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Lighthouse Sunset on the Pacific Coast Highway – Montera, California
Point Montera Lighthouse is a working lighthouse AND a hostel. Plus, it has pretty amazing sunsets!
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Electric Wires in the Sky & Trolleybuses in San Francisco
When I first moved to San Francisco in 2009, I was very bothered by the “ugly wires” that ran above the streets. Teeming with a strong electric current, these wires power a fleet of zero emission MUNI trolleybuses. Now, I consider them a part of the City’s charm.
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Raw Footage of Riding the Rails in South San Francisco
As much as I love the beautiful drive, my favorite way of commuting between San Francisco and San Jose, California, is on CalTrain. Instead of fighting traffic or boredom, I can plop down in a nice comfy seat, take off my shoes, put my feat up and have some “me time.”
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Zen, Tranquility and Fog at Yosemite National Park
High up on Glacier’s Point in Yosemite National Park, the fog rolls across the landscape like an eternal wave and brings with it a tranquil silence.
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I Caught a Foul Ball at Angels Stadium (+ Fisheye Photography)
A wave of pure childhood glee swept over me as I started screaming in the least-manly way possible, “Oh my god! I just caught a foul ball!” I also spent a few innings capturing every inch of the stadium with a fisheye lens.
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What I Did Last Night: San Francisco Photography
One of my favorite things to do is to spend an evening searching through my archives and editing a whole bunch of photos. Sometimes they all are of a similar theme (like this one of San Francisco), and others they are completely unrelated.
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A Google+ Adventure Around San Francisco
When the Interwebs meet real life… I joined 30 Google+ photographers in San Francisco to wander around and take pictures of the city’s buildings, bridges, construction sites, sculptures and urban swagger. What follows are a dozen of my best shots as well as stories of what it was like meeting these complete strangers.
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Timelapse Videos: Summer in San Francisco Sure is Cold and Foggy!
When I moved across the country from New York City to San Francisco, I thought I was coming out for a slice of the good life with California weather. Daily shorts and flip flops were my dream, though once I got here I soon realized that sweatshirts and layers were …
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Travel Back in Time on San Francisco’s Historic Streetcars: Photo of the Day
Regardless of where I’m heading in San Francisco, I always try and find a way to take the historic F line streetcar. A lover of the rails since my father and I first set up a Lionel train in my childhood bedroom, I think these rolling museums may be my favorite part of the city.
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Living With the Hippies in Haight-Ashbury
Best known for being home to the hippie revolution in the 1960s, San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury it still a magnet for travelers, drifters, tourists and hippies of all ages, shapes and sizes. To honor it, I present to you the story of my experiences and observations from living a block off of that famous intersection.
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Dramatic Changes: Before and After Train Station Photography With Photoshop
Photoshop allows me make my images look like you’re viewing them through a pair of polarized sunglasses, which is certainly my favorite way to view the day. Take a look at the adjustment layers I used to transform a muted photo into the vibrant memory I have of train tracks in a traditional California town.
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Champs Come Home: The San Francisco Giants’ 2011 Home Opener
A photo essay of the San Francisco Giants World Series champs’ return to AT&T Park during the 2011 home opener. Giant American flags, jet flyovers, extra innings victories and a video of Brian Wilson hoisting the World Series flag.
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Rainy Days in San Fran: Phone Photography
My first update directly from my Sprint EVO camera phone. Below are some pics from the non-stop rain we’ve been having here on San Francisco lately. Guess it must be spring!
Supermoon Skies in San Francisco
During Supermoon 2011, I walked my tripod up and down the street I live on in San Francisco pointing it up at the sky while brightly lit white clouds floated past a deep blue sky. I guess I didn’t think about how it might appear to my neighbors…
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My Rock and Roll Photos in a Newspaper
Back in August, I had the opportunity to take photos at the Outside Lands music festival for the Benicia Herald newspaper in California. During the first three songs of their sets, I was in the photographer’s pit snapping away as Al Green, Phoenix, Nas & Damian Marley and Janelle Monae …
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California Route 66: From Needles to Santa Monica – the End of the Road
Sure I finished the drive over a year ago, but this blog post has just been sitting on my computer since then. As I continued on Route 66 from Arizona into California, I found that I really had to eliminate the majority of my final stops due to a dinner …
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San Francisco Giants World Series Celebration Photo Essay
For the first time since moving to California from New York City in 1958, the San Francisco Giants are the World Series champions of Major League Baseball. After trouncing the Texas Rangers in 5 games, the team returned to the City by the Bay on Wednesday, November 3, 2010, for …
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MC Hammer’s Still Got It: 20 Years Later
The chants of “go Hammer, go Hammer, go Hammer, go!” were all we needed to hear to know we were almost at the stage. Playing a children’s benefit at 10:30am on the first day of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, MC Hammer was in prime form and belted out hits …
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Rock and Roll Photographer For a Day
When my buddy Marc needed someone with a “nice camera” to take photos at the 2010 Outside Lands music festival for his newspaper, the Benicia Herald, I jumped at the opportunity. The unpaid but totally awesome gig came with a VIP pass and special entrance to the photographer’s pit right …
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San Francisco Bay Sunset Cruise Photography
Rolling fog in Marin, clouds, an average sunset and a perfect blue hour moment under the Golden Gate Bridge accompanied Carrie and I on our Red and White Fleet Sunset Cruise around the San Francisco Bay on July 29, 2010. Lounges
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