{"id":7471,"date":"2019-08-06T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T18:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000001183"},"modified":"2019-09-03T11:20:22","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T18:20:22","slug":"look-up-long-beach-this-photographer-has-an-eye-for-intricate-stonework-and-7-eleven-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/look-up-long-beach-this-photographer-has-an-eye-for-intricate-stonework-and-7-eleven-signs","title":{"rendered":"Overlooked LB: This photographer has an eye for intricate stonework and 7-Eleven signs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To continue our series of community-sourced photo excursions\u2014a project we launched last month to encourage you, our readers, to slow down and observe your surroundings by flexing your photography skills, whether it&#8217;s during a <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/in-photos-walking-to-work-in-long-beach\">walk to work<\/a>, your turn to take the dog out, or something like this enviable foray into <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/art\/these-tiny-paintings-show-the-beauty-of-long-beachs-2nd-district\">plein air painting<\/a>\u2014here we have our next submission from a local photographer, Jillian Vondy.<\/p>\n<p>You can catch Vondy with her lens pointed upward, often at a cool sign or to capture the intricate stonework of an older building. From the photographed-by-every-tourist-who-ever-visited-Long Beach historic Villa Riviera structure\u2014which she manages to capture in a unique way\u2014to a 7-Eleven sign at dusk, the Alamitos Beach resident takes portraits at work, so in her free time aims her camera at just about anything else, as in the architectural details you&#8217;ll find in the photos below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jillianvondyphoto.com\/\">www.jillianvondyphoto.com<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Instagram:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jillianvondy\/\">@jillianvondy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>To submit your own Long Beach-based photo adventure, email <a href=\"mailto:asia@lbpost.com\">asia@lbpost.com<\/a>\u00a05 to 10 photos with captions, your name and general location, a 100 to 200-word description of your walk\/ride\/adventure through town and any social media platforms you\u2019d like mentioned.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000002367\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000002367\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10000002367\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/7-Eleven.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000002367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;7-Eleven&#8221; by Jillian Vondy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000002371\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000002371\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10000002371\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Scene-on-Tribune.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000002371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Scene on Tribune&#8221; by Jillian Vondy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000002369\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000002369\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10000002369\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Launderland.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000002369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Launderland&#8221; by Jillian Vondy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000002372\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000002372\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10000002372\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Stonework-on-Pine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000002372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Stonework on Pine&#8221; by Jillian Vondy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000002368\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000002368\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10000002368\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Grace-United-Methodist-Church.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000002368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Grace United Methodist Church&#8221; by Jillian Vondy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000002374\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000002374\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10000002374\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/The-Ebell-Club.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000002374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;The Ebell Club&#8221; by Jillian Vondy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000002370\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000002370\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10000002370\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Modicas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000002370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Modica&#8217;s&#8221; by Jillian Vondy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Check out more submissions below:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zeRvNNa4HD\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/art\/these-tiny-paintings-show-the-beauty-of-long-beachs-2nd-district\">Overlooked LB: These tiny paintings show the beauty of Long Beach&#8217;s 2nd District<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Overlooked LB: These tiny paintings show the beauty of Long Beach&#8217;s 2nd District&#8221; &#8212; the Hi-lo\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/art\/these-tiny-paintings-show-the-beauty-of-long-beachs-2nd-district\/embed\/#?secret=h6ayiCIKul#?secret=zeRvNNa4HD\" data-secret=\"zeRvNNa4HD\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/in-photos-walking-to-work-in-long-beach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a sucker for a cool sign, or the really intricate stone work on some of the older buildings,&#8221; 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