Catch every drop of frigid air
watch it transform
as it leaves your lips
laced in hope
frozen in desperation
until all you see are clouds
above and below
melting away
beneath the amber light
gathering in your eyes."
Photo: "A Dreamer's Paintbrush"
We've had two really incredible sunsets in the Bay Area within the last week. This shot of San Francisco's Sutro Tower and Twin Peaks was taken last Tuesday from Alameda.
Photo: "Light Inside"
I had the opportunity last week to make a return trip to the beautiful St. Joseph's Church in San Francisco.
In 1906, an earthquake and fire destroyed this building. It was reconstructed in 1913 and remained in operation until the 1989 quake when it was deemed structurally unsound. The church has been vacant since.
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Photo: "B l i s s"
This afternoon, I'm heading down to Southern California for my brother's wedding, so it seemed fitting to share a peaceful scene from a beautiful morning overlooking the bay.
Congratulations Jeff and Caitlin!
Photo: "Dark Dawn"
Dawn at the Golden Gate Bridge.
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Photo: "Cannonball"
A colorful June sunset from Treasure Island.
Photo: "Frosted"
Golden Gate Bridge, Marin Headlands
Running at 100 miles an hour today, so here's a quick post from sunrise a few weeks ago in the headlands.
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Photo: "In A Perfect World, You'd Remain the Same"
San Francisco from Treasure Island, 6/10/13
I love sitting on the water, watching the clouds pass by as the waves lap the shore.
Photo: "When the Fog Lifted"
"When the fog lifted, the dreaming world was revealed below."
Sunrise, Golden Gate Bridge. March 2013
Photo: "Sutro Baths and Cliff House"
On this particular night in March, +Tran Mai and I decided to grab dinner before shooting Sutro Baths for sunset. Dinner lasted longer than expected and we arrived here with about 15 minutes to spare. As soon as the sun went down, we were joined by +Hillary Fox, who was in town. I opened the shutter while we were talking and watching the waves.
Photo: "Tucked In"
My alarm went off at 7am this morning and the only few words I remember from the radio program was "Thick, low fog on the Golden Gate Bridge this morning..." Sadly, I didn't paid attention to the forecast last night, or I might have been out shooting. Hopefully +Joe Azure got something good :-)
This shot is from my first fog morning ever, taken a few weeks ago. It was a glorious morning.
Photo: "Cerulean State of Consciousness"
On this particular evening a few weeks ago, I had plans to catch sunset at Sutro Baths, but when I left Twin Peaks, I could see the fog lurking over the beach. I continued north and made a stop at the Golden Gate Bridge lookout in San Francisco to check fog conditions at Fort Baker. All clear!
While I was grabbing this exposure, the figure of a photographer began climbing down the rocks and then I recognized a familiar voice. Seems as though +
had the same idea.
Sadly, we didn't get any amazing color, but it was still a gorgeous evening.
Photo: "One Eye Open"
A few weeks ago, I got to experience an amazing fog morning from the Marin Headlands. Within moments of getting out of the car, I understood first hand why +Joe Azure spends so many mornings up here.
Not only was it incredibly beautiful, but it was also peaceful and quite surreal. An entire city exists under this fog blanket; a place where hundreds of people are commuting to work, taking their kids to school, going for a morning run, all unaware of the beautiful show that was taking place a few hundred feet above their heads.
Photo: "Merriment"
Woke up to a beautiful fog morning today. I didn't make it out for sunrise, but here's a shot from sunrise a few weeks ago at Hawk Hill.
Photo: "The First Is A New Beginning"
I was going to hold off on posting these photos, but I'm too excited not to share. This morning, I experienced my first sunrise with fog at the Golden Gate.
Last night, I saw the low fog rolling over the hills on my way home and decided to wake up at 5am to check the webcams. +Joe Azure and I exchanged a few text messages and decided we were going to give it a shot, even though there was only a bit of fog on the webcams.
When I parked my car in Marin, this was my surreal view. In fact, this was also the first shot of the morning, so it felt fitting to post the first image of the first fog morning at the beautiful Golden Gate.