Happy holidays from Alex's Photo Lab

Happy Holidays to you and your family from Alex's Photo Lab.

 

 

 

Looking forward to what 2013 will look like in front of my lens.

 

Happy New Year

Feliz Año Nuevo

سنة جديدة سعيدة

新年好

Gelukkig nieuw jaar

Maligayang bagong Taon

Onnellista uutta vuotta

Bonne année

Buon anno

明けましておめでとうございます

Feliz Ano Novo

สวัสดีปีใหม่

З Новим роком

Chúc mừng năm mới

 Hope you enjoyed the pictures!

California and Mexico November 2012

The Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California

 

 

A view of Los Angeles from the Griffith Observatory.

 

 

The James Dean bust can be found here with the HOLLYWOOD sign behind him.

 

 

 In Palm Springs you will find a huge statue called Forever Marilyn. Immortalizing Marilyn Monroe in a scene from her movie called 7 Year Itch.

 

The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway

 



 

 

Rosarito Beach, Mexico

 

The Rose Bowl in Pasadena

Santa Monica Pier

 

This couple was celebrating an anniversary.

Hope you enjoyed my pictures, please feel free to comment.

 

Until next time!

 

Ciao!

My trip to Biloxi, MS

 Biloxi, MS.

 

 

The Biloxi Lighthouse.

 

It has survived many storms and has been renovated recently and reopened for the public.  The lighthouse is in the middle of U.S. 90 in front of the Biloxi Visitors Center, and just west of Beau Rivage Resort & Casino.

 

 

 The Lighthouse Pier overlooking the Gulf Coast.

 

  

 

This is the Hurricane Katrina Memorial 

 

 

This was my second visit to Biloxi, the first time I did not have enough time to enjoy, this time I did.  It is beautiful city with so much history and the people are so friendly. I can't wait to come back again.

 

Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

 

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Ciao for now!

My trip to NOLA, New Orleans, Louisiana

This is the French Quarter in New Orleans. What a beautiful city.

 

The French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré, is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. When New Orleans (La Nouvelle-Orléans in French) was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, the city was originally centered on the French Quarter, or the Vieux Carré ("Old Square" in French) as it was known then. While the area is still referred to as the Vieux Carré by some, it is more commonly known as the French Quarter today, or simply "The Quarter." Although called the "French" Quarter, most of the present day buildings were built under Spanish rule and show Spanish colonial tastes. The district as a whole is a National Historic Landmark, and contains numerous individual historic buildings.

 

 

This is Jackson Square.

 

Jackson Square (formerly Place d'Armes), originally designed by architect and landscaper Louis H. Pilié (although he is only given credit for the iron fence), is an open park the size of a city-block located at the center of the French Quarter. After the Battle of New Orleans it was named after victorious general Andrew Jackson; an equestrian statue of Jackson is in the center of the park.

 

 

 

This is the statue of Andrew Jackson that is located in the center of Jackson Square.

 

 

This is the front of St Louis Cathedral.

 

The Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France, also called St. Louis Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Louis, Roi de France), is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans; it has the distinction of being the oldest continuously operating cathedral in the (as now constituted) United States. The first church on the site was built in 1718; the third, built in 1789, was raised to cathedral rank in 1793. The cathedral was expanded and largely rebuilt in 1850, with little of the 1789 structure remaining.

 

Saint Louis Cathedral is in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, on the Place John Paul II (French: Place Jean-Paul II), a promenaded section of Chartres Street (rue de Chartres) that stretches one block between St. Peter Street (rue Saint-Pierre) on the upriver boundary and St. Ann Street (rue Sainte-Anne) on the downriver boundary. It is located next to Jackson Square and facing the Mississippi River in the heart of New Orleans, situated between the historic buildings of the Cabildo and the Presbytère. It is one of the few Roman Catholic churches in the United States that fronts a major public square.

 

 

 

The essence of Bourbon Street and NOLA; beads! Especially on a bicycle

 

All of the information you find here is from Wikipedia, Thanks Wiki!

 

Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

 

My next post will be from my visit to Biloxi and Gulfport Mississippi.

 

Ciao for now!

Wildwood Crest - Cape May, NJ - Part 3 (Final)

This is the final part of my 3 part series on my trip to Wildwood Crest/Cape May, NJ.

These were all taken in Cape May, New Jersey.

The pictures speak for themselves.

I hope you enjoyed these as much as I did.

Hasta la proxima (until next time).

Ciao for now!

Wildwood Crest - Cape May, NJ - Part 2

This is part 2 of my series, Wildwood Crest/Cape May.

These were all taken at Wildwood Crest.

I used my Holga lens on my Canon T1i for this shot, untouched (Photoshop not used).

Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

Feel free to leave comments.

Stay tuned for Part 3.

Until next time ciao for now.

Wildwood Crest - Cape May, NJ - Part 1

 This is a 3 part series on my visit to Wildwood Crest/Cape May.  There is so much to see in so little time.

This was taken at Bath Time a nice little store in Cape May, the colors on the different soaps caught my eye.

This was taken outside of the Our Lady Star of the Sea Church in Cape May

The following was taken on the roof of the hotel where I stayed at in Wildwood Crest.  Can you see how far the ocean is? Lots of sand to walk on to get even near the water.

Wildwood NJ

Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

More to come!

Stay Tuned!

Eagle Rock Reservation

This past weekend some friends and I visited the Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange.  It's a small beautiful park with a nice view of NYC.  There is a nice September 11th memorial near the center that caught my eye.

  

My intention was to capture the "BIG MOON" of 2012 but it was overcast and we had to improvise.

SO my friend had a baton bubble stick and we all followed them to different places. 

 

I will be going back to Eagle Rock Reservation for the next full moon and capture some beautiful shots.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

Until Next time!

Ciao!