UCSD PhIG – May/Jun 2021

Posted on June 17, 2021March 26, 2024 by fotoikigai

We were traveling when the May Zoom meeting was scheduled and the campground did not have adequate wifi to participate. So photos from this May trip from Pismo Beach to Monterey were shared at the Jun meeting. I missed the...Read More

Pismo Beach to Monterey CA

Posted on May 9, 2021March 26, 2024 by fotoikigai

Our mid-May travels took us up the CA West Coast from Oceanside to Monterey. Stopping at Ventura (Camarillo/Ventura Ranch KOA), Pismo Beach (Pismo State Beach Campground), San Simeon (Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery) & Monterey (Santa Cruz/Monterey KOA & Monterey...Read More

UCSD PhIG – Apr 21 2021

Posted on April 21, 2021March 26, 2024 by fotoikigai

There was no particular assignment this month so I shared photos from my travels to Joshua Tree and Ventura.

UCSD PhIG Mar 2021 – Cancelled

Posted on March 17, 2021March 26, 2024 by fotoikigai

This months meeting was cancelled but I had photos from our camping trips to Ventura (07-15 Feb) & Joshua Tree (Feb 23-24).

Joshua Tree

Posted on February 24, 2021March 26, 2024 by fotoikigai

Another RV trip in early 2021 was a few days in Joshua Tree & Indio. We dry-camped one night in our RV in Indian Cove Campground. Another visit, we stayed a few days in Indio and day-tripped into Joshua Tree...Read More

UCSD PhIG Feb 2021: Macro

Posted on February 17, 2021March 26, 2024 by fotoikigai

February's theme for the UCSD Retirement Association Photography Interest Group was Macro. Since Covid-19 still has many of us sheltering-in-place. Macro photography is an easy theme to do at home since travel is difficult. These are some images I took...Read More

Ventura, Pismo Beach, Morro Bay, Carpinteria

Posted on February 12, 2021March 26, 2024 by fotoikigai

We took our first RV trip of 2021 up the California Coast, stopping at Ventura to visit relatives, then heading a little further north to Pismo Beach. I brought along my Nikon Z7 and Olympus OM1-Mrk III and used both....Read More

UCSD PhIG Jan 2021: ICM

Posted on January 20, 2021March 26, 2024 by fotoikigai

January's Photography Interest Group meeting theme was Intentional (or Internal) Camera Movement. I really enjoy the effect using slow shutter speeds and capturing movement creates. Following fast moving objects by using a slow shutter speed and panning has always been...Read More

(Post)Valley Fire Landscapes

Posted on September 17, 2020March 26, 2024 by fotoikigai

The summer of 2020 has been a crazy wildfire season and a strong indicator of climate change. Most of San Diego county in late August and September have had days filled with ash haze, making for poor air quality. A...Read More

Quarantine v2.0

Posted on September 3, 2020December 9, 2022 by fotoikigai

Kiddos have started pre-school so we are not seeing them in person for the time-being. Facetime Bedtime Book Reading