The goal of the PhotowalksTV collection is to take you along with me to amazing locations, show you about, and offer advice on how to best get the site with your smartphone. When I do it right, I hopefully inspire you to visit places you either have n’t been before, or might consider revisiting, wowing you with great scenery (amazing world we live in! ) giving you some interesting local people, as well as giving you some useful advice for your travels and pictures. The new Venice Beach event, and the new one from San Diego’s Oceanside hit all the right information, I believe, and I’m really glad of both of them. Oceanside, in the city of Oceanside, has a built beach for riders, runners, and other similar types of people. For the PhotowalksTV set, by Jefferson Graham. So I thought I’d give you a little more about Oceanside now, including some of the reasons you might want to travel there, as well as some advice from the show. ( Because as all of us in the South Bay know, when we drive to San Diego, traffic always, always, always comes to a snarl when we reach Oceanside, that is, unless we leave really early. ) —Logistics: the San Diego seaside locations ( from L. A. ) begin in Oceanside and travel down the same road to Carlsbad ( where Photowalks will be taking place next week )! Encinitas, Del Mar, La Jolla and onto Mission Beach and Ocean Beach in San Diego. The truth about Oceanside is that it is 40 minutes north of San Diego, a quiet seaside city known for its sea history and culture, ancient city with great murals all over, a vintage film theater on the national registry, and a significant military influence, given that Camp Pendleton is only 10 minutes away. There’s a lovely Harbor Village, home to boating, a lighthouse replica, sea lions, pelicans and again downtown, a new wave of investment to take O’side as locals call it, into the present era, with fab rooftop hotel views and new upmarket restaurants, breweries and the like. We start on Mission Street, in the heart of downtown, and ending at the Harbor, a 2.6 hour walk if you want to join me on the online photowalk that I demonstrated in the event. We stop at Artists Alley, a fun series of paintings ( and there are many more in area as well ), where I discuss how to best capture their images. Best idea: Shoot right on, at an angle, and if people join your chance, switch to Portrait Mode on your phone or Samsung. Star Theater: A big basic from days gone by, the likes of which are disappearing very quickly from our cities. How to get rid of the distracting lights in the center of the star. Traditional city: How many artist outlets are there in Oceanside? Do you think there are more than 100 people it? ( All those marines! ) Mission Pacific Beach Resort: The best overhead watch in area at this hotel’s Top Club. However, as with many areas like this, there are large windows that prevent your see due to reflections and other factors. Tip: watch the video for the fix. Oceanside Pier: One of the longest in the state, and great for a Hyperlapse, which is a walking panorama. In the videos, I’ll show you how to do that, and I’ve got some advice for photographing the numerous surfers who visit Oceanside to get the regular waves. The waves are so easy to capture images of the sea pros because they virtually extend to the shore during the early morning hours. These adorable beach houses from the 1920s are available for weekly rentals right now. By climbing the local steps, you can take a great photo of the column of homes. Harbor: Would you like watching Sea Lions howl and eagles hang around fish? This is a fantastic location for both renting a vessel for a seaside vacation and getting some food. Tip for shooting coastal life: Keep your distance around sea lions and move slowly when approaching eagles before he decides to sail away. They may strike. Ask the residents of La Jolla near about it. The San Luis Rey Mission is the largest of the 21 California expeditions, and one of the most beautiful. It’s a four mile trek from downtown, ( after the walk ) but worth it. SleepingI stayed at the magnificent Brick Hotel, one of three structures in Oceanside that is still standing and dates back more than 100 years, which was a little lodge that had been lovingly restored as a rooming house around 1888. There’s even an oyster table restaurant, top table with a killer view and a night coffee shop on facilities. A fantastic Salsiccia ( sausage ) pizza was a great meal at the Blade 1936, a hip Italian eatery that closed its doors in 1963 and shut down printing of the now-defunct Oceanside Blade Tribune newspaper. The family-owned, traditional 101 Shop, which was built in 1928 and is still run by the third generation of the original users, was another stop by. I ordered—say it loud with me—a wonderful Grilled Cheese sandwich. ( Longtime readers are aware that this is my all-time favorite and that I still eat like a child. ) For desert, you ca n’t top the Handel’s Ice Cream across the street from the Brick! Thank you Explore Oceanside for your kindness and assistance in creating this episode! Following week’s episode is in Northern California, as we visit Pacifica, the next coastal beach community prevent on Highway 1 before you hit San Francisco. A SHOW LIVE Q&A on Friday ( note different time due to a scheduling conflict ) at noon PT, where I’ll share tips for taking photos and videos with a Samsung Galaxy.
