Extra Frames is a monthly compilation of images captured by Long Beach Post photographers that are, well, extra. The photos were not used in a story for one reason or another but are too good to simply fade into obscurity and languish in the archives, forever unpublished.

A man jogs along the beach on an early morning across from oil iland Chaffee in Long Beach, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.
Jacob Boland, 22, is the first deaf singer in the Long Beach Camerata Singers. Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2023. Photo by Brandon Richardson.
Water puddles fill part of the Belmont Pier as bicyclists ride past after a rain storm came through Southern California in Long Beach, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.
The historic Queen Mary is reflected in a puddle at Harry Bridges Memorial Park following a rainstorm Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. Photo by Brandon Richardson.
A man zooms past while riding on the bike trail near the Belmont Pier in Long Beach, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.
Downtown Long Beach Alliance President and CEO Austin Metoyer enjoys a Masonic Secrets grapefruit West Coast IPA at Altar Society Brewing Co. on Pine Avenue Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. Photo by Brandon Richardson.
A woman walks across the Mosaic Promenade in Downtown Long Beach, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.
A pelican flies over Queensway Bay in Downtown Long Beach as the sun sets Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Photo by Brandon Richardson.

Brandon Richardson is a reporter and photojournalist for the Long Beach Post and Long Beach Business Journal.