Raul Roa

Photojournalism – Commercial photography 

 

 

Contact:  raul at raulroa.com

 

 

White-winged scoter, Bolsa Chica Nature Preserve

 

Roger Michael Cardinal Mahony leads procession of urns and burial boxes after funeral services for 9 family members who were killed on Christmas Eve 2008 in Covina, California by an ex-husband dressed in a Santa Claus suit.

 

 

Cooper's hawk, Santa Fe Dam, January 2009

 

Sora, male.  Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park, San Dimas, Ca. Dec. 29, 2008

 

View from the removable hatch shows the Los Angeles River and downtown Long Beach (at the right) and the Long Beach harbor towards the bottom during media flight of the Liberty Belle B-17 bomber on Monday March 3, 2008, out of Daugherty Field Airport in Long Beach.  The Liberty Belle made her first visit to Los Angeles area today and will make public flights available on March 8-9 in Long Beach and March 15-16 out of Van Nuys.  The Liberty Foundation's B-17 is one of only 14 B-17s that still fly today.  This specific B-17, dubbed the Flying Fortress, was built towards the end of World War II and did not see combat.

 

 

A Whittier Police officer talks to a male involved in a "family dispute," according to officer J. Pollow, after the vehicle he was driving in was pulled over by officers at Broadway & Canobie Aves. in Whittier on Thursday, March 13, 2008.  The two occupants of the vehicle were detained for a short time and then released.  Officer J. Pollow said a report was being taken.

 

 

A female L.A. County Sheriff member of the Major Crimes Bureau Vice Unit, right, keeps an eye on Sua Im, of Los Angeles, left, at First Ave. Therapy in southeast Whittier on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008.  Im, 27, was arrested for violation of the 647 (B) PC code, solicitation of prostitution, during multi-agency simultaneous sting in different cities, including Whittier and Rowland Heights.  There were five "johns" also arrested at this location along with two prostitutes and one madam, or "mama son.�

 

 

 

A Cactus wren sings at Sycamore Canyon on April , 5 2008.  These large wrens nest exclusively within cactus growths.

 

 

 

A Wedding photographer shows the groom how to hold the bride for a photo at the Los Angeles County Arboretum in Arcadia on Sunday, April 6, 2008.  Commercial photography, from major movie studio shoots to weddings and other events, is allowed at the county park for a fee and the number to contact is 626-821-3204.

Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers gets grabbed by the neck by a Clipper at Staples Center in Los Angeles on April 9, 2006.

 

 

A Anna"s hummingbird feeds at the Arboretum in Arcadian, California, on April 9, 2008.

 

 

 

All photos © Raul Roa – No permission to use in any manner granted – For viewing only