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  • All These Lights I Hold...

    All These Lights I Hold...

    San Francisco, California Every holiday season Transamerica displays a bright beacon at the top of the pyramid and the Embarcadero Towers display lights tracing the edges of the buildings. This is a long exposure and the streaming red/orange lights are from the tail lights of cars and buses. Nikon D800 + Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8 @ 86mm, f/14, 30 sec, ISO 100.

  • On a Clear Night

    On a Clear Night

    Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco, California February 26, 2012 From my favorite "secret" spot. Nikon D90

  • Blue Ultra

    Blue Ultra

    Sausalito, California Published in: IX Galleries (www.1X.com) I made this image just after sunset during a time when day transitions into night, a brief period photographers call the "blue hour". Fog like this rolls in from the sea and into San Francisco often, but its form and appearance is fickle thing to predict. Sometimes it’s a slow moving, thick mass that completely engulfs the bridge and parts of the city. Other times it can be a fast moving mist that blows in fast and back out just as quick. For photographers this wonderful phenomenon is a challenge it capture. You may see the huge white mass approach from the sea, but by the time you get on location (a one hour hike in near darkness in this case) and set up your gear, it’s gone. I've been searching for just this kind of condition over the Golden Gate Bridge for several years, where the iconic bridge towers pierce a thick blanket of low fog. Then one evening in November, it happened. The remarkable colors are natural.

  • Into Orange

    Into Orange

    Sausalito, California I made this image a few minutes after I made "Blue Ultra". The color and quality of light changes so quickly during this brief period. I was the only person standing on the dark hill enjoying every minute of this private light show.

  • Western Span of the Bay Bridge

    Western Span of the Bay Bridge

    Yerba Buena Island, California

  • Light Speed

    Light Speed

    Long exposure image of SkyTrains moving in and out of the city. Stadium-Chinatown Station Vancouver, British Columbia Nikon D810 + Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8

  • Coit Tower

    Coit Tower

    San Francisco, California April 2, 2013 Fog quickly approached as I was making this image. Moments after, the tower disappeared behind a thick curtain of fog.

  • Raygun Gothic Rocketship

    Raygun Gothic Rocketship

    Pier 14, Embarcadero San Francisco, California September 11, 2010 The Raygun Gothic Rocketship is a rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was, a critical kitsch somewhere between The Moons of Mongo & Manga Nouveau. Inspired by 1930s and 40s science fiction, the 40-foot tall, 8-ton rocket ship was a fabulous attraction displayed San Francisco for several years. In 2013 it was relocated to Calgary, Alberta Canada. I wonder where it is today?

  • Raygun Gothic Rocketship against the Oakland Bay Bridge

    Raygun Gothic Rocketship against the Oakland Bay Bridge

    San Francisco, California Nikon D800

  • Western span of the Oakland Bay Bridge

    Western span of the Oakland Bay Bridge

    San Francisco, California Oakland Bay Bridge viewed from the Embarcadero in San Francisco and looking east towards Yerba Buena Island. The vertical lights are a new installation designed by a local artist and will remain on display for two years. The artist programmed the lights to undulate, sparkle and flash in various patterns and designs.

  • San Francisco City Hall

    San Francisco City Hall

    Civic Center San Francisco, California March 6, 2010 Nikon D90 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 26mm

  • One Night in June

    One Night in June

    Ghirardelli Square, Aquatic Park, and Maritime Museum San Francisco, California June 26, 2010 Nikon D90 + 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 70mm, f/9, 4 sec, ISO 200

  • Bathed in Blue

    Bathed in Blue

    San Francisco, California Nikon D90 + Nikkor 70-200mm @ 110mm and 6 seconds.

  • See You On the Flip Side

    See You On the Flip Side

    San Francisco, California Highway 101 leading into the backside of the city. A lesser photographed but still beautiful angle taken from Potrero Hill. Nikon D90 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8

  • Saint Ignatius Church

    Saint Ignatius Church

    San Francisco, California View from Lombard Street.

  • Moon Rising Over San Francisco

    Moon Rising Over San Francisco

    San Francisco, California May 27, 2010 One of my first long exposure photos. I made this image while standing across the bay at a spot near the Presidio Yacht Club and Bay Area Discovery Museum. Nikon D90 + 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 110mm, f/14, 20 sec, ISO 200.

  • Curves of Lombard Street

    Curves of Lombard Street

    Lights from cars driving down Lombard Street on Russian Hill. San Francisco, California Nikon D800

  • Palace of Fine Arts

    Palace of Fine Arts

    San Francisco, California

  • Cupids Arrow

    Cupids Arrow

    Embarcadero San Francisco, California One of many sculptures adorning the Embarcadero waterfront. Nikon D800 + Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8

  • Palace of the Legion of Honor

    Palace of the Legion of Honor

    San Francisco, California Made with 10.5 mm fisheye lens.

  • Palace of the Legion of Honor 2

    Palace of the Legion of Honor 2

    San Francisco, California

  • Noe Valley Neighborhood

    Noe Valley Neighborhood

    San Francisco, California Nikon D800 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8

  • San Francisco Cable Cars

    San Francisco Cable Cars

    A Saturday afternoon in the Financial District.

  • Coit Tower at Dusk

    Coit Tower at Dusk

    San Francisco, California Nikon D800

  • Western Span of the Bay Bridge and San Francisco City Skyline

    Western Span of the Bay Bridge and San Francisco City Skyline

    Yerba Buena Island, California

  • Dressed for the Holidays

    Dressed for the Holidays

    San Francisco, California December 16, 2013 A curious bystander watched me as I stood with my tripod on the street below his apartment building. I was busy making the image that follows this one when he came down to introduce himself. After seeing what I was doing, he graciously offered to take me to the roof of his apartment for another perspective. It was certainly a glorious view of the city and this is part of what I got. Thank you M. Sciarappa! Nikon D800 + 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 70mm, f/14, 30 sec, ISO 100

  • Tall Ones Always Get All the Attention

    Tall Ones Always Get All the Attention

    San Francisco, California December 16, 2013 Nikon D800 + 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 95mm, f/14, 30 sec, ISO 100.

  • City of Glass

    City of Glass

    Vancouver, British Columbia Canada January 23, 2016 The nickname "City of Glass" was bestowed upon Vancouver by a prominent local writer. It reflects the dominant steel-and-glass architectural aesthetic of the city's downtown. Adorning the foreground is the colorful and eclectic Granville Island Public Market. Beyond lies False Creek which leads private yachts out into the Puget Sound, then Burrard Bridge, the glass high-rise condominiums lining Beach Avenue, and finally the mountains of North Vancouver in the distance. Vancouver is my favorite city in North America. Nikon D810 + Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8. Multiple exposure blend comprised of seven images; time interval with auto gain to simulate a single long exposure. Not an HDR processed image.

  • On a Night Like This...

    On a Night Like This...

    View from Creekside Park on False Creek Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Clockwise: Dragon Zone Paddling Club, Edgewater Casino, Plaza of Nations and BC Place, World of Science. Nikon D810 + Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 + ND Filter

  • Explorer

    Explorer

    Vancouver, Canada April 2, 2017 View across English Bay towards the western edge of Vancouver city. Fellow photographer taking advantage of the low tide to explore. Nikon D810 + 70-200mm f/2.8 + Singh Ray ND filter. Composite.

  • Color Coordinated Photographer

    Color Coordinated Photographer

    Gastown Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Nikon D850 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8

  • Gastown Style

    Gastown Style

    Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Nikon D850 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8

  • Coal Harbour

    Coal Harbour

    Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Nikon D850 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8

  • Spring Evening on Coal Harbour

    Spring Evening on Coal Harbour

    Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Nikon D850 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8

  • The Peach Arch

    The Peach Arch

    Blaine, Washington January 14, 2016 The Peach Arch was built in 1921 and straddles the boundary between the United States and Canada. This point of view is from the United States looking north at Canada. Walk through the Peach Arch and you will be standing on Canadian soil. Nikon D810 + Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8

  • North Tower of Golden Gate Bridge

    North Tower of Golden Gate Bridge

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  • North Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge 2

    North Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge 2

    Sausalito, California

  • North Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge

    North Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge

    Sausalito, California

  • Golden Gate Bridge 1

    Golden Gate Bridge 1

    Sausalito, California

  • Golden Gate Bridge 4

    Golden Gate Bridge 4

    Sausalito, California

  • South Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge and Fog

    South Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge and Fog

    Fog engulfing the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge.

  • San Francisco City Panorama

    San Francisco City Panorama

    Three image panorama.

  • San Francisco Bay viewed from the Berkeley Hills

    San Francisco Bay viewed from the Berkeley Hills

    Canon G10

  • See You On the Flip Side

    See You On the Flip Side

    San Francisco, California Highway 101 leading into the backside of the city. A lesser photographed but still beautiful angle taken from Potrero Hill. Nikon D90 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8

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