Picture Journals | People, Places and Photography

Descanso Gardens

By Desi Baytan | Published: December 3, 2011

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Partly Cloudy

By Desi Baytan | Published: December 2, 2011

Olympus OM-2,Â H.Zuiko Auto-W 24mm f/2.8, Kodak Portra 400.

Posted in Blog, Film, Film Camera, Film Photography, Landscape | Tagged H.Zuiko Auto-W 24mm f/2.8, Kodak Portra 400, Olympus OM-2 | Leave a comment

Heroes

By Desi Baytan | Published: December 2, 2011

Inspired by the hit TV show, Heroes, a group of Peak Performance trainers from San Dimas allowed me to photograph them after doing their head shots. Fun stuff!

Posted in Art, Blog, Portraits | Tagged Heroes, Peak Performance, San Dimas | Leave a comment

Signs of Allegiance

By Desi Baytan | Published: November 24, 2011

Olympus OM-2,Â H.Zuiko Auto-W 24mm 1:2.8, Zuiko Auto-T 85mm 1:2.

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Leaving the “Happiest Place on Earth”

By Desi Baytan | Published: November 24, 2011

After an engagement shoot at Disneyland, I couldn’t help myself take one last photo on the way out of the parking lot.

Posted in Architecture, Blog, Landscape, Places | Tagged Disneyland Parking lot | Leave a comment

Misty Morning Walk

By Desi Baytan | Published: November 22, 2011

An early morning walk turned out to be a great opportunity for some snapshots of an eerie landscape in the fog. Kodak’s Portra provides one of the finest grain film I’ve used. It could pass for digital. Olympus OM-2,Â Zuiko Auto-T 85mm 1:2, Portra 160.Â

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Main Street, Santa Monica

By Desi Baytan | Published: November 22, 2011

Olympus OM-2,Â Olympus OM Zuiko MC Auto-S 50mm f/1.4, Kodak Portra 400.

Posted in Blog, Film, Film Camera, Film Photography, Places | Tagged Main Street, Olympus OM Zuiko MC Auto-S 50mm f/1.4, Olympus OM-2, Red Bicycle, riding bicycle at night, Santa Monica, street bike | Leave a comment

Food Trucks

By Desi Baytan | Published: November 20, 2011

Olympus OM-2,Â H.Zuiko Auto-W 24mm f/2.8,Â Olympus OM Zuiko MC Auto-S 50mm f/1.4. Cost a lot for a little. The service is, well, let’s just say it rhymes with “trucks”. One experience should be enough.