDU 400 film processed in Rodinal.

Grandstand Seat

Volleyball watching from the pier. May 2012, Huntington Beach, California. Canon F1 and Canon FD 28mm lens. Arista EDU 400 film processed in Rodinal.

Huntington Beach Street Theater

This chap was doing something bizarre (to his body I think) with a claw hammer and nails on the plaza in front of the pier. I didn't stick around to find out what. Olympus XA and Kodak Ultramax 800 film.

The Human Whirligig

Saw this kid do this incredible, gravity-defying leap on the HB pier. I asked if he'd do it again so I could snap a picture and he kindly obliged. Canon F1 and FD 28mm lens with Arista EDU 400 film. Developed in Rodinal.

The Rod Stewart Toby Jug!

Yashica Electro 35 GSN with Kodak Plus-X film developed in Rodinal 1:100.

Trader Joe's

This is the new TJ's down there on Algonquin. I took this image with my Vivitar MN2011 with the flipped lens. It was color film ("Memories" brand 200 ASA--actually re-branded Fuji) that I processed in black and white chemicals.

A Walk in the Park

Lights Are Out, Let's Go Home.

Downtown Huntington Beach, February 14, 2012.

Working by Flashlight

Main Street, February 14, 2012.

Huntington Beach Public Library

Designer: Dion Nuetra.

Mamiya C330 with Kodak Ektar 100 film.

Street Vendor

Mexico? Nope. Honduras? Nope. Philippines? Nope. Where then? It's Main Street in Huntington Beach on Valentines Day 2012. The Tueaday evening Street Fair and Farmer's Market was shrouded in darkness when the electricity failed in the area. Some vendors, such as this one, powered their own illumination with a generator.

Mr. Gold Lame Man

At the Street Fair and Farmer's Market on Main Street, downtown Huntington Beach, February 14, 2012.

Modern Romance

On the evening of St. Valentine's Day 2012 the downtown section of Huntington Beach suffered an electrical outage. The Tuesday night Street Fair and Farmer's Market was shrouded in darkness.

Some vendors employed emergency lighting to illuminate their kiosks, while others resorted to flashlights.

Here is a young couple who refused to let the darkness come between them.