Santa Monica Sundown~! / ( Leaving for vacation! ) by kimariehere

Photography • Atmosphere/Mood • posted on Aug 02, 2008

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Hello all!!! Leaving for vacation soon for a few weeks in lower western Michagan where my Mom lives ( going this time without the girls though...:O( - they are going beach camping with thier Dad ) ... SO will miss them terribly but want to focus on a special time with my Mom as it is her upcomming 70th B-day in a few weeks ! So won't be around for a while after this, but wanted to leave you with one I took last Sunday off the Santa Monica pier. I was drawn to that big beautiful sandcastle, warm setting sun ,waves and kids playing in the waves... a real southern California Summertime beachy feel!!! By the way that beautiful Sand castle in the right corner was built gingerly by a very old & determined man = he was so into playful like with it like a kid !. I watched him for a little while before shooting this then he stood back distracted by lifegaurd who seemed to like his castle . And so I shot this scene here...( I have always REALLY admired people who can keep the child alive and imagination soaring !!!) All captured off the Santa Monica pier this past Sunday on a family outing. Tried to get a good capture of the mood I experianced that evening with only the 10 minutes to play around with my cam kneeling down on the wooden pier. Had my 3 impatient girls calling and tugging on me to stop taking pictures and go on rides lol ..."COMonnn MOM!!!"....LOL Always is a constant thing for me : the whole thing of being torn between my family and my photoshoots, but I do try my best to put my girls first! a bit more challenging though when a beautiful beach scene is calling with the sound of nearby gulls and surf crashing.... "Nooooo, hey come ov'r HERE"!, the waves seems to say!!! " ;O) Well need to start packing here pretty soon .. thanks for all your time and comments~!! Love to you all!!! ((( BIG HUGS!!! ))) ~ Kimmers ! ♥ :O)

Comments (157)

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GOLDILOCKSUK

1:20PM | Thu, 07 August 2008

Beautiful! Have a great time! Cathy xoxoxo

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Jay-el-Jay

9:00PM | Thu, 07 August 2008

A wonderful image with that light on the waves and that sand castle is just great.

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alltheoriginalnames

8:39AM | Fri, 08 August 2008

This is absolutely beautiful, such a stunning scene. Excellent composition and natural lighting and tones. Truely awe inspiring, simply gorgeous. You've captured so much life in this, its amazing

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praep

2:15PM | Sat, 09 August 2008

WOW. Great mood. Wonderful shot.

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clam73

8:46PM | Sat, 09 August 2008

wow!....what a lovely capture here....fantastic colors and dreamy, beautiful beach.....brilliant!

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Mr-Fog

9:16PM | Sat, 09 August 2008

Your work is just outstanding. Enjoy each and every image you post.

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nikolais

12:56PM | Sun, 10 August 2008

Kim, what a fabulous capture so filled with sunshine!

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skyla824

10:27PM | Sun, 10 August 2008

awesome work...

stoneac

10:35PM | Sun, 10 August 2008

Excellent!

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kasalin

8:48PM | Tue, 12 August 2008

Amazing !! Very well done !!!!

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Svenart

12:32AM | Sun, 17 August 2008

really beautiful, looks great!

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spselfr

9:18PM | Sun, 17 August 2008

beautiful picture

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Tanglimara

2:29PM | Mon, 18 August 2008

A really beautful beach scene with lovely sunset colours. I like the incluson of the sandcastle at the front. Tony.

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cordisco

5:35AM | Thu, 21 August 2008

Very nice sunset,on the 1 south.

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danob

2:39PM | Fri, 22 August 2008

Simply Stunning Kimmers

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RIGAU

7:40AM | Sun, 24 August 2008

ESPLENDIDA.

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katy555

1:54PM | Tue, 26 August 2008

This is absolutely gorgeous! The composition, excellent sky...

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lior

3:49AM | Fri, 29 August 2008

Excellent equilibre des couleurs:une merveille!

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anahata.c

1:23AM | Sun, 31 August 2008

(my hand is sloppy on the keyboard tonight!) it moves me and it's gorgeous...you've turned waves & sand into an almost continual sheet of rapturous reflections and heaving forms and royal hues and shadows, accented by a wonderful patch of dark shadow in the lower right corner with a sandcastle in solitude. It's so painterly it's hard to believe it was a moment captured-in-time. And the people who populate it (sparsely) are wholly comfortable with the grandeur around them, enjoying themselves in their own worlds while the cosmos seems to unfold around them...This is my second comment and already I'm beginning to see you have a grand vision inside you. I look forward to seeing more...

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