Mission Street

So, I made it through 12 days of the 14 day Put Down Your Phone Challenge (I made that up). I kept the phone down but wasn't feeling it.

Back today walking down Mission Street with the Sigma 24mm f/1.4. I love the seeing the history that remains in such a rapidly changing city. Don't change, Mission Street! Except for the crime and sometimes really gross dirt and sad seafood shops, don't change!

Days 10-12 PDYP Project: Varying successes

Hi. So Day 10 I really tried. The one Kickstarter campaign that I funded was for the Petzval lens. It is gorgeous and complex (manual focus, manual changing of aperture plates, flash can't read the aperture I don't think so things get weird…). Maybe indoor flash pictures of an active infant are not its specialty. But I tried, I really did.

Day 11. Nothin. Tired.

Day 12. Took the Sigma 24mm f/1.4  on a walk down Mission Street. Here are a few I liked.

february flowers

So you might have guessed from my last post that I have a new sidekick. So, for the past year or so it's been a bit challenging (and not top of mind, honestly) to get out a photograph. But with the gorgeous spring blossoms around San Francisco last month, I took the camera out with the little guy in his Ergo carrier. He…was not super happy to be standing around Church Street in his carrier, so it was pretty brief but it felt good to flex the Canon muscle.

Then I looked at last year's photos from the same time, and in comparison I feel a little rusty! For some reason this year, I just kept thinking the flowers reminded me of wallpaper and that's what I got!

january flowers

New year, new lens! After lots of thought about adding another lens since upgrading to the full frame 6D. I finally bought Canon's 100mm macro. The Macro Class kind of sealed the deal. I'm still getting used to it, and as always I'm somewhat focus obsessed. I need to see how crisp it stays how far away. But so far, I like!

Today was a beautiful sunny day in San Francisco. I didn't have as much time to get out as I would have liked, but was able to snap some blooming trees near my house. Same place on Church Street I took pictures two years ago March, so hopefully the'll stay in bloom for a while. Or maybe it's a sign of rapidly shifting weather patterns that will soon have my neighborhood and all of California underwater. Ok, enjoy the flowers!

newborn - baby b

Just a couple of months after the Baby B Maternity shoot, I was thrilled to go back and meet the brand new Ms. B in person! At just 10 days old, she was a trooper. Again, it was great to take photos with her parents who this time were more than fully prepared with the baby outfits. My favorites are the hand and feet photos.

 

maternity - baby b

My first maternity shoot! This was a ton of fun and the couple was prepared with lots of cute ideas and were game for just about anything. I'd done some maternity photo research online in preparation and the one thing that seemed an absolute requirement for a good maternity shoot was a field of wheat. That's a tall order in San Francisco, but we found the next best thing up on Bernal Heights Park (you know, that beige hill to the south of the Mission that you always wonder about).  Turns out, it's a great place for pictures!