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Downtown Los Angeles Day Trip

The purpose of these day trips is to stretch a different artistic muscle when we photograph and to make images that are just for us, not our clients. It’s a great time and at the end of each day trip I’m always very glad I went. This time we stayed closer to home and explored Downtown Los Angeles. We started at Union Station and hopped across the way to Olvera Street and then proceeded to walk to the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Pershing Square, and then finally to Grand Central Market before heading back home on the train.

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Olvera

Last April I had plans to visit Olvera Street with my pals Karl and Alicia. Our original plan was to see an exhibit of tortilla art—a local painter uses large flour tortillas as his canvas and his work was on display. What we found when we arrived, though, was the annual Blessing of the Animals…

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