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a story for one reason or another but are too good to simply fade into obscurity and languish in the archives, forever unpublished.

Pamela Fields, center, raises her fist with other members of Long Beach’s Black community in solidarity with her son, who was killed by Long Beach police in 2023, during an unveiling ceremony of a memorial park bench in his honor at Seaside Park Sunday, July 16, 2023. Photo by Brandon Richardson.
People gather on top of Hilltop Park as the sun sets on a hot summer day in Signal Hill, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.
A man speed skates along the bike path at Granada Beach in Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Photo by Brandon Richardson.
Long Beach Business Journal reporter Tess Kazenoff stands in the doorway of one of the buildings at Long Beach City College, where she was once a student, Friday, July 14, 2023. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.
A Long Beach firefighter stands on the eastbound International Gateway Bridge and 710 Freeway connector, where a big rig overturned Monday, July 24, 2023. Photo by Brandon Richardson.
A man is seen through public art on top of Hilltop Park in Signal Hill, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.
A man vapes while he rides along the bike path at Granada Beach in Long Beach Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Photo by Brandon Richardson.
A man rides a scooter along the marina near Shoreline Village in Long Beach, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.
Penny, 12, a Rottweiler/German shepherd mix, plays with her German shepherd brother Ruffles, 12, at Rosie’s Dog Beach in Long Beach as their human, Rick Avila, 65, looks on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Photo by Brandon Richardson.
A person rides along the bike path as others use the pedestrian path at Granada Beach Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Photo by Brandon Richardson.
A boy plays with his action figure as people gather on top of Hilltop Park as the sunsets on a hot summer day in Signal Hill, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.
A Southwest Airlines plane makes its final approach into Long Beach Airport Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Photo by Brandon Richardson.
Pamela Fields hugs family and friends after the unveiling of a memorial bench at Seaside Park for her son Donte Jordan, who was killed by Long Beach police in 2013 when he was 39 years old, Sunday, July 16, 2023. Photo by Brandon Richardson.
A man rides an e-bike along the Long Beach bike path at Granada Beach Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Photo by Brandon Richardson.
Clouds move in over the bay as Alcatraz Island is silhouetted against the lighted background in San Francisco, Friday, July 4, 2023. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.

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