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 […]
Hippolyte Bayard: photographical midwife
The art of invention, the invention of an art Photographer Hippolyte Bayard at the Getty by Bondo Wyszpolski It’s a different kind of “Wow!” when you see the work of an early photographer whose every image was still an experiment with chemicals and equipment. The birth of photography — the Big Bang of a new […]
Hermosa Surfer Walk of Fame photographer Mike Balzer
by Kevin Cody In 2001, Surfer’s Journal editor Steve Pezman invited Hermosa Beach surf photographer Mike Balzer to bring his portfolio to the magazine’s San Clemente office. The Surfer’s Journal founder and former Surfer magazine editor was planning a photo spread on South Bay surfers. But after viewing Balzer’s portfolio, Pezman spiked the idea. Pezman […]
Mira Costa vs Hermosa Beach Girls Volleyball CIFSSD1 Pool 3 10/28/23
Photos by Ray Vidal
Photographing the South Bay Lightning without getting hit
After he got an alert about strange weather coming to Manhattan Beach, local photographer Pete Halvorsen snapped into action. “That seemed like a really good opportunity to go the beach,” says Halvorsen, who lives in East Manhattan. After all, it’s not every day we see thunder and lighting in the South Bay. Richard Podgurski Jr., […]