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View of The Japanese Garden

by Philip Steinman

Location        Van Nuys, California April 2013

Technical      Fuji GA645w (cha-cha no slide bar ), Fuji Provia F100

Comments         The Japanese Garden, dedicated June 18th, 1984, is a 6½ acre authentic Japanese garden fashioned after “stroll gardens” constructed during the 18th and 19th centuries for Japanese Feudal lords.  The trees are manicured to reduce any dense foliage and promote three dimensional views that allows one to see the pines, lake, and administration building in the background.   The foot path allows two people to enter together in order to encourage courtesy and to allow the viewing of small portions of The Garden from different vantage points.

Hollywood Sign and Reservoir

by Philip Steinman

The Hollywood Sign is fenced off and well protected by surveillance; helicopters will come get you if you try to vandalize it. You can go up to the trail peak just behind the Hollywood sign which is across from the radio towers seen in the distance from the previous image. This hike affords one premium 360° views, perhaps the best of Los Angeles anywhere.

Location – Griffith Park, January 1st 2011
Technical – Fuji GA645w (cha-cha no slide bar), Fuji Provia F100

Griffith Park Observatory

by Philip Steinman

Trail running with my lightweight Fuji afforded me the opportunity to shoot MF3D vantage points that are generally hard to get to. I took advantage of the cha-cha method by giving a slight hyper stereo base of 4-12 “ in most of my shots. A backpack and a tripod would have eliminated me from going with my running group of 50+ people that have been doing this New Year’s run for 21 consecutive years. Although they are not in my shots, these runners inspired me to get up at 6:30AM and run 10 miles on New Year’s Day…glad I did.

Location – Griffith Park, January 1st 2011
Technical – Fuji GA645w (cha-cha no slide bar), Fuji Provia F100

Hollywood Sign and Radio Tower

by Philip Steinman

On New Years Day 2011 I ran from the Griffith Park parking lot at the horse stables to the Hollywood Sign. This is a scenic 10 mile round-trip over trails. To do this trail run with a MF camera I put it in my Nike bag vinyl sack which has shoulder cord strings. I velcroed the strings together across my chest to eliminate any bag bounce during the run. All shots were taken cha-cha without a tripod by simply framing a distant object in the cross hairs of the camera and moving the camera over a few inches, one foot at most. This method works well so long as there is no movement between shots. You will see an occasional runner/hiker in these shots if you look close.

Location – Griffith Park, January 1st 2011
Technical – Fuji GA645w (cha-cha no slide bar), Fuji Provia F100