L.A. Reggae Band, The Permissions play tribute to a Legend

Alright folks, here's the scoop on our February 10th venture to Spikes Bar and Grill. Jenn and I were invited out to a Reggae gig with our buddy's band, The Permissions.

The mood was bright in celebration of The Late, Great Bob Marley's birthday.  The night started off with a Karaoke style "vocal appetizer", by Chris Bonafide-The Entertainer which set the laid back and passionate scene that is Reggae.

  

This was a great learning experience and strengthening opportunity for Jenn and I. This type of lighting and environment is tricky to shoot, as I discovered for the first time. The frustration's of trial and error where quickly doused when the band began to play, however.

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The passion of the band members and their free flow style payed excellent tribute to the legend, Bob Marley.  I look forward to the many upcoming shows featuring The Permissions, as well as several other L.A. Reggae bands.

The Permissions

Malik"The Freq" Moore (The Bullets/The Lions), David Baldwin (The Hipnotes), Belly-Wise (The Hipnotes/SSR), Danny"Porque-Si"(Sure Shot Rockers), Lenny (Sure Shot Rockers), Plant One (The Hipnotes), Rudy"Rude-Boy"(Arise Roots/The Hipnotes)

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Here's A Romantic Idea...

In light of Valentine's Day being today, we are posting  this blog about a beautiful and romantic place to hike in L.A.  So, for this romantic hike and mini-adventure, we set off to Eaton Canyon in north Pasadena last Saturday, February 12th.

The bridge is magnificent and for the extreme mountain bikers and runners.  It is under the bridge where we got to interact with the mountain stream.

We set our shutter speed a bit slower to capture that mystical bloom effect as the water is moving, as in this picture. (shown on left)

We even got to capture these two lovebirds, just enjoying nature and being "in their own little world." 

Haha, just like us, i guess.  (But without cameras.)

It was totally worth lugging the camera up and down the trail and across the slippery rocks and water.  Thankfully, no one fell in and  we can continue to share some photos of our adventures to our blog readers.  (In case we have any, that is.  LOL)

The hike is approximately 2 miles to the waterfall. It's possible to hike further, if you feel bold and daring, to get to the top of the waterfall.  Many years ago I witnessed guys crazy enough to jump off into the lagoon.  That was back in '94.  Trying that now would be futile since it can't be more than 2 ft deep.  I'm excited to see how big the lagoon will be this Spring 2011, when the snowcaps melt.

It was great hiking this trail after so many years.  A little piece of paradise for those seeking a natural refuge from the concrete jungle.

Eaton Falls, Photo by Erik Dipper

We even saw the old stone oven still there from back in the day.  I imagine this oven has provided hot food and comfort to many wary travelers and settlers.



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We set out later in the day to get some nature shots of the waterfall. 

What we got was so much more and we are excited  to edit them for the portfolio.  

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The Old LA Zoo: PART I. The Scene

Okay, so we scoped out the zoo last Saturday. 

It's literally a photographer's playground. 

There's even a sign that says, "Please, no feeding the photographers."

Nah, just kidding.  It didn't really say that.

But, immediately as we entered, we noticed models in front of snapping SLRs
striking poses in caves and in long dirt trails..  It felt like home. 

We really do belong in the zoo!  (The L.A. Zoo!) 

At least in the old one, that is.

Our purpose was to take sample pics of

 this abandoned zoo before trekking our models out there in full force. 

This location has that essence of

 ...a land that time forgot.

oooweeeyoooo0O()O0oo!

                                                         exterior                          interior

We ran into a couple of cool industry cats who shared our interest in this beloved park.  Shane was dressed in 1930/40's attire looking like a wise guy.  What a stand up guy he was for letting me take this shot..  Photographing Shane (prior to us), was Nathan, a fellow Veteran-turned film student.  (Hmm, who does that remind me of?)   

It was refreshing to have encountered such the 'urban/art/civilian' camaraderie, if you will.  I know I got spoiled living on base and I dissed LA traffic every chance I got.  But I must say, I really do love mah hood.  It took being away for 5 yrs. on Uncle Sam's watch in order for me to return to that  free-flowing L.A. groove.  An eminent buzz for the homegrown.  As for Erik, yeah I think he digs it.

Then again,  he is a Chi-Town Boy, but we (Angelinos) won't hold that against him. 

 

This was a fun day, indeed.  The next time we come back, we hope to have more people with us.  Creating...Well, who know's what... ?

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What is Picture Injection?

This was not an easy question to answer when Erik first asked me.  To be quite honest, I was more butt hurt that he did not immediately appreciate how nicely 'picture injection' rolls  off the tongue...or how fortuitous it was to land the proper spelling with a dot com at the end (and not those inferior and forgotten dot net and dot org sloppy seconds). 

I explained to my dear husband how the meaning was subject to interpretation and that we are  trying to establish an identity or brand/specialization of genre, and not so much on name.  It was no use... he was already fast asleep.  Hmph!  I was so close to replacing his gallery webpage for more closet space for me.  But, I digress.

So here we are, Erik and Jen.  We have a new website.  We are starting from scratch and are applying our portfolios to Art Center College, Pasadena.



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Our new website is:   http://www.pictureinjection.com/   Here, is where we will be presenting our gallery portfolios, projects, gigs and whatever else may evolve from this amazing opportunity!. Or at least, we hope! 

This February will be loaded with models, costumes props and make up. That much is expected.. 

The rest is left to logistics.

We invite you to follow us on our journey back to school.  Ironically a school that I've fantacized about since I was 18 years old.  We are now blessed with the opportunity to show them (and ourselves) what we're made of!