June 30, 2006

Neo Gothic


Neo Gothic

Taken at 8pm at the Moscone Center. The sun was about to set while I was shooting photos at the Moscone Center. Other photos from today: #1 and #2.
d70, 70mm, iso200, f/6.7, 1/500sec

June 29, 2006

Holes in the Street


Holes in the Street

Taken on Grant Street at 1pm. Was taking my lunch break in Chinatown and saw this scene. I have another "holes" photo and one of legs walking in front of me: #1 and #2.
d70, 52mm, iso200, f/4.5, 1/1000sec

June 28, 2006

Birdy


Birdy

Taken on 2nd Street at 8pm. A last minute photo for the day.
d70, 50mm, iso200, f/8, 1/750sec

June 27, 2006

It's On


It's On

Taken at home at 9:30pm. Was taking photos with friend Sherman for the Strobist's boot camp. Jen was volunteered as model. Here's the b/w, high-contrast version of my submission for the headshot assignment.
d70, 70mm, iso400, f/4.5, 1/250sec

June 26, 2006

Boxed In


Boxed In

Taken at 7am on Mission Street. Was on my way to work and saw these patterns on the floor just as the woman in the back was passing by.
d70, 50mm, iso200, f/3.3, 1/3000sec

June 25, 2006

Jen in Brown


Jen in Brown

Taken at the little Diner next to the Cliffhouse at 8pm. Went for a drive with Jen and we ended up at this Diner at the Cliffhouse for dinner. I noticed how everything was brown, from Jen's cloths, to the diet coke to the diner decoration. After a little convincing Jen agreed to pose for this photo.
d70, 24mm, iso800, f/3.5, 1/30sec

June 24, 2006

Stockton Tunnel


Stockton Tunnel

Taken in the Stockton Tunnel at 6pm. Was on the way to Union Square to shoot some photos and these boots and jacket were walking in front of me. Union Square didn't quite turn out due to clouds and I decided to head home instead.
d70, 50mm, iso200, f/1.8, 1/60sec

June 23, 2006

Pyramid


Pyramid

Taken in Concord at 7pm. I liked how the lines repeated themselves in a shape of a pyramid.
d70, 24mm, iso500, f/3.5, 1/60sec

June 22, 2006

Sun and Fog


Sun and Fog

Taken at 7pm high up on Market Street. I had to kill some time and the fog was rolling in. It was so thick I actually had to wait a while until the sun was at least a little bit visible. I also caught up on some of my photos from the weekend: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, and #8. *Phew*, that was quite a bit.
d70, 120mm, iso200, f/9.5, 1/2000sec

June 21, 2006

Office View


Office View

Taken at 3:30pm from a Vontu office window. I was trying to go for the look of William Fullers architectural photos in a fairly recent issue of Lenswork. Didn't quite turn out so I went my own way in color.
d70, 18mm, iso200, f/3.5, 1/1500sec

June 20, 2006

Crack of Light


Crack of Light

Taken at 8:30am on Sansome Street. Was on my way to work and the sun was just shining through two buildings as this woman was walking past.
d70, 50mm, iso200, f/3.3, 1/1000sec

June 19, 2006

Tamales Bay


Tamales Bay

Taken just before Sunset at Tamales Bay. Took a drive up there after work to check out a BBQ place. It was beautiful. This photo is a panorama stichted together from three images.
d70, 50mm, iso200

June 18, 2006

Golden Gate in the Morning


Golden Gate in the Morning

Taken from Golden Gate vista point at 5:30am. Another early morning with another friend. This time we went to the Golden Gate bridge. Except for this one, shot with a borrowed wide angle lens, I have not yet processed any other photos. I also spent the evening on Treasure Island, so there'll be lots more to come soon. Check back tomorrow or day after for the rest.
d70, 10mm, iso200, f/8, 1sec

June 17, 2006

Bay Bridge in the Morning


Bay Bridge in the Morning

Taken at 5:40am from the Embarcadero. I got up really early with a friend of mine to shoot photos of the bay before sunrise. We really lucked out, it was an amazing sunrise. I am still processing the photos, but the first few are already for show: #1, #2, and #3.
d70, 18mm, iso200, f/22, 2sec

June 16, 2006

North Beach Church II


North Beach Church II

Taken at 9am from Vontu office. A re-shot of the church shown 6/13, but this time with the 70-300mm lens of a co-worker and at better weather.
d70, 300mm, iso200, f/5.6, 1/1000sec

June 15, 2006

Waiting for the Bus


Waiting for the Bus

Taken on Sansome at 6pm. Had a good day and shot quite a few photos while running errands. Here are the other ones from today: #1, #2, #3, and #4.
d70, 50mm, iso200, f/1.8, 1/8000sec

June 14, 2006

California Bank & Trust


California Bank & Trust

Taken at 6pm on California Street. Even though they were closing, they let me in to take a few snapshots of this entrance hall. They must have just cleaned the floor with those reflections.
d70, 50mm, iso200, f/1.8, 1/125sec

June 13, 2006

North Beach Church


North Beach Church

Taken at 5pm from the Vontu office. This church is a landmark in San Francisco's North Beach district and our office has a great view on it. Today I finally remembered to bring in my telezoom lens. Unfortunatelly the light wasn't quite ideal - I had hoped for more sunshine. But I'll bring the lens in during the next few days again, maybe I can get some more good shots from up here.
d70, 200mm, iso200, f/2.8, 1/2000sec

June 12, 2006

Ferry Building


Ferry Building

Taken at 7pm into the sunset. I took a walk with Jen to the Ferry Building. The sky behind the Ferry Building was so bright from the setting sun, it turned the image into almost pure black and white. Another photo from a little later shows some more color. Other photos from today: #1, #2, #3, and #4.
d70, 200mm, iso200, f/16, 1/125sec

June 11, 2006

San Francisco in the Morning


San Francisco in the Morning

Taken at 6am from Treasure Island. Got up early today to get some long exposure photos of San Francisco. I like how the long exposure makes the bay look like it is frozen over. More photos from this photo shoot: #1, #2 and #3.
d70, 50mm, iso200, f/22, 20sec, + polarizer, ND, and ND grad filters

June 10, 2006

At the Bookstore


At the Bookstore

Taken at 10:50pm at Border's bookstore in Union Square. Was out with a friend and we stopped by Border's. The red shirt with the red background just begged for a photo.
d70, 50mm, iso800, f/1.8, 1/45sec

June 09, 2006

Isul Kim Live


Isul Kim Live

Taken at 8pm at the Orchad Valley Cafe in Campbell, CA. This is singer/song-writer Isul Kim at todays coffee house show. I had a very hard time deciding between the photos from the day. I ended up picking this one, but close second is a concrete honeycomb shot (can you guess where this is?) and a cigarette break street photo.
d70, 50mm, iso800, f/1.8, 1/60sec

June 08, 2006

Shape


Shape

Taken on Sansome at 6pm. I decided to play around with massive grain by shooting at virtual iso 12800 (shoot at iso1600, under-expose by 3 stops). I got the grain alright, but I am not too happy with the way the photos turned out. I have to see if I want to continue in this direction. Here's another grainy photo from today.
d70, 50mm, iso1600, f/22, 1/180sec

June 07, 2006

Call Me


Call Me

Taken on 2nd and Market at 6:30pm. I saw this guy making a call and liked the background of the columns of the store. Somehow this photo just wasn't any good in b/w. The high contrast between the blue shade and the almost orange skin worked much better. There is also another photo from today in the usual b/w.
d70, 50mm, iso200, f/1.8, 1/1500sec

June 06, 2006

Blue Flowers


Blue Flowers

Taken at home at 11:30pm. I realized I had not taken a photo of the day and had to get creative. After some searching I found that these flowers made an interesting photo if placed in front of our room light.
d70, 50mm, iso1600, f/1.8, 1/750sec

June 05, 2006

Cigarette Break


Cigarette Break

Taken at 1pm on Sansome Street. Was walking back from lunch and saw this woman taking a cigarette break while sitting on this wonderfully textured stone. Another photo from today shows this bizarre blob inside a building on second street. A photo I have been meaning to take for a long time.
d70, 50mm, iso200, f/1.8, 1/1500sec

June 04, 2006

Jamba Juice


Jamba Juice

Taken at 7pm at some Jamba Juice in Livermore. This is Tet, whose patience with being model for my daily photo is slowly running out. Nevertheless I got this photo while we were on a pit stop on the way back from a great birthday BBQ (not mine) with some good friends.
d70, 50mm, iso800, f/1.8, 1/8000sec

June 03, 2006

The Mark Hopkins Hotel


The Mark Hopkins Hotel
(summer project, part 1)

Taken on Nob Hill at 6pm. I started a little summer weekend project that will require me to take photos of 10 different locations and sites in San Francisco. Check in every once in a while to see what those sites are.
d70, 80mm, iso200, f/6.7, 1/1000sec

June 02, 2006

Color Painting


Color Painting

Taken at 5:30pm inside an entrance hall on 2nd street. I liked the lines of the window frames on the colorful painting.
d70, 50mm, iso200, f/2.4, 1/6000sec

June 01, 2006

ME


ME

Taken on Sansome at 6pm. I like this one for two reason: the cool cut-out looking shape in the woman - it is actually a coincident to get this, as the round shape consists of a low hanging back, a flying jacket and her legs in the right shape. The other reason is the loud "me" of the Sansome street sign. Other photos from today: #1, #2 and #3.
d70, 50mm, iso800, f/1.8, 1/6000sec