Happily Bearded After

Happy 3rd of July Long Beach! 🎆

🌅 Sunrise Walk
📍 Seashell Park - 100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach, CA 90802
📸 We’re up early for golden hour, harbor reflections, and a peaceful start to the day. Hopefully the sun comes out to play!

- Open to all levels & camera types.
- Come solo or with friends

✨ Light Painting Night
📍 Alamitos Park - 7203 E Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90803
📸 Bring your tripods and light tools—it’s all about long exposures, creative lighting, and experimental shots.

🌳 The Classic Night Walk
📍 DeForest Park - 6255 De Forest Ave., Long Beach, CA 90805
📸 A relaxed evening stroll through the trees, textures, and shadows of North Long Beach.

Three Walks. Three Vibes. One Long Beach.

To mark 30 months of capturing Long Beach, we’re switching things up with three unique Night Walks. Each offering a new way to shoot, explore, and connect. Come to one or hit all three. Just don’t forget your camera!

We protest because silence helps the powerful, not the people. #LongBeach

Michelle’s art celebrates the small joys: sunlight on skin, the rush of water, and moments of unexpected connection. It’s a world where quirky creatures thrive and vulnerability is a strength. Based in Long Beach, she creates from a place of camp, heart, and deep curiosity.

Drawing from personal memories, natural elements, and a playful spirit, her work transforms tender emotions into fantastical clay forms. Each sculpture is like a page from her visual diary—layered with symbolism, saturated with color, and full of feeling.

📍 Universal Studios Hollywood

Fan Fest Includes: Star Trek, Dungeons & Dragons, Back to the Future, Wicked, One Piece, Jujutsu Kaisen, Nintendo, and Harry Potter.

Remaining nights May 9, 10, 11; and May 15, 16, 17, 18.

🎟️ Tickets are available now — don’t sleep on it.

I had an absolute blast soaking it all in with @eatwhateveryouwant by my side — thank you for the invite and the great company. And big thanks to @unifanfestnights for sponsoring this unforgettable evening! 🙌

✨ Fan Fest Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood are seriously next level — think iconic rides after dark, immersive worlds, and nonstop photo ops with your favorite fandoms. 🎢🌌 #sponsored

Bring your camera (or just your phone) and come connect with fellow creatives, hobbyists, and photo lovers as we explore Long Beach together one frame at a time. Free + open to all levels!

Tag your walk buddies and let’s make some magic at golden hour 🌇✨

📸 Join us for the next Long Beach Night Walk!

🗓 Tuesday, May 14
🕕 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
📍 Location: Bixby Park Annex (The Bluff for Locals)
📍 Address: 2100 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90803

We will be meeting on the corners of Ocean/Junipero!

Celebrate the camera and the community behind it.
Don't miss out — this will be epic.
🎟 Get your ticket now: QMI.care

🎁 Bonus: Buy your ticket before June 10 and get a FREE National Camera Day canvas tote bag loaded with goodies!
🍻 Stick around for happy hour (6–7 PM) — more giveaways & fun!

Meet your favorite local camera shops, film labs & clubs — plus gear from Nikon, Sony, Fuji, Pentax, CineStill, Tamron & more!
Try out new gear, snap amazing shots, and network with fellow photographers 📷

📸 National Camera Day Aboard the Queen Mary!
Join us for SoCal’s biggest photo walk & meetup EVER!
🗓 Sunday, June 29 | ⏰ 3–7 PM
📍 The Queen Mary, Long Beach
🎟 $30 | Get tickets at QMI.care

Happy Earth Day! Took a little walk around the neighborhood today to appreciate the beauty around us. Every step is a reminder of why it’s worth protecting. #EarthDay

This delicate piece offers a contemplative shift, highlighting the quiet strength and nuance found in nature’s subtleties.

Born and raised in Southern California, Michele is a self-taught artist with work displayed nationwide, from Key West to Long Beach.

These are the images submitted to the exhibit:
Image 1: Electric Avenue (Selection)
Image 2: Docking into a Greener Tomorrow
Image 3: Rust to Renewables

Don’t miss this powerful showcase of our city’s working waterfront!

Stop by weekdays between 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM to experience stunning visual stories of one of the world’s busiest seaports.

Location:
Port of Long Beach Administration Building
415 W Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90802

Now on View: Port of Long Beach Photo Program Exhibit

Explore the Port through the lens of talented photographers! The Port of Long Beach Photo Program Exhibit is now on view at the Port Administration Building through May 22.

@abc7community.bsky.social OG Meet-up in Long Beach 📸

Signal Hill: Small City, Big Views. 🌺

When my time comes, this is my only request.

Just saying.