A Photographic and Cinematic Adventure On The Creative Frontier
I’ve heard the inside of San Francisco’s city hall is a thing of beauty. I tried to get in but there was some sort of ‘black tie’ event going on and they frowned upon a flip-flop clad, tripod toting photographer crashing the party. Ah well, next time right?
If the the Shire had a bridge, I’m pretty sure this is what it would have looked like. Couldn’t you see Frodo and Sam gazing out at the bridge just waiting for Gandalf to come visit? I discovered this secret little spot while hiking up from the bay to the standard Golden Gate overlook. Every once in a while you need to get off the beaten path to find something new!
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Last week I debuted our newest travel guide, ‘The Photographer’s Guide To San Francisco‘. The hotel featured in the guide is the Fairmont. This is why we featured it. Here is the view from our room! That view never got old. You can see the Golden Gate, Alcatraz, and the Coit Tower all in one breath taking glance. If you are interested in the surroundings, check out my series City By The Bay. It features locations within walking distance from the hotel.
Photographer’s Note: A couple weeks back I mentioned that I have been using the Lenskirt to photograph through hotel windows. I used it again in this image. You can see it in action below.
Also, I have been using luminosity masks in my night images to control the blending of my anchor images and adjustments. Here is a great resource on luminosity masking. I suggest you buy the photoshop actions, they are worth it!
Continuing the celebration of our most recent travel guide, we will make our way north of San Francisco to Sausalito. In order to do so we must cross an American icon, the Golden Gate Bridge. Here we are on the San Francisco side looking north towards the Marin Headlands on the Sausalito side. I shot this image while standing on top of the concrete bunkers that were installed during WWII. I don’t believe the bunkers were ever completed because the war ended before they were finished. However, what was completed will stand the test of time. The concrete is thick!
I couldn’t decide between the two images so I decided to post both of them. I know many people like to use my photos as their daily desktop image so I figured I’d let you decide which one you liked better. Just click on the image to get a larger version you can save as your computer desktop.
p.s. I would love to hear from you about which image you liked better. So if you have an opinion and a second please leave a comment. It is always fun to hear back from you! Tomorrow, we head north across the bridge to Sausalito.
I hope everyone had a great weekend. I started working on a new story that I hope to share next year. The story itself will start sometime in November and the final installment will be in May. I will know more in a couple of weeks, but things look promising. Keep you posted.
I spent the weekend putting the finishing touches on my newest travel guide. To celebrate we will be spending the entire week exploring San Francisco. The week will include images from a few of the places I have listed in the guide. We will see the lighthouse at Point Reyes, Muir Woods, and you guessed it….the Golden Gate Bridge. We will start with my favorite hotel in San Francisco, the historic Fairmont. What a hotel!
If you are headed to San Francisco, or know someone who is, check out my travel guidehere. It is full of things to do, places to photograph, a couple great restaurants, and a few of my favorite images. If you happen to live in San Francisco and have some local knowledge you’d like to share, just leave a comment on the guide. I would love to discover some ‘local’s only’ places. Thanks!
