I went to Sonora in Gold Country this past weekend. Bad weather was predicted but never materialized and the weather and light were great for photography. This is the Sonora court house in late afternoon light. This the St. James Episcopal church, "The Red Church," right on Highway 49. (Yes, it's red, but I photographed [...]
This set of photos was taken in and near Oaxaca City and has the Day of the Dead and celebrants as subject matter. I took this from a vantage point looking down on the square in front of the Oaxaca Cathedral during a band concert in early evening. I asked if I could take [...]
I went to Mexico during the week of October 29 to photograph the Day of the Dead in Oaxaca. I came back with many successful photos—too many to put in one post, especially because I limit the number of photos in a post to no more than five or six. So I'll be publishing several [...]
I won't keep you in suspense: The good news is that Carnaval is a spectacular photo op. Everybody's in a good mood, all the people wearing elaborate and very colorful costumes are happy to pose for photos, and it was a warm, sunny day. (I guess that last one is good news for the scantily [...]
I did a poor job of planning for taking photos at this year's Bay to Breakers. I didn't have a plan for the kinds of photos I wanted, or at least no plan beyond my standard one of taking street portraits. I hadn't scoped out locations or come up with an approach to get a [...]
Cinco de Mayo isn't a major holiday in Mexico, and turns out it wasn't in San Francisco, either. I went to the "celebration" there, but it was really more of a small street fair with the usual vendors of cell phone services, chiropractic care, Scientology and the like. So I left and ended up walking [...]
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 [...]
I went to a workshop on night photography last Friday night. I don't use flash much (apparently, I've got a lot of company in that) so this was a chance to learn more about how to shoot movement at night with a flash. We mostly photographed a group of skateboarders. They were happy to perform [...]
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 [...]
I was in San Francisco early in the day, because we stayed overnight, and late in the day, because I had to return to get my phone, which I left at the hotel. (Tony Bennett needs to update the song for the 21st century: I Left My Phone in San Francisco). I'm no longer excited [...]