Reader Photo: Fishing for photos

Luis Miguel Moreno captured this photo of a fisherman mid-cast on the Venice Beach pier on Saturday.

Moreno visited the beach with his brother from Houston, who was getting his first view of the Pacific Ocean.

For Moreno, the photo combines his two loves: fishing and photography.

“As a child, I always went fishing from Long Beach to Venice with my brothers and stepfather,” he said. “I’m 29, I started fishing when I was 4. I love it, it calls me.”

As a teenager, he began taking photos as an off-and-on hobby. After the murder of his younger brother last year, Moreno picked up the camera again on the anniversary of his death.

“Ever since then, my life has been changing little by little for the better,” he said. “Photography has really made a powerful impact in my life. I want people to see the beauty in everything the way I do, to really enjoy life’s little fleeting moments.”

Moreno used a Sony Alpha a6000 to make the image.

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