Getting good photos at the Soap Box Derby may not be easy, but it can be done. And it’s fun! From start to finish, there is plenty to keep a photogapher busy. Learn about photo op possibilities before and during the race.
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California
San Diego’s Chinese New Year Food and Cultural Faire is a colorful festival for photographers. Get photo tips from a San Diego travel photographer who has been there. There’s a lot of action, so be prepared to get some great photos.
With 22 large balloons and dozens of bands and other entries, San Diego’s annual Big Bay Balloon Parade offers plenty of colorful photographic possibilities. Here are a few ideas to get best photos including tips on the best locations, camera equipment, and photo techniques.
After weeks of planning including scouting a handful of locations for photographing the steam train that would arrive in San Diego from Los Angeles on September 21st, 2008, I arrived at Seagrove Park in Del Mar fully equipped and ready. Or, was I?
Photographing the steam train that is coming to San Diego on September 21st will take careful planning. Here is a scouting report on seven possible San Diego County photo locations from Soledad lagoon in the south to Batiquitos Lagoon in the north.
It’s easy to find a steam train in a museum, but riding the tracks between two major cities? That’s special. San Diegans will have the opportunity to photograph two of these historic events in 2008. Read on for photo tips and a video of the June 1st, 2008 journey.
For a long weekend in May, the Red Bull Air Races made San Diego bay their home. From Friday, May 2nd through Sunday, May 4th, San Diego hosted the second of ten races scheduled for the 2008 season. With plans to make San Diego a permanent stop on the race tour, a dozen daring pilots in high-performance aircraft navigated the 13 tight turns marked by air-filled pylons floating on San Diego bay.
