A Double Look Back at La Jolla

Building from my “How Did I Miss These?” post from a few weeks ago, these images from La Jolla, California likewise escaped me years ago.

In this case, though, these images are a return to a return.

While I lived in La Jolla in 2007, these images of its beaches weren’t captured until I returned there in 2012.

This bright beach-going moment was also a chance to experiment with a new manifold of photoprocessing options.

Though I typically prefer high-contrast images, the soft sky and ocean hues just weren’t a natural fit for deep, dark shadows.

This is, to my memory, the first batch of photographs in which I’ve ever lowered the contrast significantly.

Lowering contrast while increasing the exposure led to these dreamlike images.

(Though a truck atop a narrow pier is perhaps a different kind of dreamlike.)

Lastly, we finish with a dramatic panorama of downtown San Diego. This one’s definitely worth clicking through to see at full size.