San Diego: Nightside, by Sam Matamua.

Another night time view of the San Diego Skyline. I like how the water looks very black in this one. I have other similar views of San Diego from this same spot, check my shop if you want to see more.

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San Diego: Docked at Dreamland, by Sam Matamua.

A nighttime view of the San Diego Skyline, with a dreamy reddish hue. Look through my gallery and you'll see I've been to this same spot many times over the years. But each time I manage to get something different.

Equilibrium, by Sam Matamua.

Black and white portrait of three San Diego boats found along the peir.

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Asleep in the Park, by Sam Matamua.

This is a panoramic view of the San Diego skyline, complete with a silvery moon in the background. This is actually a very wide shot made up of about 6 or 7 separate shots all stitched together in Photoshop. This is the view from atop the hill at Embarcadero Park North.

I'm not sure how I arrived at the title, Asleep in the Park. I think I was trying to suggest what is for me at least, the somewhat dreamy aspect/nature of the image. Maybe its the moon. Or maybe its because people do really sleep out there. Its a little startling in fact to be creeping around in the dark with a camera and tripod and come upon some motionless bodies laying in the middle of a grassy field. Um, I mean I think they were sleeping.

Coronado Bridge Black and White, by Sam Matamua.

This is the world famous Coronado Bridge, part of the San Diego skyline, seen here at night and in black and white, from the Coronado side of the bay. I was standing south of the bridge itself (I actually snuck onto a golf course in the middle of the night to get this shot).

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Twilight in the Park, by Sam Matamua.

This will look like just a generic treeline to most, however San Diegans may recognize this as the view from Embarcadero Park North. This is about 20 separate pictures stitched together in Photoshop.

San Diego: Darkside, by Sam Matamua.

This shot was taken on New Years Eve of 2004. No, this is not a New Years Eve celebration-type picture. Rather, what I tried to do here is to make a very interesting and dark portrait of San Diego. That's kinda my thing. I like dark portraits of the city of San Diego. But...

Warning, there be spoilers ahead! I mention the fact of this being shot on New Years so I can point out that what you're really looking at here is the smoke of the fireworks hovering over the city. The fireworks show had just ended moments before I took this shot. Ahhh, now you see how I did it!

Dark Side of San Diego II, by Sam Matamua.

Black and White artistic panorama of the San Diego Skyline. That looks like one hell of a thunderstorm moving in. We San Diegans aren't used to this type of weather!

Dark Side of San Diego, by Sam Matamua.

City skylines look best at night and San Diego's is no exception. This shot was taken from Harbor Blvd downtown in what has become my favorite location to shoot the skyline. I've been to this spot many times over the years but only have a few good pictures to show for it.

Broken World, by Sam Matamua.

I was inspired to make this rather desolate scene upon visiting the Salton Sea (the largest lake here in California) for the first time. I'm refering specifically to a little town along its shore known as Bombay Beach, in which half of the town appears to be either buried in mud or completely immersed in water. You can see part of the town in the lower half of this picture.

The rest of the image however, is my own creation. The story here is that this is supposed to be the last man on earth and he's setting sail in his row boat, leaving a broken world behind.

Sunset Cliffs, by Sam Matamua.

This is the view from Sunset Cliffs Park here in San Diego, one of the best places to catch the afternoon sun in California. This is my artistic interpretation of course, it doesn't really look this good :-)

Free Spirit, by Sam Matamua.

A California Seagull, captured here forever in mid flight, heads to destination unknown. Not that you can tell from the photo, but this is from La Jolla Beach here in San Diego. The bird is flying away from the camera.

A tribute to my uncle Teal.

Sails After Midnight, by Sam Matamua.

This was taken from Tidelands Park in Coronado, near the base of the bridge. It doesn't look like I'm anywhere near the base of the bridge in this photo but the bridge curves around and lands just a couple hundred feet away from where I was standing. I've been to this spot many times after taking this shot and still consider this to be my best photo of the bridge.

The Last Forest, by Sam Matamua.

This shot was taken from somewhere along Sunrise Highway, here in California. Sunrise Hwy is about an hour or so east of San Diego and runs through the Cleavland National Forest. As the name suggest, this is a killer area to take pictures of the sunrise ...although, in this particular shot what your looking at is the moon. This was after the big firestorm of 2003 devastated much of the area. I always imagine it is very quiet in the Last Forest