Just a quick couple’s session with two lovely new friends. Bernadette and Ellen are celebrating four happy years of being married this coming spring!
Category: San Francisco
Artist Ted Naifeh, Headshot
Ted Naifeh is one of my oldest San Francisco friends, talented artist of teen-friendly graphic novels ‘Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things’ and ‘Polly and the Pirates’, and is currently kicking up his heels in France, which makes me very jealous. (But I’m happy for him of course.)
He also draws a mean Batgirl on a scooter, for those us you who are also comic book fans…
Chinatown
Fuji Xpro1, 35mm 1.4 lens.
Endeavour over San Francisco
I wasn’t expecting to see this from my office window this morning, what a lucky break!
San Francisco Fashion Portraits, Ned
Been focusing on shooting menswear lately,with the help of some very dapper fellows.
Fujicolor 400, Film test
Double nostalgia day, film and the much-missed Red Vic theater on Haight St. Shot with the Canon Ae-1, film developed and scanned at Photoworks.
San Francisco Band Photography – Amanda Palmer
Touring is grueling and exhausting, but Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra were gracious and a lot of fun to photograph.
Street Photography
Over Pride weekend I participated in an street photography workshop with the extraordinarily talented Emilio Bañuelos of Black Books Ink. We were challenged to choose one camera and one lens, hit the streets and break out of our comfort zone. Doing this workshop was a birthday present to myself to deliberately force away from my usual style and to work towards being a more versatile and confident photographer.
All artists are our own worst critics. Until you go into a critique and other people start giving you constructive feedback. That this point you realize that other people are seeing flaws in your work you missed. Ha! An essential skill all creative people need to learn is to take feedback on what we make – while staying positive and excited about what we’re doing. With that in mind, Emilio, if you read this, know that I am still hearing your voice in my head whenever I compose along the same horizon line!
Here’s a few of my more successful shots from the weekend. I had a great time meeting some very talented photographers and I highly recommend participating in one of Black Book’s workshops if you have the chance.
All photos shot with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II and the Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM Wide-Angle Autofocus Lens. Processing done in Lightroom.
The Envy of the Neighborhood
San Francisco Nightclub Photography – Art Church
I don’t often shoot at clubs, but a friend of mine is getting a new project off the ground. Art Church is a monthly club of music with live models – the idea being that people will bring their sketchbooks and pencils to do life drawing before hitting the dance floor. It’s a fun idea, and will be happening monthly at Cat Club.
Couple more beneath the jump, including one model with an unusual color feature in one eye!
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