"Other photography captures just a moment. Luminism is the only way to capture what - just right - could be."

San Diego Culture from 1925

San Diego Culture from 1925

The Giant Dipper, also known as the Mission Beach Roller Coaster (and historically by other names) is a historical wooden roller coaster. The coaster was built in 1925 as part of a major real estate development led by John D. and Adolph Spreckles to attract visitors and residents to the Mission Beach area. The coaster has the same name...

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Take Me Home To The Ball Game

Take Me Home To The Ball Game

My first commercial photography studio was three blocks from where the ball park is now. This was about a decade before the ballpark was constructed when commercial space downtown was affordable.Petco Park differentiates itself from many other Major League ballparks built in the same era by eschewing "retro" style red brick...

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One of California's First

One of California's First

The Old Point Loma Lighthouse On September 28, 1850, just 19 days after admitting California to the Union, Congress appropriated $90,000 to construct lighthouses along the California coast. Point Loma was one of six to be built. The contract was given to the Washington, D.C. company Gibbon and Kelley. The...

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