California: the land of opportunity, fame, and fortune. And let’s not forget dreams.

If you really get to explore California, there are nooks and crannies that are nothing short of other-worldly. Almost as if they were plucked straight from a fairy-tale and dropped into some corner of a sleepy seaside town. It’s a big state, but Paige didn’t have to leave Los Angeles to find the raw materials to inspire the waking dream imagery in this series.

In this collection, Paige took a series of photographs in Southern California using an iPhone 8, iPhone XR, or a Nikon D3000. She manipulated the images in Photoshop and Adobe apps to convey the ethereal, hazy feeling she gets when she finds a quiet moment in the hills or in the city. Magic is everywhere - sometimes it just needs a little help revealing itself.