Last week David’s niece came for a visit, her first time in San Francisco. It was really fun playing tourist, but I think her favorite things were the mall, getting to watch as many movies as she liked on Netflix, and climbing this tree in the park.
Category: San Francisco
San Francisco Conservatory Of Flowers
One of my favorite places in all the world.
Corporal Cuddling
Audre Lorde Got It Right
A Glance
Star St. Germain in Alamo Square
I know, I keep doing these shoots in the same park. But the light, it’s been so perfect! The weather, so lovely!
As previewed earlier, Star is an exceptional artist, a delight to photograph, and even more charming in person than any lens can capture. Although it certainly won’t keep us photographers from making the attempt.
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Accordion Calendar Shoot
Cindy Emch, who kindly posed for a tattoo story just a short time back, asked if I’d be interested in photographing her for a submission for the 2012 Accordion Babes Calendar. Absolutely!
These are a few of the photos we liked but which didn’t make the final cut to submit.
Still playing with the Holga lens..
I’m going to take the Holga lens out today and shoot some video on the 5d Mark2. Scandalous!
Star St.Germain
I’m off to shoot a wedding among the beautiful redwoods of Mendocino this weekend, but I’ll leave you with a teaser of a portrait set I shot with insanely talented artist Star. I’ve been a big fan of Star’s artwork and design for a long time, she’s recently begun producing music as well with her band ‘This Can’t End Well’. Check out their latest music video, directed by another photographer/video producer acquaintance, Chad Michael Ward. (His site may not be safe for work!)
Why Not? Putting A Holga Lens On A DSLR
A few months back I was catching up on boingboing.net and came upon this post about putting a low-fi plastic camera ‘lens’ on a digital camera. I’ve used a Holga for years as a fun carry around medium format camera, although due to costs and lack of time to spend in the darkroom, digital has become my go-to solution. It has occurred to me to hack up a way to attach the Holga lens to my camera, but I’m not terribly handy with these kinds of things. I love the look of the soft focus and natural vignette you get, as well as the uncertain results.
Recently, David and I took a hike around the Pt. Reyes area, and I brought along my trusty old Canon 20D loaded up with this Holga lens to play around with. The results are not displeasing! Not sure I’d ever use this on a gig, but it’s kind of fun to recharge my creative batteries by not thinking about f-stop or perfect focus.
One of the most photographed bridges in the world, apparently.
Ice plants along the coast, in bloom.
The hills are filled with naturalized Iris flowers. It’s astoundingly beautiful.
Holga lenses are available for both Canon and Nikon cameras, available for a mere $25 from HolgaDirect. Pick one up! I’m having a lot of fun with mine.