May 12, 2013 by Mike Hope
Hi everyone,
I have just finished saving a new look for my 500px photo site and thought you might like to take a look. I think it has a much raunchier look to it and I particularly like the background effects that come on from random photos. Let me know what you think and thanks for stopping by…

PS. this is still in Beta so it may have some quirks. Hope you like it.
Mike Hope
Mikehopephotos.com
Posted in Life Style, Photography, Photos | Tagged 500px, Mike Hope, photo sharing, Photographer, Photography, redondo beach | Leave a Comment »
May 11, 2013 by Mike Hope
This old coke can keeps coming back on me, so I took it back into lightroom and reworked it a little in black and white. Now I think it has a little more depth…maybe!! what do you think??
Posted in Real Estate | Leave a Comment »
May 10, 2013 by Mike Hope
Hi All,
I was just checking through some interesting articles on Street Photography when I came across a piece in the MessyNessy blog about a lady photographer
from Chicago that died recently at the age of 83 years. She apparantly was very private and never shown her photographs to anyone outside her family. Luckily the negatives came up at an auction and were bought by an historical hobbyist, John Maloof. Well the results speak for themselves and the lady, Vivien Maier, is a street photography legend. You can find out more and check some of Vivien Maier’s great work on Messy Nessy’s blog

Vivien Maiers Photographs – The Legend That Never Was
There is now a fascinating documentary Finding Vivien Maier you can check out the official trailer on YouTube
Finding Vivien Maier – official Trailer
I am sure you will aggree this is fascinating stuff. The quality of the photographs are phenomenal!! Makes you long for the days when RollieFlex ruled and black and white was recording history (still in manufacture by the way)

Thanks for stopping by,
Mike Hope
Posted in Life Style, Photography, Photos | Tagged Camera, Chicago, Documentary, hermosaman, John Maloof, London, MessyNessy, Mike Hope, Photo, Photographer, Photography, Rollieflex, Street, Vivien Maier | Leave a Comment »
Hi everyone,
Here are the updated home sales in our area for April 2013, there were no single family home sales. If you would like to catch up with the home sales in Redondo Beach or just see what’s going on in real estate check out Cecily Lee’s web site at cecilylee.com
Thanks for stopping by
April 2013 Townhome sales in our neighborhood
| ADDRESS |
SQUARE FT |
BED |
BATH |
YR BUILT |
SALES PRICE |
DOM |
LOT SQ FT |
SALE DATE |
121
S. Prospect AV #E |
1,470 |
2 |
1 |
1979 |
$545,000 |
10 |
— |
4/30/13 |
| 223 S. Prospect AV #8 |
1,584 |
2 |
1 |
1980 |
$580,000 |
30 |
— |
4/30/13 |
110 S.
Guadalupe AV #7 |
1,662 |
3 |
3 |
1983 |
$685,000 |
11 |
— |
4/18/13 |
210 S.
Prospect AV #5 |
2,295 |
3 |
2 |
1989 |
$688,000 |
67 |
— |
4/16/13 |
| 732 N Irena AV #B |
1,933 |
3 |
2 |
1989 |
$745,000 |
7 |
— |
4/15/13 |
| 706 N Irena AV #A |
2,009 |
3 |
2 |
1985 |
$799,000 |
34 |
— |
4/23/13 |
There were no Single Family Home sales in our neighborhood for April 2013
Information is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Cecily Lee, Redondo Beach Realtor, Redondo Beach Homes for Sale and Redondo Beach CA Real Estate
Posted in Real Estate | Tagged cecily lee, homes for sale in Redondo Beach, Homes in Redondo, homes in Redondo Beach, Mike Hope, redondo beach ca real estate, Redondo Beach Real Estate, Redondo Beach TownHome | Leave a Comment »
I was just inspired by another blog, Jean’s Photography, as there was a picture of a later Scrabble Board that I was admiring. I remebered this shot I took at the Ojai Resort and Spa of an old scrabble board they had on display. So I thought I would post it again. Hope you like it!!
Mike Hope
Posted in Life Style, Photos | Tagged board, california, cloe-up, close-up, double word score, game, game board, Hotel, macro, Mike Hope, Ojai, Photography, resort, scrabble, spa | Leave a Comment »
Redondo Beach Home Sales

Redondo Beach “A Great Place To Live”
Here are the home sales in our area for march 2013. For more info or to see what’s selling in our area check out Cecily Lee’s web site at cecilylee.com
March 2013 Townhome sales in our neighborhood
| ADDRESS |
SQUARE FT |
BED |
BATH |
YR BUILT |
SALES PRICE |
DOM |
LOT SQ FT |
SALE DATE |
1112
Beryl ST #2 |
1,240 |
2 |
3 |
1975 |
$515,000 |
11 |
— |
3/26/13 |
| 203 N Lucia AV #3 |
1,795 |
2 |
3 |
1986 |
$550,000 |
12 |
— |
3/21/13 |
606
N Juanita AV #2 |
1,351 |
2 |
2 |
1986 |
$571,800 |
21 |
— |
3/15/13 |
116
S Guadalupe AV #D |
1,300 |
2 |
3 |
1978 |
$585,000 |
8 |
— |
3/14/13 |
| 230 S Helberta AV #B |
1,800 |
3 |
4 |
2005 |
$795,000 |
43 |
— |
3/29/13 |
| 110 5 Helberta AV #B |
1,879 |
3 |
3 |
2012 |
$885,000 |
76 |
— |
3/25/13 |
March 2013 Family Home sales in our neighborhood
| ADDRESS |
SQUARE FT |
BED |
BATH |
YR BUILT |
SALES PRICE |
DOM |
LOT SQ FT |
SALE DATE |
| 129 N Lucia AV |
925 |
2 |
2 |
1947 |
$660,000 |
38 |
3,719 |
3/20/13 |
| 730 N Maria AV |
1,466 |
4 |
2 |
1950 |
$779,000 |
43 |
6,846 |
3/28/13 |
| 516 N Guadalupe AV |
2,024 |
4 |
3 |
1999 |
$918,000 |
64 |
4,536 |
3/26/13 |
| 914 Garnet ST |
2,219 |
4 |
3 |
2004 |
$1,125,000 |
0 |
3,224 |
3/21/13 |
Information is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Cecily Lee, Redondo Beach Realtor, Redondo Beach Homes for Sale and Redondo Beach CA Real Estate
Posted in Real Estate | Tagged cecily lee, homes for sale in Redondo Beach, Homes in Redondo, homes in Redondo Beach, Mike Hope, redondo beach, redondo beach ca realestate, Redondo Beach Homes for sale, Redondo Beach Real Estate, redondo beach realtor, South Redondo | Leave a Comment »
Lou E Luey’s on the Boardwalk, Redondo Beach. This was the old banquet hall. Now closed. Took this last weekend with the Fujifilm X20 and post grunge HDR effect.
Posted in Art, Photos | Tagged Boardwalk, Fujifilm X20, Lou E Luey's, Mike Hope, Pier, redondo beach, Restaurant | Leave a Comment »
Older Posts »