Highly Subjective

Location: San Francisco, CA

I shot this in the prep area for last weekend's Pride parade. There was something about this scene that really struck me. It was surrounded by a sea of parade-prep activity. It's actually one of my favorite shots of the day.

Location: San Francisco, CA - Market Street

After a quick look at the previous image, I'm realizing I haven't posted any new work in 4 months. That's downright depressing.

I have gone out shooting a few times recently, so I do have some images to process. I'm hoping to get back into the swing of things and start posting regularly again.

I saw this young woman walking down Market Street the other day while I was shooting the Pride Parade. I only had a second to raise the camera to my eye. I think it came out pretty well.

Location: Berkeley Marina, CA

I shot this on Sunday. I hadn't intended on going out to shoot flowers, but it was interesting looking and I had my camera with me. Although this isn't my typical subject matter, I like how it came out.

Location: San Francisco, CA - 111 Minna

Location: Fort Funston, CA

It was overcast and slightly gloomy for most of this visit to Fort Funston, but for just a little bit the clouds parted and revealed some really vivid light. It made everything kind of glow.

I wanted to capture the essence of this light, without photographing the beach or the waves specifically. I decided the best way to do this would be to purposely shoot the scene out of focus.

You may be asking why I didn't just take the picture (in focus), and then blur it in Photoshop later. While I have nothing against post-processing (I do it on most of my images), I do think there are times when you need to commit to your vision of the image... in camera. It's a little too easy these days to be sloppy when you're shooting, and then create the image later at a computer. There's nothing wrong with doing that, but making more (irreversible) decisions at the time you shoot will make you a better photographer. It forces you to really look at (and think about) what you're shooting.

Location: San Francisco, CA - Soma

I have to admit, I have a slight obsession with found objects. When I'm walking around, I generally scan the street looking for interesting little items, and wondering what the story is behind them. It's a special treat whenever I find photographs of people. I get to not only wonder about the object and the person who dropped it, but the person in the photograph as well. This photo immediately caught my attention. I found it while walking our dog.

As a side-story, there was a guy walking by me when I was shooting this in the street. He stopped and looked at the picture, and then turned to me and said, "awesome!" He started to walk away and then turned and asked if I would be taking the picture with me. He was bummed when I told him I was.

Location: San Francisco, CA - Soma

Location: San Francisco, CA
Model: Sasha

As with so many of my photographs, I just couldn't decide if I like this one better in color or black & white.

Location: San Francisco, CA
Model: Sarah Ellis