... Here Is A Sunrise

J's Chuck's

2012-02-09T12:12:00.001-08:00

J's Chuck's, a photo by ChristopherWalkerPhotography on Flickr.

My son's Chuck Taylor

Jan 26th, 2012

Improvising the Corona beach Commercial

2012-01-24T01:48:00.001-08:00

Improvising the Corona beach Commercial, a photo by ChristopherWalkerPhotography on Flickr.

Beer and Trains ... not a usual combination. Corona is more likely to get palm trees instead of diesel soot.

Chino, CA
July 7th, 2007

41 Decked out for Christmas

2012-01-13T12:02:00.001-08:00

41 Decked out for Christmas, a photo by ChristopherWalkerPhotography on Flickr.

My last shot of the 41 as she has been for a while. She was re-named on Thursday 01/12/12.

December 17th, 2011
Buena Park, CA - Knott's Berry Farm

Boris - High Key

2011-09-12T14:28:00.001-07:00

Boris - High Key, a photo by ChristopherWalkerPhotography on Flickr.

This is Boris. He is 9 months old and the size of a Smart Car

09/03/2011

Chris

An Early Morning Warp

2011-08-08T17:02:00.001-07:00

An Early Morning Warp, originally uploaded by ChristopherWalkerPhotography.

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus train as seen through my lens this morning rolling west on Santa Ana Street in the city of Anaheim as they began their jump to Ontario after 2 weeks at the Honda Center.

This was shot with a Pan-Zoom technique.

August 8th, 2011
Anaheim, CA

The Tide Comes In 184/365

2011-07-10T22:45:00.001-07:00

The Tide Comes In 184/365, originally uploaded by ChristopherWalkerPhotography.

Spent some time at a few tide pools south of Laguna Beach. Got a lot of good images but still debating if they were worth the sun-burnt feet. My feet say it is no contest.

July 2nd 2011

Chris

Monochrome For Santa

2011-05-30T21:49:00.001-07:00

Monochrome For Santa, originally uploaded by ChristopherWalkerPhotography.

Metrolink's F40 # 800 poised at the Tustin station on December 19th 2004. It was running the trailing end of the years Holiday Express train.

Chris

BNSF at the LAJ C Yard

2011-05-26T09:05:00.001-07:00

BNSF at the LAJ C Yard, originally uploaded by ChristopherWalkerPhotography.

A BNSF yard job makes a set out of baretables at the LAJ C Yard.

April 17th, 2011

Chris

JB's Passing JB

2011-05-13T12:01:00.001-07:00

JB's Passing JB, originally uploaded by ChristopherWalkerPhotography.

BNSF 5640 heading for Ragtown/Ludlow with an eastbound train full of JB Hunt.

The train is just passing Jeff Bass at the foot of the small hill on the otherside of the engines.

April 10th, 2011
Ludlow, CA

Click on the Photo to view the image full size on my Flickr page.

Chris

Wheel Stops - Los Angeles, CA

2011-05-06T01:47:00.001-07:00

Wheel Stops - Los Angeles, CA, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

April 17th 2011.... in place to stop train cars.

Chris

The "Other" Moment

2011-04-30T08:50:00.001-07:00

The "Other" Moment, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

An image from a weekend camping trip with friends in the Mojave. This one captured just after Jeff put his camera down from capturing his going away image of the train. While I intended to capture him capturing the train and missed that moment, I like this result better. It's not always "That" moment but more about the ones in between that I tend to remember.

April 9th, 2011
Ludlow, California

Chris

Slover with the Special

2011-04-05T22:48:00.001-07:00

Slover with the Special, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Amtrak 156 leading the Diamond Jubliee PRS special through Colton, CA

April 3rd 2011

July Heat

2011-03-17T01:13:00.001-07:00

July Heat, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

July 2nd 2007

Long on the tele. High on the heat waves but I still like it.

UP's Marlboro Switcher crosses the Metrolink Orange sub on their own Tustin Branch.

Chasing Trains

2011-03-13T16:47:00.001-07:00

Chasing Trains, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Two kids chasing after a slightly faster moving freight train as it passes by Terraza Park in La Habra, CA.

GMTX 2146 was leading an LOA20 Extra Hauler from Los Nietos to Anaheim.

Photographed Aug. 10th, 2007

The Conductor

2011-03-11T23:14:00.001-08:00

The Conductor, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

The Conductor for the LOA32 instructs his engineer to pull forward beyond the switch while spotting cars at Reliable Lumber in Huntington Beach, CA

Feb. 11th, 2006

... and their shadow 63 / 365

2011-03-05T12:04:00.001-08:00

... and their shadow 63 / 365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Found this spray painted shadow on the wall of the Whittier Uptown Gym as I was walking to one of the local Starbucks for coffee yesterday evening.

Chris

No More Tires.. No More Trains.. Big Hole in Pavement.

2011-03-03T11:57:00.001-08:00

No More Tires.. No More Trains.. Big Hole in Pavement., originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

This is the rail side of the former Sudduth Tire Company on Santa Fe Ave in Los Angeles.

Feb. 27th, 2011

Los Angeles, CA

Grit and Rail

2011-02-28T01:39:00.001-08:00

Grit and Rail, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

UP YJY68R switcher running west on the Alameda Industrial lead .. right between the buildings.

Feb 27th, 2011

Ears - 47 / 365

2011-02-18T01:30:00.001-08:00

Ears - 47 / 365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 47 of my 2011 365 Day Project.

Justin enjoying some bath time and letting me know he has ears.

Feb. 17th, 2011

Mirror Image - 46 / 365

2011-02-18T01:29:00.005-08:00

Mirror Image - 46 / 365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 46 of my 2011 365 Day Project

My son and I standing in front of a large mirror taking a picture of us standing in front of a large mirror taking a picture of us .....

Feb. 16th 2011

Jack - 45 / 365

2011-02-18T01:29:00.003-08:00

Jack - 45 / 365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 45 of my 2011 365 Day Project.

Years ago a co-worker gave this 7 inch tall Bobble Head Jack from Jack N The Box to me. I adorned my desk for many years until the stiffs determined it was clutter and asked that it be taken home so things were standardized. It now sits on my desk at home.

Stuck Jack on a pedestal and through some LED lights underneath him to get some shadow play. He was all smiles the whole time. Such a trooper.

Too bad all his employees can not represent this in real life.

Feb. 15th, 2011

I Heart - 44 / 365

2011-02-18T01:29:00.001-08:00

I Heart - 44 / 365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 44 of my 2011 365 Day project.

A lace heart on construction paper. Valentine from my 7 year old to Mommy and Dad.

Feb. 14th, 2011

Cat In the Ball - 43 / 365

2011-02-18T01:28:00.001-08:00

Cat In the Ball - 43 / 365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 43 of my 2011 365 Day Project.

Started shooting images late on the 13th. This one actually was taken on the 14th after midnight but I am counting it as the 13th.

Cat In The Hat bouncy ball from my son's birthday party against a reflective paper background with led lighting directly on it.

Feb. 14th, 2011

Done For The Day

2011-02-14T11:41:00.001-08:00

Done For The Day, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

UP Marlboro Switcher setting out the days empties on the Stanton Branchline which will be picked up by the outbound Anaheim Hauler.

April 27th, 2005

Park Tree - 43 / 365

2011-02-13T13:26:00.005-08:00

Park Tree - 43 / 365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 43 of my 2011 365 Day Project

A tree at Michigan Park - Whittier, CA

February 12th, 2011

Friends - 42 / 365

2011-02-13T13:26:00.003-08:00

Friends - 42 / 365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 42 of my 2011 365 Day Project

My friends Ken and Jeff watching a train pass by us at the Fullerton train station.

February 11th 2011

Power Wash - 41 / 365

2011-02-13T13:26:00.001-08:00

Power Wash - 41 / 365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 41 of my 2011 365 Day Project.

Taken for an ODC project but one of my favorites from the day so it makes my 365 project also. This is a shot of the passenger side window in my car as the color soap gets power sprayed off. Shot this with my Blackberry.

Feb. 10th, 2011

Blue Jean Bop - 40 / 365

2011-02-13T13:21:00.001-08:00

Blue Jean Bop - 40 / 365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 40 of my 2011 365 Day Project

Blue Jeans... rugged, yet oh so comfortable.

Feb. 9th, 2011

Does Not Compute - 39 / 365

2011-02-13T13:20:00.005-08:00

Does Not Compute - 39 / 365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 39 of my 2011 365 Day Project

Laptop Hard Drives have been a pain and consumption of my time recently.

This one is too small and much too full.

Three Cell - 38 / 365

2011-02-13T13:20:00.003-08:00

Three Cell - 38 / 365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

mage 38 of my 2011 365 Day Project

My 3 cell from Ontario.

Feb. 7th, 2011

For the Sake of An Image - 37 / 365

2011-02-13T13:20:00.001-08:00

For the Sake of An Image - 37 / 365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 37 of my 2011 365 Day Project.

Some literature showing off my geek.

Feb. 6th, 2011

Happy Birthday Sister!

Coheed and Cambria - Here We Are Juggernaut

2011-02-11T00:27:00.000-08:00

Bah-Loons - 36/365

2011-02-06T10:31:00.001-08:00

Bah-Loons - 36/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 36 of my 2011 365 Day Project.

We had a party for my 1 year old. There were balloons.

Feb. 5th, 2011

Bubblegum Sky - 35 / 365

2011-02-05T07:20:00.001-08:00

Bubblegum Sky - 35 / 365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 35 of my 2011 365 Day Project.

A Metrolink train starts it's departure from Fullerton station as the sky turns to bubblegum for all to see.

Feb. 4th, 2011

Bubo's Giant Cousin - 34 / 365

2011-02-04T00:30:00.001-08:00

Bubo's Giant Cousin - 34 / 365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 34 of my 2011 365 day project

This large bird sculpture is placed in Parnell Park.

I stopped today to photograph it again on the way home from work.

Feb. 3rd, 2011

In A Nursery - 33 / 365

2011-02-03T00:57:00.001-08:00

In A Nursery - 33 / 365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 33 of my 2011 355 Day Project

Spent time in a nursery this evening. The colors and shapes are amazing. This is one of many colorful images I captured

Feb. 2nd, 2011

Male Bug - 32 / 365

2011-02-02T00:59:00.001-08:00

Male Bug - 32 / 365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 32 of my 2011 365 Day Project.

According to my 7 year old, this is a boy lady bug because it is orange.

Taken in my yard.

Feb. 1st, 2011

Fun With Mirrors - 31/365

2011-02-02T00:58:00.001-08:00

Fun With Mirrors - 31/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 31 of my 2011 365 Day Project

Another one of my Cars series I started adding to on Monday night.

Jan 31st 2011.

Oh Daddy, You and That Camera - 30/365

2011-01-30T22:58:00.003-08:00

Oh Daddy, You and That Camera - 30/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 30 of my 2011 365 Day Project

Bath time with Mr. J is usually amusing. Not this time. He wanted nothing to do with it.

Jan. 30th 2011

A Beautiful Saturday - 29/365

2011-01-30T22:58:00.001-08:00

A Beautiful Saturday - 29/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image number 29 of my 2011 365 Day Project.

After a photo shoot for church, I headed downtown to Los Angeles for some railroad photography.

Here is a shot from the Olympic Street bridge over the LA river with Amtrak's 8th Street facility.

From the left is Amtrak's Coast Starlight, Amtrak's South West Chief & a northbound Pacific Surfliner which is shoving to LA with a private owned dome car on the shoving end.

Jan. 29th 2011

Informal Formal Foto - 28/365

2011-01-29T00:33:00.001-08:00

Informal Formal Foto - 28/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 28 of my 2011 365 Day project.

I was asked to take some photos of my sister-in-law in her winter formal dress. This was an in between pose shot that I liked best.

Jan 28th 2011

Rematch Night - 27/365

2011-01-28T00:00:00.001-08:00

Rematch Night - 27/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 27 of my 2011 365 Day Project.

Thursday night is family night. Last two Thursdays we have played Monopoly. This is a new version with credit cards and an electronic banking machine instead of cash. All the properties and dollar values have been changed.

Tonight .. I won.

Jan 27th 2011

Snap Shot - 26/365

2011-01-27T14:15:00.001-08:00

Snap Shot - 26/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 26 of my 2011 365 Day project.

Snap shots in the front yard.

Jan 26th 2011

Off Roadin' - 25/365

2011-01-25T21:49:00.001-08:00

Off Roadin' - 25/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 25 of my 2011 365 Day Project.

One of my kids Chevron Cars which inspired the movie "Cars"

Jan. 25th, 2011

No Idea - 24/365

2011-01-24T23:52:00.001-08:00

No Idea - 24/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 24 of my 2011 365 day project.

Found this little thing sitting on my desk. Likely part of some toy set my daughter got for Christmas or the like. Sat it on my wrist bean pad and a white cardboard for a background and 4 led lights in various positions to light it.

Jan. 24th 2011

Working Dad's Computer - 23/365

2011-01-23T14:34:00.001-08:00

Working Dad's Computer - 23/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 23 of my 2011 365 Day Project.

Justin appearing to be working the computer and watching one of my train video's. He has the click and drag thing down quite well and works the right mouse button like it is an extension of his other finger.

Jan 23rd 2011

Big Boy - 22/365

2011-01-22T23:21:00.001-08:00

Big Boy - 22/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 22 of my 2011 365 Day Project

Big Boy the bank.

Jan 22nd 2011

California Sunset - 21/365

2011-01-22T18:04:00.001-08:00

California Sunset - 21/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 21 of my 2011 365 day project.

Taken on Jan 21st at the Fullerton Amtrak/ Metrolink station.

Special - 20/365

2011-01-22T15:58:00.001-08:00

Special - 20/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 20 of my 2011 365 day project.

Special stickers from Jack N The Box.

Shot with my Blackberry Tour in my car.

Jan 20th 2011

Bored with Dodge Ball - 19/365

2011-01-19T21:50:00.001-08:00

Bored with Dodge Ball - 19/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 19 of my 2011 365 day project.

Waiting for somebody to throw the ball at her while playing dodge ball.

Jan. 19th 2011

Not BluRay - 18/365

2011-01-18T21:09:00.001-08:00

Not BluRay - 18/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 18 of my 2011 365 Day project.

A stack of DVD's on a spindle that I arranged for an ODC group. Used one Led flashlight behind and one in the bottom right corner with a reflector behind to bounce some of the yellow from my computer wallpaper in... this is what came out in the frame.

ODC - Sideview

2011-01-18T20:45:00.001-08:00

ODC - Sideview, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Shot for Our Daily Challenge with the topic of Sideview (being one word). A stack of blank DVD's on a spindle with foam spacers and lit by one led flashlight on the exact opposite side.

Shot in Black and White and treated with a cross processing pre-set in ALR3

January 18th, 2010

Chris

Light Up - 17/365

2011-01-17T19:54:00.001-08:00

Light Up - 17/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 17 of my 2011 365 Day project.

Back on to my subjects of thought. I picked up some more LED flashlights to use for random lighting. One of them broke already but these are all awaiting batteries. $9.99 for 5 lights. Not a steal, but not to bad for what I want to do with them.

Jan 17th, 2011

Chris

Spinning - 16/365

2011-01-17T14:16:00.001-08:00

Spinning - 16/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 16 of my 2011 365 Day project.

A kids spinner toy at the church nursery.

Jan. 16th, 2011

Never got around to taking my actual planned 365 for the day, so I will do that one tonight. This was shot while I was working on another project for the church.

Chris

ODC - Square

2011-01-17T14:14:00.001-08:00

ODC - Square, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Shot for an ODC with the subject of Square. These are cd archives. 3 squares inside a clear plastic square.

I liked the negative impact a lot better then the positive.

January 15th, 2011

Was not really enthusiastic about my 365 image so this is a sublimental for the blog.

Ken Shots - 14/365

2011-01-14T23:25:00.001-08:00

Ken Shots - 14/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 14 of my 2011 365 Day Project.

Amtrak 457 shoves an Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train out of Fullerton station heading for Los Angeles.

Ran an 8 second exposure and they started their departure at about 6 seconds in.

My friend Ken shoots images like this so often that I started calling them KenShots.

Jan 14th 2011

Chris

The Fallen - 13/365

2011-01-13T23:56:00.001-08:00

The Fallen - 13/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 13 of my 2011 365 Day project.

My yard is full of leaves from our street tree. Decided to sweep some up into a pile as my son like to stomp on them.

Missed my sunlight but shot a bunch of the pile anyways for use here. This one has a few Lightroom Presets applied to it as well as a light balance adjustment to play with the tones.

Jan 13th 2011

Chris

Simply Red - 12/365

2011-01-12T19:53:00.001-08:00

Simply Red - 12/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

mage 12 of my 2011 365 Day project.

This plant is growing on the side of my house. I wanted to get it in brighter light but shadow falls quickly where it grows.. so I shot from underneath it. It is as tall as the house. The leaves remind me of Poinsettias but I am not sure what it really is.

January 12th 2011

Chris

To Help You Dream - 11/365

2011-01-11T23:03:00.001-08:00

To Help You Dream - 11/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 11 of my 2011 365 day project.

I was photographing things to sell in my garage and shot this for that purpose but liked it enough to use for this.

My son used this 5 times at max as he did not care for the swing much.

Various filters applied through Lightroom 3.1

Jan 11th 2011

Chris

And It was Called Yellow - 10/365

2011-01-10T19:37:00.001-08:00

And It was Called Yellow - 10/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 10 of my 2011 365 Day project.

This one from my yard. The rose bushes were pruned (and they needed it) so this is the lone source of flowers in my yard for a while.

Jan. 10th 2011

Chris

I C U - 09/365

2011-01-09T23:34:00.001-08:00

I C U - 09/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 9 of my 2011 365 Day project.

3 pairs of specs. 2 Tinted for the sun, 1 Prescription for better reading.

Jan 9th 2011

Chris

Old Gear - 08/365

2011-01-08T21:09:00.001-08:00

Old Gear - 08/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 8 for my 2011 365 day project.

Got out some of my old gear for a few images. This was and still is a fun camera to use.

Jan. 8th 2011

Holga 120 S - 06/365

2011-01-07T14:13:00.001-08:00

Holga 120 S - 06/365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

My Holga 120 S. A camera my sister bought me for my birthday many years ago along with 2 rolls of Ilford Delta 400 Professional Black And White film. I have shot a complete roll and never opened the second package.. nor developed the first roll. I have no idea what is on it, only that I took the experiment suggestion fully to heart with it.

January 6th 2011

If I were a Ninja - 5 / 365

2011-01-05T20:01:00.001-08:00

If I were a Ninja - 5 / 365, originally uploaded by ChrisEWalker.

Image 5 of 365. Part of my 2011 365 day project.

If I were a purple plastic mini ninja ... well I am not so yeah. More objects from my desk.

Jan 5th 2011

Natural Flavored? - 4 / 365

2011-01-05T01:28:00.001-08:00

Natural Flavored? - 4 / 365, originally uploaded by chriswalker2009.

Image 4 of 365 as part of my 365 day project.

More items from my desk.

Pez... Children's Candy.

Apparently the Lemon flavor is natural. Whoodathunkit.

Jan 04, 2011

Deafness to My Ears - 03/365

2011-01-03T18:29:00.001-08:00

Deafness to My Ears - 03/365, originally uploaded by chriswalker2009.

My trusty Kensington headphones hanging over my Creative Lab pc speaker waiting for their daily dosage of deaf-ying sound.

Image 3 of my 2011 365 day project.

Jan 3rd. 2011

Ducks In a Row - 02/365

2011-01-02T22:23:00.001-08:00

Ducks In a Row - 02/365, originally uploaded by chriswalker2009.

My second image of my 365 photo/day project. This is my second attempt. Last years was a miserable failure in persistence. I hope to have more success this go around.

Chris

Shoving Reflection

2010-12-29T20:43:00.001-08:00

Shoving Reflection, originally uploaded by chriswalker2009.

Whittier, CA - UP's LOA36R Fullerton Switcher shoving back from Brea passes a large rain water deposit along Lambert Road.

Freight Chorus

2010-12-20T11:06:00.001-08:00

Freight Chorus, originally uploaded by chriswalker2009.

October 16th 2009 and my daughter broke out in chorus while this freight train was passing us at Fullerton Station

In the Lay Up

2010-12-06T21:00:00.001-08:00

In the Lay Up, originally uploaded by chriswalker2009.

A recent photo taken during the 2010 Upward Basketball season at the Whittier Church of Christ where my daughter plays basketball and cheer leading.
Post Processing done in Adobe LR3.2

FenceReds Image Five

2010-07-21T12:05:00.001-07:00

FenceReds Image Five, originally uploaded by chriswalker2009.

One of a series ... The brilliant red flowers contrasted so nicely against the drab faded oxidized chain link fence. Choose a shallow DOF just to give the reds more brillance... very satisfied with this image. Taken while waiting for a train on 07/09/10 at Fullerton Station in Fullerton, CA

Thanks for stopping in to have a look.

Chris

Revisiting the PE Depot in Bellfower, CA

2010-06-22T12:04:00.001-07:00

PE Bellfower, CA, originally uploaded by chriswalker2009.

On June 12th I decided to stop by the recently restored Pacific Electric Depot in Bellflower, CA. The first and only other time I had visited was shortly after the grand ceremony and it was not fully completed at that time. They added a few extra touches since then.

Chris

Fuel Tank Vision

2010-06-04T00:28:00.001-07:00

Fuel Tank Vision, originally uploaded by chriswalker2009.

Taken on a recent day trip along Tehachapi Pass to photograph the railroading activity.

UP 5781 sits at Fleta looking at a long string of storage tank cars.

05/29/2010

The Groom and some Groomsmen

2010-05-28T20:06:00.001-07:00

The Groom and some Groomsmen, originally uploaded by chriswalker2009.

A snap picture of my brother (right) and some of the groomsmen waiting for his Bride before heading out for more photos on his wedding day.

Play Time At the Park

2010-05-17T23:09:00.001-07:00

Michigan Park - 05.13.2010, originally uploaded by chriswalker2009.

I took my daughter to the park near my house to let her play and hopefully give me a few portrait / candid images. She loves to model and I love to photograph her. A great combo if you ask me.

Chris

Flowing Bokeh

2010-04-01T20:24:00.001-07:00

Flowing Bokeh 34, originally uploaded by chriswalker2009.

According to Wikipedia, the word Bokeh is defined as follows...In photography, bokeh is the blur, or the aesthetic quality of the blur, in out-of-focus areas of an image, or "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light.

Combined that with a gentle breeze and a moderate slow shutter speed and the possibility is almost endless.

No Party Here - Anaheim 123109

2010-03-13T23:17:00.001-08:00

New Years Eve - Anaheim 123109, originally uploaded by chriswalker2009.

This was taken back on New Years eve 2009. Finally got around to post processing and really happy with the conversion to black and white results. Just had to share it beyon my Flickr page.

Thanks for looking... Chris

So Much Food, So Little Time 20

2010-02-28T21:01:00.001-08:00

So Much Food, So Little Time 20, originally uploaded by chriswalker2009.

Captured this little guy in my front yard munching on a flower. Thought that this perspective suited it best as if looking out to see so much food but having so little time to partake of it all.

This is part of my lagging 365 photo a day project.

Kids

2010-02-10T12:12:00.001-08:00

Big Sister, originally uploaded by chriswalker2009.

My two kids sharing a moment. Just a simple image.

Chomper

2010-02-09T09:01:00.001-08:00

Chomper, originally uploaded by chriswalker2009.

New fish.... 1 of 3 additions and sole residents of the 20 gallon aquarium now residing in my dining room.

Chris

A Few days Early for a Hole in the sock

2010-02-09T08:51:00.001-08:00

A Few days Early for a Hole in the sock, originally uploaded by chriswalker2009.

My 2 day old son managed to get his big toe through a hole in one of his socks while in the hospital.

Thought it deserved a photo capture.

Chris

A few hours at Trestles Beach - San Diego, CA

2009-08-09T17:38:00.001-07:00

Spent a few hours at Trestles Beach at the north end of San Diego County on Saturday August 8th 2009. I posted my rail images and Trestle Studies on WestCoastRailForums.com but will share a few of the non-rail images here.

If interested here is a link to the post on WCRF.com.

http://www.westcoastrailforums.com/view_topic.php?id=2875&forum_id=9

Thanks for looking.... Chris

Random Images to Share

2009-07-08T23:37:00.001-07:00

What Font Are You?

2009-01-12T22:38:00.000-08:00

My friend Issac posted this in his blog .. I found it interesting so I took it. I am a big font collector so I was a bit disappointed to be such a boring font.

Random Images left over from 2008

2009-01-12T22:10:00.000-08:00

These are images that were intended to be posted in 2008, but I just never got around to them until now...

Roadway Express trailer passing under the 15 freeway on Cajon Pass. Taken in October while out on the pass with Jeff and Ken.

Harbor Blvd in downtown Fullerton, CA taken at about 20 mph while passing under the tree lights in December.

Out in Santa Ana Canyon back in April waiting for an engine to pass by on the railroad.. this bird was searching out food.

Same day as the above image.. a view of the 91 Freeway cutting through Santa Ana Canyon busy with evening eastbound commuters.

Daisey's - weeds - Snake Camo according to a friend who was waiting with me. Taken in April in Santa Ana Canyon and ran through a few filters in CS4 and Lightroom.

Thanks for looking ... Chris

China Town - Concluded

2009-01-06T21:00:00.000-08:00

Return to my images taken from a visit to Chinatown in downtown Los Angeles. The first part of this adventure was posted many months ago with a plan to follow up on the next post that did not happen...
This was my first time visiting this landmark area of LA, and I probably could spend hours on hours taking images there. We were limited on our time since we had planned on catching a Metrolink train back to Fullerton.

This sticker in the window of a closed down shop spoke to me through the bars.

Local Jewelry store and a place to buy Kodak film .. it was closed as well.

A bench in front of the local men's lodge

Classic Chinatow roof line

Adding a bit of color into my post.. this store owner was reading palms and selling overpriced currency.. making an honest living I guess.Ken and Jeff - my two best friends and fellow journeymen on our adventure give their camera's a few clicks and captures.
Lampshades and a lamp along with some more classic looking Chinatown buildings.This assortment of coin op kid rides occupied my camera for a few minutesMy final frame ... a rose next to a small pond. Another area I spent a good portion of my time at.

Friday - Box Dinner

2008-12-07T09:33:00.001-08:00

I am a subscriber to their slogan. In-N-Out is what a hamburger is all about.
Fresh ingredients, friendly service and a family owned business who still care about
the food and not gimmick's to draw people to eat there.
Took this image Friday after work while in the drive-thru to get my cheeseburger and
fries with a large Dr.Pepper - in a box with a lid of course.

Lunch Time Image - Sat. Nov 29 2008

2008-12-03T23:53:00.001-08:00

Took my lunch at the Golden Arches of Hwy 138 while up in Cajon Pass last Saturday. Grabbed this from the drive-thru.

Michigan Park - Whittier, CA - 10.22.2008

2008-11-28T19:10:00.000-08:00

Another year, Another birthday for the little one, Another day spent at Michigan Park holding party tables at 7 am in the morning.
Last year there was a damp fog over the park in the early morning which provided a nice ambiance around the trees. This year it was not so - but there was a slight mood to the park. It was much busier there to say the least and I think I prefer the park on a Sunday morning instead of a Saturday.
My subjects were much the same as last year, though one of the benches I liked last year was vandalized during the past year and did not make any of my images. Here are the ones I saved for posting. Thanks for looking.

Chris

Lunch Images - Series One

2008-11-27T23:52:00.000-08:00

Trying to see how well I keep this going. Taking an image during my lunch break at work when the mood strikes me. Wednesday the 26th I was undecided on where to go so my car drove me to the nearby Starbucks Coffee. I ended up going in for a cup of White Chocolate Mocha, my favorite on the menu.. and despite much inquisition by the barrista or whatever they want to call themselves still was undecided on spending any more money on food. The $6 sandwiches did little to wet my hardly existing appetite.
I did however decide that I like it inside this warehouse / airplane hanger style Starbucks and plan on coming back with the laptop for another cup - and maybe some food in the near future. It sure beats the drab over tropical noisy breakroom at work. A place I would rarely consider eating my lunch in .. but current paranoia state of managment has barred us from enjoying our lunch at our desk, which I normally did.. anyways - to many dots and I am off track on my train of thought.

End Ramblings of a somewhat tired and bored Chris.
That up there is my first in hopefully a series of images to contribute to the blog.

Olvera Street & China Town - Part One

2008-08-11T23:00:00.000-07:00

Last month myself and two friends took a train into Los Angeles and then an urban hike through Olvera Street and on through China Town. Our main interest was photography and exploration as none of us had wandered around in China Town and all had an interest. It was an exciting, exhausting and interesting few hours.

Starting with Olvera Street, the culture is overwhelming, and I found it very similar to walking through an indoor mall in Tijuana. What struck me the most were the colors everywhere. I was hopeful that my "from the hip" shooting was capturing what I was seeing. I did not want to draw attention to those around that I was taking photos as I did wanted to capture as much of what I was seeing - as I was seeing it.

This last image was taken of the foilage around a fountain on the outside of Olvera Street and filtered through Photoshop Lightroom to simulate infra-red.

I will follow this blog entry with the first part of my China Town experience which rendered a lot more photo opportunities.

Catching up with life

2008-07-26T09:27:00.000-07:00

Been way to long since I did a blog posting, so here it goes.. been busy with life and other projects that never seem to get off the ground either much like working on this blog. Being a husband and a father takes a lot of time and dedication.. and well for good reason this and other projects will continue to be side projects in life.

Here are some images taken during the last few months with my new camera (Nikon D60)

The Pedestrian bridge that leads over the railroad tracks at the Fullerton train station has been a subject of my lens many times during my weekly jaunts. This image shows the north (station side) of the ped bridge elevator shaft. Ran through a few filters in Photoshop Lightroom for some color tweaking. Fullerton, CA - June 2008

From the same photo session on the bridge, this one shows the stairs down the south side and the new "Hip" slow selling condos that line the south side of the station. Fullerton, CA - June 2008A couple gulls hang on top of this large rock and shale pile in Commerce, California - June 2008

A ring of razor wire lays on the ground on the edge of the Union Pacific's 4th Street yard doing anything but keeping people out. Los Angeles, CA - June 2008

I call this one "Old Brown Shoe" for obvious reasons. Image taken at Lemon and 15th Street. Los Angeles, CA - July 2008

One in before the End of May.

2008-05-26T22:53:00.000-07:00

Figured I should get a post or two in before May passes us all by. May has been a slow month for me photographically speaking. A lot of focus has went into getting a new home in order and getting married.
It has not been all void of camera action - just nothing I have to share at the moment.
April came and went - moved into a new place, had an eventful trip out in the Mojave desert and got more psyched up for marriage.
Here are a few random images that I had sitting in my Blog Image folder awaiting posting.
First is an image from the said trip out in the Mojave.
This is an annual event that I very much enjoy and it takes place usually in March or April and consist of a weekend camping adventure with many of my railfan friends and comrades from Fullerton and usually a few from other area's. This years event was full of forgetful moments for some and unforgettable moments for others. None of which I will elaborate on here other than to share this image of a train approaching us out in the vast desert near a place called Klondike.
Next image comes from downtown Los Angeles in another one of my "Im Bored and photographing old boring buildings again" jaunts through the area.
This particular one is located on 7th and Santa Fe near the LA river.
Lastly is an image from May .. hay, how about that!! I purchased a new camera on Friday the 23rd so Saturday the 24th, I hit the town with some sort of unfounded inspiration that never really materialized. I had a great time driving around solo and looking for things that I had photographed before with my old camera as well as new things to capture with my new Nikon D60. Cloudy skies and unpredictable weather led me astray much of the time and I found myself wondering around looking for things. This one was taken to the east of China Town along what used to be known as the SP Bull Ring (I think) back in the day with the Southern Pacific Railroad had a rail yard here. Would have liked to capture this with some rail in the foreground, but alas that is not possible any longer. So .. here is the downtown LA skyline under a few somewhat threatening clouds.

Some More Black & White Images

2008-04-06T20:19:00.000-07:00

I have been showcasing about 1 railroad related image per post it seems... so here is my one image for this post. This is a profile image of the signals which protect eastward and westward movement of the Union Pacific Railroad & BNSF Railway as they enter and exit the Alameda Corridor which takes trains from Los Angeles to points in Wilmington or Long Beach, CA

The next two images are sort of railroad related. They are both the west and east sides of Pabco Paper which resides in Vernon, CA. Vernon is a mostly industrial zoned city and this paper mill rest on the southern edge of the city alongside BNSF's Malabar Yard.

That is all I have to offer right now.. thanks for looking.
Chris

Random Images

2008-04-02T22:45:00.000-07:00

I have been sorting through the images of the last year as I prep them for archiving and well .. came across a few from February of this year that I felt like sharing.

First is an image taken in downtown Pomona, California. Somewhat spanish style train station bridge converted to black and white and cropped to my liking.

Second in my offering is from that same day but shows the reflection of the sun and a stack train off the passenger side of my car. I like to play with reflections at times.

Lastly is another image from February of 2008 - but taken in Los Angeles, CA. This is the Sears building from the east side (Soto Street) loading area no longer utilized.

Also of further note is that I have been adding more links to the What is Music .. section on the side bar.
Came across the new disc by The Wood Brothers this evening. Great Folk/Blues/Jazz/Traditional Country sound going on here. Already a fan of Medeski, Martin and Wood and stumbled across this one thanks to iTunes. One of the Wood Brothers happens to be Chris Wood who is the Bass player for MMW. Highly recommend their latest called Loaded as well as their debut disc put out in 2006 called Ways Not to Lose.

. Chris

Small Update to the Blog..

2008-03-28T23:37:00.001-07:00

Just a quickie .. added some images below from my last camping and railfanning trip down south in San Diego. Also threw up a bunch of links under the sidebar title of ... What Is Music. Just a bunch of bands that I am into and wanted to share, so check em out if you want.

More Black & White Images

2008-03-05T18:02:00.000-08:00

3 Months ago I joined up with the Orange County Railway Historical Society. It consist of a moderate size group of people from all walks of life and a wide range of ages. Our common interest of railroading history brings us together on the 1st Monday of each month for a couple hours of video's, slideshows and socializing.

It has also given me a new area to explore photographically. The last blog posted had an image from inside the Santa Ana Transportation Center where we hold our meetings. Here are a few more images from the outside of the SATC and some taken from our 5th floor meeting tower room.

While awaiting the official start of socializing I was sitting near the tracks in my car enjoying a hot coffee - though a tad to strong for me - my eyes wandered on this walkway. So when it came time to get out of the car, I stopped for this image.

Once I got up into the tower room, I discovered I was rather early. Just one other member was there. It was a clear night outside so I used my mini tripod and poised it on the window ledge to capture some of downtown Santa Ana from this perspective.
In this image we are looking northwest (relative) at a group of new in vogue townhomes that are suppose to entice new people to the downtown area. Unfortunately they do not seem to be be selling all that well - afterall who wants to live downwind from a recycle yard, near a train station/bus station and interstate 5 freeway 200 yards away.This is looking out the opposite side of the tower at the parking structure which holds most of the commuters and city worker vehicles. The recycling plant that I mentioned is just the other side of this structure.On the way out after the meeting, we stopped (we being some guys from the OCRHS) and conversed a bit in the main entrance hall. I snapped this image of the phones for some reason. I like the lighting on the tile I guess. It is slightly out of focus for being handheld at 3 seconds, but our lives are not always in focus - take it for what it is worth.

That concludes this post .. thanks for looking!
Note for the purist - All images were taken in color and converted to Black & White with Adobe Lightroom and additional enhancements in Adobe CS3.

To the Top of the Tower

2008-02-06T21:36:00.000-08:00

Here is an image taken on Monday the 4th from inside the Santa Ana Transportation Center. I was there for a monthly meeting with the Orange County Railway Historical Society. I took several more images which I will share in other post.

Tree's, Snow, Train's, Friend's .. Aint' That Enough?

2008-01-30T22:20:00.000-08:00

I spent Saturday the 26th of January 2008 up in Cajon Pass with friends and photographing trains. During times between them the camera wanders to people, mountain's and shrubs. A few spots where I perched myself had tree's that were more or less dead and not much of a tree.. but for this post, I will call them tree's.
Above are two of my favorites from Saturday.
We had friendship...
Trains to photograph...
Clean Air...
Snow on the surrounding mountains...
And a wonderful Sunrise...
So with that I offer up the music track that spawned the name of my blog
Teenage Fanclub - Aint That Enough

Also of note - there is now a Playlist of music at the bottom of this blog page that you can listen to.

Time For a Railroad Photo Favorite of 2007

2008-01-23T00:36:00.001-08:00

I have been going through my railroad images of 2007 the last few weeks and doing sorting and tagging in prep for archiving them. Also pulling aside favorites for my annual favorites slide show presentation.
This image of ATSF 3751 shoving through Amtrak's Redondo facility in downtown Los Angeles, CA is on that list of favorites. It was taken shortly after sunset from the Olympic Street bridge over the Los Angeles River as the SBRHS's pride was shoving back to the Redondo turntable after a exciting run from Fullerton to LA. It was in Fullerton over the weekend of May 4th through the 6th for the "Fullerton Railroad Days"
I will share more favorites as I come across them.