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Travel guide of Isla Vista15 km from Isla Vista
This photo is special to me. A good friend of mine admiring the mountains and valleys of beautiful Santa Barbara, CA.
Experienced by Josie Lopez
31 km from Isla Vista
This photo was taken from a DJI Mavic Pro drone at about 400 feet over Carpinteria State Beach in Carpinteria, CA during early March 2017.
Experienced by Charles Magnuson
33 km from Isla Vista
without having been to Denmark and basing my opinion purely on the fact that Solvang is supposedly a recreation of a Danish town—the place apparently resembles
Experienced by Alonso Reyes
34 km from Isla Vista
When taking sunset pictures at Gaviota Beach, I ran into a few college students from Santa Barbara doing their own photo shoot, and they let me dive in. Much appreciated — and I hope you enjoy!
Experienced by Tim Mossholder
60 km from Isla Vista
Happened to have grabbed my camera on the way to the beach, where I met the nicest kid, Charlie Wiswall, who was just setting up his kite and allowed me to take some pics. Best of luck to him!
Experienced by Tim Mossholder
64 km from Isla Vista
I took a weekend camping trip to the Channel Islands and ended up kayaking through this arch. This island is one of the smaller islands, very desolate, but offering amazing features just off the south end.
Experienced by Jeremy Bishop
86 km from Isla Vista
Since moving to the central coast of California a couple years ago, I’d heard about the wild flowers…but I just got to go see them this week. Amazing. All the rain we’ve received this 2016-17 season has produced some deep colors and much beauty.
Experienced by Tim Mossholder
86 km from Isla Vista
Phoscheck drop during the 2013 Springs Fire, one of an ever growing list of wildfires in California due to hot, dry conditions and drought.
Experienced by Ben Kuo
87 km from Isla Vista
I decided to make the drive to Grimes Canyon, all the way from Long Beach which took me about 2 hours. I went by myself. Turned out good. I caught a great sunset.
Experienced by Sergio R
100 km from Isla Vista
I think I ruined someone’s long exposure while taking this shot. If you enjoyed my photo and used it somewhere, please tag my instagram @adele_payman! Fair is fair.
Experienced by Adele Payman
108 km from Isla Vista
I got to spend this Thanksgiving weekend at my in-laws beautiful beach house in Malibu. One morning, I woke up to see the sunrise. As the sun was coming up, I walked outside to go down the beach house stairs to the beach. This was the view and it was too good not to snap a photo or two of.
Experienced by Andy Abelein
108 km from Isla Vista
I woke up early one morning while I was staying on the coast of California to see the sunrise. The colors in the sky were unreal. I wanted to capture the peaceful calmness of the view, so I shot the wave breaking with a slow shutter, giving it that soft, peaceful feel. Takes me back every time I look at it.
Experienced by Andy Abelein
108 km from Isla Vista
Pismo Beach is a beautiful sunny beach stop in California. It has an amazing sunset and I absolutely love it here. Like home
Experienced by Max Templeton
121 km from Isla Vista
Couldn’t sleep the night before, so I decided to wake up early and take a drive by some vineyards in San Luis Obispo to catch the sun rise.
Experienced by Derek Liang
133 km from Isla Vista
This photo was taken during an outing with a friend who I had known for seven years, but had never met in person, believe it or not. We befriended each other through online video gaming, and became very close despite being 3,000 miles apart. Fortuitously, as he was training for the US Airforce, he was stationed at a base an hour away from my home. This was a great opportunity to show him around the places I grew up, including the Santa Monica Pier was this photo was taken. Having been born in Santa Monica, I had never thought much of these tourist attractions, but now this sight feels fresh.
Experienced by Christian Mikhael
135 km from Isla Vista
Photo was taken by JustinSnyderPhoto.com in Venice Beach California. Shot by Justin Snyder Photo. more images at: @justinsnyderphoto on IG, www.justinsnyderphoto.com facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JSnyderPhotoLAB
Experienced by Justin Snyder Photo
135 km from Isla Vista
While wondering around filming in Venice Beach I took a second, stepped back and took in the moment. Then I switched to camera mode and snapped this photo without truly dialing in the correct settings. When I got to editing the photo I actually enjoyed how it came out. The blurred facing and all. It gives light to know specific person so you can envision yourself as the guy or guy headed to catch some waves on a beautiful sunny Cali day.
Experienced by Matthew LeJune
136 km from Isla Vista
I was at the Venice Skatepark one day and I saw this amazing skateboarder and he asked me to take a couple of lifestyle pictures for him so I took this one really special one that reminded me of Childish Gambino’s song Kauai.
Experienced by Josh Kahen
139 km from Isla Vista
I took my bike out on the Marvin Broad Bike path in Los Angeles. The sunset was perfect and I decided to take a photo of me and my bike on the dunes
Experienced by Holly Chisholm
141 km from Isla Vista
One of the most recognizable homes in Los Angeles, the Stahl House was etched into our memory from the renowned architectural photographer, Julius Shulman. Here is a different view showing the relation of the house to downtown.
Experienced by Sterling Davis