Today, I visited Michael Kenna’s Focus East exhibit in San Francisco for the second time. I really love his work. If you haven’t seen it yet, the show lasts until December 22nd, 2012 at the Stephen Wirtz Gallery (link). When I went out to photograph sunset tonight, I still had Michael Kenna’s images in my […]
Early November is fall color season in Yosemite National Park. Since last year’s winter was very dry, most waterfalls have dried up and the rivers are running very low. Maybe that’s the reason this beautiful park is not crowded anymore. Now is a great time to visit! I was in Yosemite about the same time last year […]
San Francisco celebrates the SF Giants post season run into the baseball World Series. Fans are wearing orange and black and several buildings in the city are illuminated with orange lights. This already happened two years ago when the Giants won their first title in SF. So I was ready this time to explore the […]
This post is part of my Bodie blog post series. Bodie is far from city light pollution. With no moonlight, the nights are dark and stars and the milky way very visible. The sky reminded me of a recent trip to Mongolia. During our visit to the ghost town, the moon rise was after 11 pm. So […]
This post is part of my Bodie blog post series. Bodie is a ghost town located in the eastern Sierra not far from Mono Lake. The few buildings and structures remaining are preserved in a state of “arrested decay”. Since 1962, the town and the surrounding hills and mines are part of the Bodie State Historic Park. We […]
This post is part of my America’s Cup in San Francisco blog post series. To get a different perspective, I stayed at Crissy Field to get these pictures. Unfortunately there were too many boats between the racetrack and the shore to get an unobstructed view of the AC45s.
This post is part of my America’s Cup in San Francisco blog post series. Today’s races were interrupted by some Blue Angels cruising through the bay as preparation for this weekends Fleet Week air show. As a result of this, the race course moved a bit off the shore which is really sad as the action now […]
This post is part of my America’s Cup in San Francisco blog post series. After a beautiful but short Indian Summer, the weather changed today and at San Francisco’s Marina we had a complete whiteout this afternoon. With the outgoing tide and wind speed above 20 knots, the conditions couldn’t be more different to yesterdays practice races […]
This post is part of my America’s Cup in San Francisco blog post series. The teams are getting ready for the 2nd AC World Series race in San Francisco. Just a few days left until the start. Team Oracle’s AC72 made a guest appearance today. Compared to the already big AC45s, the AC72 is just huge. I […]
Since I already planed to go to Hawk Hill in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area to photograph the fly-by of the Space Shuttle Endeavour (link), I decided to get up a few hours earlier to capture the sunrise as well. This is something I wanted to do for a long time but never had […]
Today we had a once in a lifetime event in San Francisco: the Space Shuttle Endeavour mounted on top of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), a modified Boeing 747, made a low attitude fly-by through the Bay Area on its way to retirement in Los Angeles. I was on top of Hawk Hill in the […]
There is not that much to say… An other beautiful sunset here in San Francisco. Under a big sky, Twin Peaks is covered in a thick layer of fog through which the Sutro Tower antennas stick out.
I was doing some work on my computer when I glanced through the windows. There were some nice sunset colors in the sky. So I went outside to enjoy the show. When I turned my head eastwards, I was stunned: a huge double rainbow was up there. A quickly grabbed my camera to shoot some […]
We spent our long weekend (Labor Day) in California’s Eastern Sierra. Out of curiosity and to discover another hidden part of the Sierra Nevada, we decided to take Sonora Pass to get back to the Bay Area. After Yosemite’s Tioga Pass at 9,943 ft., this is the second highest highway at 9624 ft. that crosses […]
This post is part of my America’s Cup in San Francisco blog post series. Some impressions from the second quarter finals and two amazing fleet races. Fleet races are spectacular because all eleven boats compete at the same time. The boats are fast and a gust of wind can cause a lot of damage.
This post is part of my America’s Cup in San Francisco blog post series. Here are some images of todays two amazing fleet races. It is impressive to have eleven boats on the same short course right next to the shore.
