Posted On: 7:41 p.m. | May 23, 2013
The assignment seemed routine — a portrait of couple for a story about personal finance. But as I was soon reminded, sometimes an interesting, if not extraordinary, story lurks just beneath the surface. Such are the regular discoveries of a newspaper photographer. View Post»
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Posted On: 10:45 a.m. | May 23, 2013
A photographer's assignment gets edited down for use in the newspaper and online. Details and moments significant to the photographer often don't make the cut. "Outtakes" presents a selection of those images. We welcome comments and discussion. View Post»
Posted On: 10:25 a.m. | May 17, 2013
The Los Angeles Kings being the defense of their 2012 Stanley Cup title. They defeated their first round opponents, the St. Louis Blues, in six games and won the opening game of the second round against the San Jose Sharks. They would face either the Detroit Red Wings or the Chicago Blackhawks in the Western Conference finals. View Post»
Posted On: 3:58 p.m. | May 16, 2013
It was 1981 when I photographed my first Rolling Stones concert. It was the “Tattoo You” tour at the Oakland Coliseum with the J. Geils Band and George Thorogood opening the show. I was 21-years-old and taking pictures for the joy of it. I camped out for hours waiting for the gates to open. When the doors finally opened, I made the hundred-yard dash along with hundreds of others... View Post»
Posted On: 10:45 a.m. | May 14, 2013
Not many people who aren't musicians can say they’ve been within a few feet of Los Angeles Philharmonic’s music director Gustavo Dudamel while he’s conducting a symphony. Over the last four years, Los Angeles Times staff photographer Lawrence K. Ho has captured Dudamel at about 45 concerts in Los Angeles, close enough that the young Venezuelan conductor could hear Ho’s camera’s... View Post»
Posted On: 10:10 a.m. | May 13, 2013
Stalin vs. Rasputin? Adam vs. Eve? Justin Bieber vs. Beethoven? Meet the guys behind "Epic Rap Battles of History," whose YouTube channel has exposed millions of fans – three-quarters of them males ages 13 to 34 -- to freestyle rhetorical battles in a format born among rappers on the streets of New York City in the 1970s. Read the full story by Dawn C. Chmielewski and see more photos,... View Post»
Posted On: 5:29 p.m. | May 10, 2013
Times staff photographer Jay L. Clendenin goes “old school,” and slows down the creative process shooting multiple exposures frames at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. View Post»
Posted On: 2:12 p.m. | May 7, 2013
Five-year-old Arden Hayes loves Legos. And presidents. He's been reading up on history and can name the chief executives in order and tell you a little — OK, a lot — about them. When he found out that he shared a birthday with FDR, he decided to find out more about him, and about the other presidents. Now he is practically a walking presidential library. View Post»
Posted On: 3:46 p.m. | May 2, 2013
With light rain falling Sunday, hand crews in Ventura County continued to work on establishing a more than mile-long fire break in the Hidden Valley area to complete containment of the 28,000-acre Springs fire. The fire, which erupted near Thousand Oaks on Thursday and quickly spread to the Pacific Ocean, was 60% contained, with full containment expected by Monday, officials said. The... View Post»
Posted On: 7:13 a.m. | April 30, 2013
Near Lone Pine in the Eastern Sierra, movie buffs are scouring the wilderness in search of locations to film scenes for Django Unchained--and as many as 700 other films shot in the area. It's the High Sierra's newest sport: Hiking to find rock formations and other natural features that pinpoint where scenes were shot for movies going back to the silent film era. View Post»
Posted On: 12:46 p.m. | April 28, 2013
Here are the highlights from the 2013 Stagecoach Country Music Festival weekend. Check out more here. View Post»
Posted On: 3:23 p.m. | April 24, 2013
I have been promising for years to take my friend Armando Arorizo to my hometown in the Philippines, and it finally happened last month. We traveled together to Dumaguete City, on the central Visayan island of Negros Oriental, and Armando brought along his friend Eli Reed, a member of the famed photographic collective known worldwide as Magnum Photos. View Post»
Posted On: 3:38 p.m. | April 19, 2013
It's a do-over this weekend at Coachella, where about 190 acts will return for the second, and final, weekend of the annual festival. Whether you’re headed to Indio, recovering from last weekend’s festival and looking for some couch viewing, or simply excited to join in from home, Framework presents a selection of the best imagery by visual journalists of the Los Angeles Times throughout... View Post»
Posted On: 3:07 p.m. | April 19, 2013
The Coachella Music and Arts Festival is a visual melody for photographers. Hundreds of artists playing on a cluster of stages over two weekends for some 120,000-plus people letting their collective freak flag fly. Really, it’s as close as it gets to can’t miss. View Post»
Posted On: 7:17 a.m. | April 19, 2013
To “drift” is to literally slide out of a turn; the vehicle is actually careening out of the race line. In other words, drifting is sliding the car on purpose, loosening up traction and throwing the car out of control. Drifting is controlled chaos, a dance of the throttle, brakes and steering, so practiced and choreographed that reactions are at the speed of thought, muscle memory... View Post»
Posted On: 5:10 p.m. | April 14, 2013
Times photographer Wally Skalij has covered Lakers games for 15 years, traveling with the team through playoff runs and championships. He has been fortunate to witness one of the greatest players of all time in Kobe Bryant. Skalij covered the 2001 and 2002 NBA Finals, when the Lakers beat the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets, respectively. He went on to cover the battles with the Boston... View Post»
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Framework, the photography and video blog of the Los Angeles Times, celebrates the power and explores the craft of visual storytelling. The blog highlights the work of Times photojournalists who frame by frame, document the drama, the emotion and sometimes the humor of life. Framework also aims to serve as a resource hub for photography, multimedia and video enthusiasts who share our passion. We will trade insights and discuss the tools and techniques of telling stories through images. Have a look and let us know what you think.
