{personal} safari inn

I love photographing this sign...

1. Holga, 120mm film
2. Holga, 120mm film
3. Instax Mini 90
4. Instax Mini 90
5. iPhone
6. iPhone

{personal} vasquez rocks

Last summer we visited Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park, known for its dramatic rock formations and popular filming locations (Star Trek, Blazing Saddles, The Flintsones and Westworld to name a few). These sedimentary rocks layers were first formed around 8-15 million years ago and the most impressive peak points at a sharp 45-degree angle. No, we were not one of the brave few to climb to the very top... Such a cool place to visit and photograph!

PS. This is one of the places we visited as part of our Toys in Hollywoodland collaboration. 

{personal} the getty center

I recently sent my medium format film to be developed from last year and am now sharing the results. These image are from a visit to The Getty Center (sister museum to The Getty Villa which I photographed a few years ago) when my mom and sister came to visit last May (that's my sister in the first image looking out over the city of Los Angeles). It was a really nice day full of art and walking - we spent five hours on our feet! This wasn't the first time I've been and it won't be the last. It's such a wonderful place to visit (and the admission is free)!

{personal} santa monica pier

It's been many years since I last used color film in my Holga camera. Black and white film has always produced such wonderful results that I couldn't bear to shoot with anything else. However, almost exactly a year ago I was planning on a little excursion to the Santa Monica Pier. The bright and colorful Ferris wheel and Pacific Park were begging to be shot in color. So I ordered some film, set out to the pier, took a roll of pictures, recently sent my film to be developed, and now I'm finally sharing them on here. I love the vintage-looking results and how they evoke nostalgic memories of long summers, arcade machines, cotton candy, corn dogs and warm California days (even though it was cold and windy at the time). Enjoy!

{personal} los angeles sunrise

 
Los Angeles Sunrise by Andrea Krummel on Vimeo.

This is my first foray into video. It was only a matter of time until I created something from the time lapse option on my iPhone...

The origins of this stem from my finding a shortcut to avoid the early morning traffic in Hollywood on my to work. I took a moment to pull over at the Hollywood Bowl Overlook to watch the sunrise. It was such a perfect, quiet, idyllic moment. I decided to go back the next day, with coffee in tow, to take a time lapse video of the cars on Highway 101 as the sun rose with the skyscrapers of downtown Los Angeles in the distance.

Huge thanks to my husband for doing the editing. This wouldn't have been possible without him and his patience. All in all, it's just a simple little side project, but the ultimate outcome makes me so happy.

{personal} walt disney concert hall

We finally explored some of downtown Los Angeles this past weekend, including Walt Disney Concert Hall which is one of the most photogenic buildings. Such amazing architecture! The building was so reflective that it was generating heat back onto us as we walked by. It also was so bright that I was essentially photographing blind which is how the last image was created: it was so bright that my iPhone's camera underexposed to compensate for the super bright highlights!

{looking back} the huntington gardens

Looking back to two years ago when I visited the The Huntington Gardens for the first time with my sister-in-law, niece and nephew. I've been another time since with my husband who could spend all day sitting in the Japanese Gardens. They are so peaceful.

{personal} toys in hollywoodland

Since moving to Los Angeles, my husband and I have been working on a fun little nothing sort of project. He's a collector of action figures and I'm a photographer. So we've collaborated by taking pictures of his toys at different filming locations around Los Angeles. It's been really fun! We have a few more ideas up our sleeves.

1. The Rocketeer, Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles
2. The Planet of the Apes, Point Dume State Beach, Malibu
3. Star Trek, Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park, Santa Clarita
4. Star Trek, Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park, Santa Clarita

{personal} holga goodness

Some more Holga goodness:

1. At the Corner of Oak Glen Road and Wilshire Shed Road while apple picking in 2015
2. My nephew's "mud spot" in his backyard (note all the toys)

{personal} life is a highway

In the spirit of posting pictures from our old apartment, these are the same view just a little lower and to the right. The beautiful, loud, building-shaking, twelve-lane freeway. Amazing what cropping can do! It was still a good view though.

{personal} the view

This week marks one year living at our new apartment. Everything about it is so much better than our old place! It's more spacious (one bedroom instead of a studio), it's way cheaper (and I mean way cheaper), we have a landlord that oversees seven buildings rather than management that oversees several hundred, and, best of all, the rent wasn't raised! We feel so fortunate to have lucked out with this place and look forward to living here for years to come. The one downside: it certainly doesn't have the view that the old place had... I loved documenting the ever-changing sky and the way the light played on the mountains.