My First Decent Picture

Going Home

This was one of my last photos of the day after driving down to Laguna Beach mid-afternoon. The day, like the rest of the weekend, was a scorcher, but a couple dips into the 60 degree ocean helped to cool things off. I forgot to bring my trunks, but that didn't stop me. I had an extra pair of shorts fortunately.

It was also my first time to check out the "Ocean" restaurant. They had some great Italian food and "Italian bread" as the waiter so eloquently put it. To top off the day, we stopped by Fashion Island for a quick stroll as the sun began to set. And for my last photo op, as you can see here, I was pleasantly surprised when a little girl decided to run into my shot--smack-dab in the very middle! Sad to say, I think this was the last ride of the day.

My Brother the Surfer

More of an "artsy" touch...

My Before and After

Special thanks to Brian Khang of Brian Khang Photography for this technique and who, might I say, does FABULOUS work all around. I also want to say thank you to Ben Pablo for all his Photoshop tutorials. I'm slowly but surely getting there, Ben! But don't worry, you can never be replaced.

Straight out of the camera, before any post-processing.

And after...