(Self portrait with me & my girl) Last week Justin Rudd’s non profit organization CAT (Community Action Team) held its 4th Bi-Annual 24 hour photo contest. Photographers had a 24 hour period of time to take pictures in or of Long Beach. The judge panel looks through over 1000 images and picks out their top [...]
Crystal is a teacher and Drama instructor, she needed some new headshots, something to put inside a playbill, or business card, a set of images to use for her website and professional career. We nailed the shots she needed and I continued to get a few images that I really wanted (and she didn’t complain) [...]
One of my favorite hobbies is the sport of basketball. One of my top 3 favorite players is Shannon Brown. He’s a highflying slashing guard on the Lakers & easily one of the best dunkers in the league (45″ vertical Leap). On a rainy Saturday afternoon, I was able to meet him. He was at [...]
I’ve been a Long Beach resident for nearly 7 years. Never have I heard of surfing like this here. We have an enormous breakwater (Built in to protect subs and ships in WWII) Long Beach was known as the Waikiki of Southern California before the construction of the breakwater in 1941. A surf contest was [...]
(Long Beach Resident waiting (on the curb) on her bike. Making a decision about crossing the street or not, Jamba Juice Employee (right) in search of Sand Bags) Outside my studio water fell onto the street. Sheets, buckets,cats & dogs, Belmont Shore had it all coming down on its head & streets. Armed with my [...]
I did a shoot with Malia Barnes recently. The images we shot turned out to be something I am really excited about, that’s why I’m releasing this teaser on Christmas DAY! Merry Christmas everyone! Can’t wait to show you the rest. Malia Barnes By: Samuel Lippke
I rode in a Zeppelin last week (one of the perks for “writing” a column for lbpost.com) It was amazing. I posted plenty more images on lbpost, so make sure to go there (& leave a comment!) www.lbpost.com/samuel The world is much different from the Zeppelin’s point of view. I will say this…Long Beach water [...]
The Denim Guy has me featured on the site! >HERE< Go look if you have 30 seconds. Johnny Pinto over at “The Denim Guy” is great. Follow the blog and you’ll know what I’m talking about.
(And I have alot to say…as you can see) I’ve been in NY and Seattle for the past week and a half and most of the days I haven’t had any internet use (besides my iPhone) so this page got put on hold…. BUT I’M BACK! & I have some great things to post on [...]
On Sunday morning August 2nd. Todd a local homeless man was brutally beaten by baseball bats while sleeping on public property near the beach on Ocean and Granada. He is in intensive care at a Long Beach Hospitol. I knew him as a relaxed homeless man at Starbucks. He never asked for money, or help [...]
