Angelica and Joe - Union Square Anytime Session

I met up with Angelica and Joe a few days before Christmas in Union Square. (Yes, this blog post is a tad overdue - don't hate. Better late than never.) In retrospect, when arranging the meeting time and place, perhaps I should have remembered that every single person in the Bay Area is required by law to come to Union Square a few days before Christmas, but unfortunately it slipped my mind. And so even though we were waiting on opposite sides of the street for a good ten minutes, we didn't see each other because of the mass of humanity swirling between us.

Fortunately, we finally found each other, and a few quiet pockets of downtown San Francisco to photograph in, and I got to really appreciate how truly great Angelica and Joe are. For one thing, they seem just perfectly suited for each other. They've also got this secret smile that they share back and forth.

I really believe that beautiful photographs can be made pretty much any place, any time, if you're willing to think it through a little. But there's something about downtown San Francisco that I truly love, a special quality of light that just gets me.

Joe is such a sweetheart!

I just love ginkgo trees. They're almost the only fall color we get here in the land that is eternally between seasons.

Thanks Angelica and Joe for a great session! It was a pleasure getting to meet you.

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Kittens for Caturday!

Just in case you were running low on kittens, here are some more for you, all photographed, of course, at Animal Care and Control San Francisco. And all totally adoptable. (And probably already adopted - kittens go fast! Older cats tend to get adopted more slowly.)

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Film Friday - AnnMarie and Paul

Another recent film portrait session. AnnMarie and Paul were troopers, meeting me just after dawn at Stow Lake in the bitter cold. (Okay, bitter for here, anyway.)

We took advantage of the beautiful light and managed to get some great portraits of the two of them as well as their trusty sidekick Leo.

I just love the look of film, the buttery highlights and the soft bokeh. Digital is convenient, yes, but it doesn't have the same special feel.

Thanks again, AnnMarie and Paul. It was a wonderful morning!

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Happy Caturday!

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Film Friday - Positive Film

Until recently, all the film I had shot was negative film. Lots of different kinds, of course, and color and black and white, also of course, but no positive film. So I decided to dip a toe into the positive film pool (thank goodness my lab is so wonderful and develops everything super fast - thanks Oscar's!)

I started with this roll of Fuji Provia 100.

And I have to say, I think I might be hooked. I just love the colors!

Also, I learned that I really shouldn't shoot at 1/15th of a second - 1/30 is the slowest I can count on for a sharp photograph. Too bad.

Mmmm. Positive film. What fun!