September 2018

Old Oakland in Black and White

By |2018-09-26T22:50:10+00:00September 26th, 2018|Uncategorized|

I drove into Oakland early Sunday morning specifically to photograph the court house front-lit by the rising sun. But it was overcast, so I had to wait. I know—it's just a building, which is not the most exciting subject, even though, having been built in 1936, it is historic. But I really like the [...]

August 2018

Late Lighting on Telegraph Avenue

By |2018-08-27T20:13:20+00:00August 27th, 2018|Uncategorized|

I traveled down Telegraph Avenue from close to the UC Berkeley campus to where it ends at Broadway in Oakland, looking for subjects. The best I found were the buildings on the east side of the street that were front-lit by the low sun. I had a red filter on my monochrome camera to make [...]

June 2018

Photographing the Port from the Water

By |2018-06-23T22:08:23+00:00June 23rd, 2018|Uncategorized|

We took a 90-minute tour of the Oakland Harbor on a Blue and Gold boat, which, for a photographer, means a chance to see the port facilities and container ships from a vantage point you can't get from land. It was late in the day, so the sun was low. That translated into some [...]

Cosplay at Comic Con

By |2018-06-12T00:08:18+00:00June 12th, 2018|Uncategorized|

It's easier to photograph people at events than elsewhere, and it's especially easy at Comic Con, where many people are dressed in costume and are happy to pose. I went to San Francisco Comic Con (held in Oakland) on Friday, stationed myself in front of a black curtain to use as a background, and asked [...]

May 2018

Three Trips to Oakland

By |2018-05-02T23:33:05+00:00May 2nd, 2018|Uncategorized|

I'm making Oakland my go-to street photography destination because it's quick and easy to get into downtown and there's a real variety of people to photograph there. The images in this post are from three separate trips. I asked this man to pose for me in front of the mural. This was shot with [...]

April 2018

An Alternative SF Skyline View

By |2018-04-19T17:31:19+00:00April 19th, 2018|Uncategorized|

The shot of the San Francisco skyline from Treasure Island is hard to beat, but I've done it (and seen it done by others) an awful lot. Here are just three examples of my own shots over the years. So I went to new spot last night with a couple of other photographers. Called Port [...]

Four More Oakland Street Portraits

By |2018-04-03T04:08:49+00:00April 3rd, 2018|Uncategorized|

I was back in Oakland last Saturday evening walking around looking for interesting people to photograph. The end-of-day light helped a lot. I got three portraits I find acceptable and one very good one. I talked to this man for a while before asking him to stand in front of this black wall. This A's [...]

February 2018

People and Murals

By |2018-02-27T22:18:34+00:00February 27th, 2018|Uncategorized|

Street photographers are supposed to compose with a scene and actors. I modified that last week to a backdrop and, well, people. Not even really actors. There are lots of murals in downtown Oakland that make good backdrops. I found a couple of people to pose in front of them. I need to work more [...]

Street People in Oakland

By |2018-02-05T01:47:07+00:00February 5th, 2018|Uncategorized|

There weren't a lot of people out and about in downtown Oakland today because everyone was at Super Bowl parties. So maybe the street people stood out even more. Here are two I talked to and photographed. I could see this man's tattoos under his unbuttoned shirt and started talking to him about them. He [...]

October 2017

Oaklandish

By |2017-10-16T17:06:24+00:00October 16th, 2017|Uncategorized|

That's the name of a store in downtown Oakland. I went into the city yesterday in the late afternoon to find some street photography subjects. (Not that it has anything to do with photography, but I have to say the weather was absolutely perfect. Oakland has great weather.) I shot near the Oakland Marriott, where [...]

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