Oregon Coast – Florence

Over Thanksgiving, we visited Oregon and its coast. We stayed one night in Florence right on the Siuslaw river. When we arrived – pretty late, everything was covered in a thick layer of fog. It really looked mystic and I had to take some pictures before having dinner. Right next to the hotel were several […]

Postcard from Sutro Baths

I continue my pursuit of monochromatic images created using slow shutter speed. These two images were taken from the Sutro Baths ruins (wikipedia), a former indoor swimming pool built in 1896 by Adolph Sutro and destroyed by a fire in 1966.

Postcard from Pacifica

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 […]

San Francisco and Bay Bridge at Dusk

A few months ago, we were on a pier next to the Ferry Building during the evening twilight hours. I was taking some long-time exposures of the waterfront and the Bay Bridge. I like the feeling these black&white images provide. Image exposure times of more than a minute help to smooth out movements. The ocean […]

San Francisco skyline with bay bridge

The other day I was on Treasure Island taking some pictures of the Golden Gate bridge with the setting sun. Once the sun was gone, the after glow was sitting behind the city. It was getting darker and this is when the city lights where coming out. I converted this picture to b/w and I […]