Twilight on Interstate-5

By Tom Paiva on

This past week I have been very busy, and I was in Phoenix over the weekend, so am posting this a little late.  Back in December, on a drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles, I stopped along the interstate just before twilight at an unnamed exit.  In this part of the San Joaquin Valley, …

Fuel Dock

By Tom Paiva on

Last month, I got access to a fuel dock for a major oil company, where ships offload into storage tanks (tank farm) here in the LA area.  I’ve wanted to shoot here for a couple of years, and finally got in.  I only had about an hour, but I shot as quickly as I could …

The Holidays Road Trip

By Tom Paiva on

I was gone over the holidays for a couple of weeks, one week working in San Francisco and then with family.  Afterwards, we drove into Nevada and south down highway 395 back to LA.  As with most of the country, it was unusually cold and nasty. This weather made for some nice twilight and night …