Personal Photography: Day Trippin’ with The [b] Schoolers at The Salton Sea

The amazing Joe Photo organized this great outing for all of us [b] Schoolers.  This was my first “Day Trippin” and the only thing I knew about The Salton Sea was that it was the title of a Val Kilmer movie.  I thought it was just another desert area east of LA, but I was blown away to actually see this huge lake.  I hitched a ride with Jen Berry, Jenny Smith & Heidi Ryder, and they were fun to chat and hang out with on the long trip to and from the shoot.  I was close to being labeled the crazy guy who brought up the topic of the world ending in 2012 because of the Mayan calendar, but I managed to convince them that I didn’t believe any of that.  It was a blast to meet and shoot with other photographers – wish I could’ve gotten to talk with more of them, but hopefully I’ll get the chance at WPPI in Vegas later this week.  Any way, here a bunch of my favorite shots from the day.

A big thanks to Joe Photo for organizing and to Becker for creating such a fantastic community driven website for photographers.