There are a few million photographs of it in color, so I chose to shoot it with my monochrome camera. The light was favorable for long-exposure black and white photography. But that wasn't exactly unexpected—San Francisco in the summer at 8 a.m. is usually overcast. This is a 25-second exposure with a subtle selenium tint. [...]
Continuing to indulge my Comic Con habit, I went to a smaller show in Concord yesterday. Many fewer cosplayers, but as always, the ones who were there were happy to pose. Also as always, the lighting was pretty bad: there's not much of it, and it casts unflattering shadows. I can improve it in post, [...]
I've now photographed the Fourth of July parade in Orinda five times. I'm not getting better, but it's still worth a try. Lighting is tough—it's often a bright, sunny day—and, like all parades, the backgrounds are busy. But the colors pop and people don't object to having their photo taken. Here's the Little Mermaid. If [...]