Field Trip - LAPD Mounted Platoon Training - Thursday October 19, 2023
When: We will meet at 10:00 a.m. in front of the location.
Sign up below!
There will be native dancers, story tellers, artists, museum exhibits, fry bread and Indian tacos! Plus you can walk the trail loop for some nice desert landscapes!
Where: 15701 E Ave M, Lancaster, CA 93535Union Station is a great art deco building and has many great photos to offer. Olvera Street is great for Human Interest and Travel photos, and Chinatown has many interesting photo opportunities as well. We can take the Metro back to Union Station to reduce the walking distance, if needed (included in Week-end Metrolink ticket cost).
We will be taking Metrolink down to Union Station in the morning and coming back in the afternoon for $10.00. Lancaster Metrolink leaves at 9:04 a.m. and from Palmdale at 9:13 a.m., getting to Union Station at 11:10 a.m. We will coordinate to ride down in the same train car. We will either come back on the 3:51 p.m. train, or decide to spend extra time down there, and come home on the 5:25 p.m. train. We will play it by ear, depending on who comes on the field trip and how warm the day is.Sign up below!
We will meet up Friday afternoon to explore and plan the night adventures.
Bring your camera equipment as needed for night photography, low level lights for lighting the rocks, and your ND filter for Whitney Portal falls. More details will be sent to those who sign up.
See you there!
You must make a reservation on-line for the museum at https://www.getty.edu/visit/center/. The museum opens at 10:00, so you can make your reservation for 10:00 or 10:30.
Activities will include photographing the amazing architecture and gardens of the Getty Center, human interest photos, as well as the exhibits and LA skyline (weather permitting)You can arrange to carpool, if you like.
Sign up below.
We will meet at the Main Parking Lot on the north-west side of the Pinnacles at 6:00 p.m. (The restroom is located there). I will send out a map to those who sign up.
Sunset is at 7:53 p.m., so that gives us about 2 hours to scout the area and choose some locations for our night shots. Bring your camera with a wide angle, f2.8 (or lowest you have), a tripod, a remote trigger or intervalometer, and a comfortable chair. If you are doing star trails you will be sitting around for a while!
Some people may be spending the night there and others may choose to get a hotel in Ridgecrest or drive home, depending on how late you want to stay. That is entirely up to you.
Sign up below.
We will meet at 10:00 am for a group photo and then you are free to roam.
Sign up below if you are planning on attending.
Bring your wide-angle lens, a tripod, and some good walking shoes. Sign up below!