Freeways and Bridges on the East Side - Pt.2

Freeways and Bridges on the East Side - Pt.1

Late Night L.A. Levels

If a picture is worth a thousand words, here are 12,000 more to add to this post...

Solo, Sin Sol

Hi and thanks for checkin' out the Bsombin' blog. Last month I had one shit sandwich handed to me after the other. ...The hardest sandwich to swallow, though, was having to leaving Kibatsu. But, in the end it was a mutual decision, for my former partner and I, for me to leave. Things just weren't working out, for either of us, and tension was beginning to build. So, to avoid bad things getting worse, we ended our partnership and I walked away from the company I helped start. I am back to rollin' solo, for now...

In the midst of all the "great" stuff that was going on, last month, I decided to go out on a capture mission by myself one night. I guess I just needed some "me" time. I went and spent that time with the city. I find comfort in her beauty. She is the muse of muses, to me. ...My greatest inspiration. I wanted to be alone with her, to help revive my spirit and refresh my soul. To take my mind off all the stress and strife I was facing, and to give me a change to decompress and reassess. I was out till the sun came up. And when it did, it felt like the sun was shining on a new me, after a long night alone in the city of angels. The truth be know, I wasn't alone at all, though. I was surrounded by angels and muses who showed me sides of their city that I had never know of or seen. This is some of what they shared with me, so that I could share it with you...

Shooting Under The Stars - Pt.3

Here's some of what the Android captured on the mission...

Shooting Under The Stars - Pt.2

...So here's that spiral staircase I mentioned in the previous post...

Shooting Under The Stars - Pt.1

Thanks for hittin' up the Bsombin' blog! This is a series of images from a night shoot, off the 110fwy,  over the L.A. river. ...On previous missions, Jefroe and I had passed by a random spiraling staircase that appeared to be in the middle of a freeway junction, going from the 110N to the 5N. At a glance, it looked like there wasn't any way to get to it. So we began to wonder about the staircase and how to get to it. The next time we went out on a capture mission, we passed the staircase on our way home and I noticed it had a walkway leading out to it. After looking at Google maps, I realized that the staircase connected the Elysian Park Trails with the Arroyo Seco Pkwy, just above the Arroyo Seco Confluence. The confluence is the point where the Arroyo Seco meets the L.A. river. After seeing that there was a way to get out to the staircase we went looking for the entrance to the walkway, to go get some shots from the staircase. We stopped on Figueroa, under I-5, to get some shots there, as we began searching for the entrance.

 It proved to be a mission finding the entrance to the walkway on Arroyo Seco Pkwy. But, after circling the area in the truck, for a while, we finally got out on foot and found it. Once we got out onto the walkway, we began to shoot.

I didn't realize that the walkway would be as high as it was. Again, I found myself fighting with my fear of heights, as we walked toward the staricase, high above the L.A. river. But, again, I was so caught up in getting captures that I forced myself to push past my fears. I wanted to vomit the whole time I was on the bridge, but found peace once we made it to the staircase.

 It's funny... I just realized that I didn't even post a pic of the staircase. And, it was the main reason for going out on the Arroyo Seco walkway. ...Guess that will be part 2 of "Shooting Under The Stars"...

We were on the bridge for a good while, before heading back to the truck. When we got back to the truck, Jefroe and I were both starving. So, we decided to call it a night  and end things with a stop at a Los Angeles late night staple, the Original Tommy's hamburgers, for an early morning dose of chili cheese fries and heartburn! ...Chili cheese fries, the breakfast of champions!

I've gone out on a few more missions, since that night, and am working on getting through the edits to share here. ...Check back soon for more Bsombin'!