Santa Monica Pier Sacré Cœur White I was standing in front

I was standing in front of the White House gates just after sunset staring at an angry looking Secret Service officer

It's a very small margin for error on the placement

I was going to have to place the camera in between the bars in the fence

It was a very delicate and precise balancing act of having the magazine close enough over the lens to keep the lens dry

Santa Monica Pier Sacré Cœur White I was standing in frontI had grown up watching movies set in LA and had always had an idealized and romantic vision of the city. I had visited the city 3 times before and had intensely loved every second I had been there. The city could do no wrong in my eyes, and everyone I met had been great to me. In short, I loved the people, loved the place and badly wanted to move here one day. When I knew I was coming for a month, I researched the sites and started contemplating