Dia De Los Fotos

This photo of a group of handpainted figures at the Casa California shop taken by Leilani Wertens and the following photo of a dyed pooch at Long Beach's annual dog costume contest by Justin Rudd are just a tease of some photos you'll see in tomorrow's post spooky holiday photo essays.

Which is a good way to let you local photobloggers know that we want to hear from you. We're planning some cool contests and regular features specifically for the folks who can't go anywhere around town without their cameras. If you want to be informed about those upcoming contests, let us know about your photoblog or contribute some photos of your own to LAist please let us know in the comments of this post or email us here.