York Street

Woodwork

Through the drinking glass.

Brooklyn, NY, 2010. Canon 40d, 50mm, iso 1000, 1/50 sec, f 1.8

The Old Dirty Micah

Ummm...

Woodwork, Brooklyn, NY, May 2010; Canon 40D, 50 mm, iso 1000, 1/6 sec, f 1.8

Loki on the porch

Park and Call, OAK

Oakland Airport, April 2010. Canon 40d, 24mm lens, iso 800, f3.5, 1/40

Ben Behind the Bar

Shattuck Down Low, Berkeley, April 2010

The GZA

My favorite Wu Tang Clan member at the Shattuck Downlow, Berkeley, April 2010.

El Kool Kyle

El Güerro con sabor. Downtown Berkeley, April 2010.

Golden Gate Fields at Night

Lunch with Bronnie

Yesterday I had lunch with my man Bronnie Hazelwood. Bronnie was the first designer I ever worked for, about 15 years ago. We've maintained a close friendship ever since. We met at Ratto's in Old Oakland and had sandwiches on the sidewalk.

Branches

The cars go by

20 second exposure taken on Marin Avenue, just outside my parent's house. The high red light trail is from a passing ambulance. The reflections on the wet street were a challenge to expose correctly, but proved to be interesting in the end.

Trailers by the Bay

Reflections of...

I was walking through San Francisco during the late afternoon hours and noticed how windows on the shady side of the street caught reflections of the opposite side of the street, which was in full sun. The effect, when photographed, is a readymade photomontage of window displays and the neighborhood. More exploration is in order...

(This one is in downtown Berkeley)

Hiking with Rowan

My good friend Rowan and I have been going for early morning hikes in Wildcat Canyon Park. It's really amazing that he had a double lung transplant about a year ago.

Cleaning the California

I was getting the car washed in downtown Berkeley and saw these guys stripping the paint from the marquee of the California theater. Now that's working with type...

Trees at Night

F/2.8, 1/8 sec, handheld. I need to walk around one of these nights with the tripod.

Dawn Hike in Tilden

One of the best things about being back in the Bay Area is the easily accessible outdoor recreation. I've been taking advantage of Tilden as much as I can, especially early in the morning when the fog is still hanging in the trees and the sun is rising over Mt. Diablo.

Moonrise

3 shot bracketed exposure combined into HDR in Photoshop CS4 .

Christine Working

Sculptor Christine Howard works on a piece for an upcoming show at Socrates Sculpture Garden in Queens, New York. The opening is May 2, 2010.

Image was created by combining 3 frames, with a 2-stop bracket, into an HDR in Photoshop CS4.

Sunset at Socrates

Sunset over Manhattan, as seen from Socrates Sculpture Garden in Queens. 3 bracketed exposures combined into HDR images using Photoshop CS4.

Is this thing on?

Testing, testing...