TV Producer Steps up to Bat with Baseball Poetry Book
Henry Schipper, a Venice based TV documentary producer and former journalist for the Hollywood trades–both Variety and the Hollywood Reporter, decided at age 72 to do something he had ever considered before. Write a bunch of poems about his beloved sport of baseball, and how the sport is a metaphor for both our lives, and […]
TRAVEL: 20 Years after Katrina, the Good Times are Rolling in New Orleans
In what other city will you find amazing food, music on seemingly every street, beautiful vintage mansions on tree-lined streets, gothic cemeteries and outgoing people who want to “let the good times roll.” Twenty years after Katrina in 2025, New Orleans is back on a roll, after hosting the Super Bowl and giant Mardi Gras […]
TRAVEL: 100 Photowalks and Awesome Moments
Back in 2018 I had this idea for a travel show with a twist: join me on a virtual photowalk of the world’s most photographable places, and along the way, I’ll offer some tips on how to get great vacation photos. So I ran over to the Hollywood Walk of Fame for a test show, […]
TRAVEL: New York City still photo magnet in Winter, even with 10 degree weather
I recently returned from New York City, where my iPhone told me that it was 10 degrees outside, but that it actually would feel like it was 5 degrees. Brrr! As a longtime Californian who grew up in New York City a long time ago, trust me, this was a shock to the system. But […]
Dodgers show World Champion spirit at teammate Chris Taylor’s Polar Plunge benefit in Manhattan Beach
Video by Jefferson Graham (JeffersonGraham.com) by Kevin Cody The current World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers pitched in literally, as well as figuratively, to help teammate and All Star utility player Chris Taylor in his Second Annual CT3 Foundation Polar Plunge at the Manhattan Beach pier on Sunday, February 2. Seven Dodgers pitchers, along with […]
TRAVEL: Best of 2024 with PhotowalksTV, from Tijuana to Big Sur
We started the year gazing out at the Mexico border from a pier three miles away in Imperial Beach, California and ended with another Photowalks expedition to glorious San Francisco. Along the way, hello Tijuana, Sicily and Barcelona, the West (Heber and Park City, Utah, Cody, Wyoming, Bozeman, MT and Victor, Idaho) a return to […]
2024 King Harbor Holiday Boat Parade Highlights
See highlights from the 2024 King Harbor Holiday Boat Parade in Redondo Beach here!
Ten Photographers Take on Manhattan Beach 2024 Fireworks
A group of ten photographers got together this year to showcase the annual Manhattan Beach Holiday Fireworks for a video unlike previous editions. What if each of them showed the display from a different point of view throughout the city? (Watch the results above.) And that’s exactly what they did. Evelyn Schmitt, who lives on […]
Labor of love and lights: How Manhattan Beach’s holiday fireworks became a tradition
by Jefferson Graham Back in 1989, Pete Moffett, the owner of Manhattan Coolers, a popular restaurant on Manhattan Beach Boulevard, had a brainstorm: how about fireworks in December, instead of July, as a way to kick off the holiday season downtown? Together with other merchants in the area, he sold the city on the idea. […]
VIDEO: Behind the Scenes from the Manhattan Beach Fireworks Show
Ever wonder how many fireworks are brought to the Manhattan Beach Pier each year and how they got blasted off? In this video interview from 2023, John Nunan, who produces the fireworks show for the Fireworks America company, reveals all. The 2024 Skecher’s Manhattan Beach Holiday Fireworks Show is Sunday, 12/8 and the presentation begins […]
Surfing Santa Rides Again in 2024
For the 46th year in a row, the Easy Reader brings you the return of Surfing Santa, featuring Hermosa Beach chiropractor Derek Levy in the wet suit. As always, we brought the cameras to Levy’s preferred surf spot for the shoot, 1st Street in Manhattan Beach to document him in action. Levy is the fourth […]
WATCH: Northern New Mexico jewel Taos for art, history and landscapes
The latest episode of PhotowalksTV comes from Northern New Mexico jewel Taos, about 90 miles up the road from Santa Fe, a small community known for its dynamic landscape, art and the oldest living community, the Native American Pueblo. Join us for the photo tour of one of the great places to visit.
Evelyn Schmitt, the Queen of the Pier, strikes again
by Jefferson Graham Life begins at 80? Who is that lady with the white hair, red jacket, Nikon around her neck and a big tripod that always seems to be under the Manhattan Beach Pier? Not just any senior out for a morning or afternoon jaunt, but the woman many have called “The Queen of […]
TRAVEL: Santa Fe, New Mexico–Food, Art & great photography – Itinerary
Santa Fe, New Mexico, is one of the great, and most unique cities of the world, an adobe paradise with an abundance of art and some of the best, rich light for photography. From all the adobe architecture to some stunning sunsets, every corner of this city is an invitation to snap a picture—which […]
85 and THRIVING! Manhattan Beach Photographer Evelyn Schmitt Shares Her Success Story
Who is that lady with the white hair, red jacket, Nikon camera around her neck and a big tripod who always seems to be under the Manhattan Beach Pier? Not just any senior out for a morning or afternoon jaunt, but the woman many have called “The Queen of the Pier,” an award-winning photographer who […]
TRAVEL: Despite road closures, Big Sur Road Trip is Still Awesome
I recently drove from one end of the California Highway 1 Big Sur to the other, despite the road closures from a nasty mud slide that won’t get fixed until some time in 2025. In the latest PhotowalksTV episode, I start the trip just south of beautiful Carmel-by-the-sea, where motorists can immediately tell that something […]