Bathtub Sundown
on Nov 17, 2009 in Daily Shorts "San Francisco bath bay bridge park sunset sutro tilden tub This was taken last November in Tilden Park.  I stuck a pair of binoculars on the end of my little Fuji F30 to fashion a super ghetto telephoto lens.  I think the muddy results actually bring out the strange texture the surface of the bay had that...

Malaisin’
on Nov 14, 2009 in Daily Shorts industrial mercedes Oakland west A junkyard full of the world’s most reliable cars rots in West Oakland.

Enjoy Your Parks, Oakland.
on Nov 11, 2009 in Daily Shorts clean garbage keep litter Oakland our palm parks trees west Whose fault is this really?  The people who put the garbage as close to the box as possible, or Oakland sending a cardboard box to do a trash can’s job?

Photos of Photos.
on Nov 8, 2009 in Daily Shorts baths bike candid fixie stand sutro track One of my favorite things to shoot is other photographers taking pictures.  Whenever I come across someone else having themselves a little photo session, I usually can’t help but fire off a few shots of my own.  It is easy to grab a candid as...

Happy 100th Cliff House!
on Nov 5, 2009 in Daily Shorts Since it was such a nice day on Tuesday, I decided to head to my favorite steps for some views unencumbered by fog.  It also happens that the Cliff House celebrated its 100th anniversary yesterday (Nov. 4th).  Coverage of that can be found on SFGat...

Whole Earth Access
on Nov 5, 2009 in Explorations Whole Earth Access (78-97) was the brainchild of the Farb brothers, inspired by the Whole Earth Catalog, they envisioned a one stop shopping destination for the hippie set. They carried everything from wood stoves to hemp clothes.   As the countercu...

Travel + Leisure + BASE
on Nov 4, 2009 in Annoucements About a month ago Travel + Leisure emailed me and asked to use a photo of mine for an upcoming article on abandoned places.  Here is the article, pretty sure it’s online only, but it is still a nice bit of “official” gratification.

Travel + Leisure
on Nov 4, 2009 in Annoucements About a month ago Travel + Leisure emailed me and asked to use a photo of mine for an upcoming article on abandoned places.  Here is the article, pretty sure it’s online only, but it is still a nice bit of “official” gratification.

Halloween and Public Transit
on Nov 3, 2009 in Daily Shorts 24 hour service meant that BART was turned into a mobile costume party, although it was quite subdued by 3 in the morning.

I, For One, Welcome Our New Communist Overlords
on Oct 30, 2009 in Daily Shorts "San Francisco charity city Civic Center hall red SF City Hall in red, for some charity event deal.