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title: "Journal: Trips Across Southern California"
url: "https://www.socalsights.org/journal/"
site: "SoCalSights"
author: "Astrid"
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# Journal

5 first-person entries by Astrid: light, weather, and the long drives between the places worth photographing in Southern California.

- [A Morning That Kept Changing](https://www.socalsights.org/journal/a-morning-that-kept-changing.md) (2026-09-08, 12 min read): I drove south for a still morning at the lily pond and spent most of the day waiting to find out what the sky actually intended to do.
- [Jumbo Rocks, Years Later, Golden](https://www.socalsights.org/journal/jumbo-rocks-years-later-golden.md) (2026-09-01, 4 min read): A return to a stack of granite I once photographed carelessly, and the September evening that finally slowed me down.
- [The Pier Under Gray Light](https://www.socalsights.org/journal/the-pier-under-gray-light.md) (2026-08-11, 7 min read): I drove out for a sunset that never arrived, and made a few frames from what August actually gave me.
- [A Minus Tide, Two Stops](https://www.socalsights.org/journal/a-minus-tide-two-stops.md) (2026-07-16, 6 min read): A minus tide lined up with sunset at El Matador, and I followed the last of the day inland to Solstice Canyon before the light gave out.
- [One Flower, Ignored Birds](https://www.socalsights.org/journal/one-flower-ignored-birds.md) (2026-07-16, 6 min read): I went to Buena Vista Lagoon with a long lens and every intention of using it. I did not.

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