Bay Bridge Lights
In this image of the Bay Bridge the moon seems to be "captured" within the tower of the Bay Bridge. The image is a hand-HDR blend of six exposures at…
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January 30, 2013
Smashing Moonrise Workshop
The San Francisco Moonrise Adventure workshop on Saturday was a smashing success. Despite some unexpected logistical difficulties---due to a demonstration on Market Street---we settled into our Embarcadero waterfront location in…
January 28, 2013
Hot off the press
The pages of Botanique---my hand made, limited edition artist book---have all been printed. Some of them are shown here on the table formerly known as our dining room table. You…
January 25, 2013
Simple Compositions
Closely related to the question of "how low can you go" is the philosophical issue of, "how simple can you get?" Images like Story of O and Line Dance (below)…
January 23, 2013
Story of o
I walked along the trail beside San Francisco Bay near Richmond, California. My idea was to capture sunset on the mudflats of the Bay at low tide. When I traversed…
January 21, 2013
Sunset from Sutro Baths
Sunset was spectacular here in the San Francisco Bay area yesterday. I shot west out to the Pacific Ocean from Sutro Baths, shown here with a long enough exposure (15…
January 19, 2013
Assembling Botanique
I am very excited that Botanique is finally becoming real. Botanique is my limited edition, handmade book of floral prints, partially funded by Kickstarter (thanks Kickstarter sponsors so much!). The…
January 17, 2013
Stanford Memorial Church
This is an HDR fisheye shot looking up at the ceiling of the Stanford Memorial Church and its rather wonderful mosaics.
January 14, 2013
Star Magnolia
This Magnolia stellata was clipped from a flowering hedge in my neighborhood that borders a major avenue and photographed for maximum translucency. It makes a great print on Kozo washi…
January 11, 2013
Ice-Nine
In Kurt Vonnegut's novel Cat's Cradle ice-nine is a crystal with the power to freeze all life on earth, perhaps as I did with these yellow roses. Not really! Nor…
January 9, 2013
Not a pretty face
Not far as the crow flies from the glamorous and scenic parts of San Francisco lies a moldering waterfront south along San Francisco Bay. The structures look like they belong…
January 8, 2013
Lombard Street at night
The idea of this night shot along the famous curves of Lombard Street in San Francisco was to use my shutter speed setting creatively to get the desired effect with…
January 6, 2013
Tennessee Beach Landslide
For many years one of the pleasures of the two-mile hike down to Tennessee Beach in the Marin Headlands has been to view the wonderful hole in the cliff on…
January 3, 2013
Art is where you find it
Art is where you find it. I found this light phenomenon---caused by the reflections off two parked cars---when I came out from a Costco shopping adventure with the kids. Shot…
January 3, 2013
Fireworks to greet the new year!
An expression of joy and hope with the coming of a new year can be lavish in size, or small indeed. This dandelion, shot from below and skyward, exhibits points…
January 2, 2013