Fort Mason Sunset

Here is a shot from Fort Mason in San Francisco. This was taken with my little canon pocket camera - I held the camera at my hip and shot. I love shooting like this. You never know what you are going to get.

Making old into Art

As those of you that follow this blog one of my passions in photography is taking something that old and worn out and making it into something artistic and new.

This old gas pump was in China Camp up above San Francisco. I have posted a few shots from this location. It was sitting outside wedged between a tool shed and a house. I was drawn to it for the color that it had, along with the stories of the people that used it when it was new. What was the area like then? What were the people like? With most of the area being immigrants from China, I always wonder what they thought of the place that they now called home? Anyway, ENJOY!

For those history buffs that are curious about Flying A Gasoline, follow the link below. Granted it is from WIKIpedia, so take the information with a grain of salt...but hard to imagine someone wanting to joke around about gas (well I am known for joking around about gas, but not this kind). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidewater_Petroleum

Good Afternoon Good Evening and Good Night

Hope that everyone has been having a wonderful week. Wanted to take sometime to thank each of you that read this blog daily (or whenever I decide to update). As you know photography has always been a hobby/passion of mine and this blog has allowed me to provide all of you with my love of the Art.

For today's post it is pretty simple. A beautiful San Francisco Sunset.

Light Reading

Simple post for today. Nice depth of field shot taken at the Filoli Mansion Library.

Photographic Block

Well it has been some time now since I have posted. I have to admit that I have not been much of a fan of my recent shots. I find this happening to me quite often. I take TONS of pictures over a long course of time but find that I dislike something in each and everyone of them.

The positive side of this however, is that in a year I will most likely find a good amount of pictures out of the recent lot that I love. The only downside is that is a year away.

I do not want to have a post without a picture so here is one that I enjoy from some time back. This picture was taken in Brooklyn during the last summer that the Grammatical Fairy and I spent there. It is a portrait made from sidewalk tar (yes someone found sidwalk tar lying around and decided to make art with it) across the street from the Brooklyn Brewery. I like this because as a native New Yorker, I can often get caught looking down when I walk instead of looking up and around. In this case the locals benefit by looking at what's beneath them.

I think Freddy Krueger lives here!

This old broken down factory is located on Angel Island in San Fran. In this day and age, Angel Island is a state park. Originally it was an army base and then it was "Ellis Island of the West". They still have the original Asian detainment building on the island, complete with Chinese poetry etched on the walls from immigrants who were detained on the island for up to two years.

This factory was located in an old Army base that is now decaying. I took this shot with my handheld Canon Powershot SD1400. Granted I was still on my bike, half twisted around when it was taken but hey, a little photoshop and BW can spruce anything up.

Also - the San Jose photography event was a blast. I ended up meeting a ton of new photographers in the area and was able to share some of my photos. Thank you to everyone who sent in favorites. I used them all! Of course fans know best, and everyone loved the ones you all chose.

Diving into the Summer

Before you read today's post I need your help! I am showing off some photos this Wednesday night in San Jose. My plan is to use photos that I have uploaded onto this blog to showcase. That is where you readers come in: I need to know what the crowd favorites are. In Facebook, reply to this post with the date or title of your Top 3 B Braun photography favorites. Come Wednesday afternoon I will take the ones that are most popular and show them.

In addition, you might notice that there is a share button located at the bottom of the post. Use this to spread the word of my blog on social networking sites!

WOW! I only had one post in July. Sorry readers. I do have to say though it was a crazy and busy month; it feels like I was just writing my last post yesterday.

Anyway, to kick off August I have a photo that is a compilation of five photos. This series was taken a couple of weeks ago while hanging out in Santa Cruz. In order for the surfers to get into the water they either need to a) climb down the cliff face, or b) hurl themselves off the cliff. As you can see this guy went with option b. Sports mode on the camera is a wonderful thing!