Tourists in San Francisco
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 10:19PM 
This past weekend my husband and I played "tourists" and headed 45 minutes south from our home to stay at Cavallo Point in Sausalito. It was a fabulous lodge and I would highly recommend it, the views were breathtaking and the ambiance was spectacular. The lodge is actually in Golden Gate Park and is tucked right underneath the Golden Gate Bridge - from our room we had a view of the City and the bridge. I told you it was spectacular! Although I typically do not post personal photos on the photography blog, I just loved these images too much to not share :)
We walked the bridge on Saturday morning and it was fun to hear about it from more of an engineering perspective, since he is a Civil Engineer :) Here is my Damon next to the massive marvel and beauty of the famous red bridge...
I received a new lens for my camera two weeks and was anxious to try it out outside (the only other time I had used it was at the Garden Party), it is a big ol' zoom lens and I took the following photo about 40 feet away...it will certainly come in handy for photographing my clients upcoming weddings!
During another one of our walks around the property, I glanced up at the bridge and saw a family of bikers, I only had time to shoot two frames, but I was pleased to capture exactly what I was hoping for...the silhouettes of the bikes on the bridge, framed by the light poles.
Even though I grew up one hour north of San Francisco, I never took a tour of Alcatrazand after spending four hours there on Saturday I am even more disappointed that I had not gone earlier! It was absolutely fabulous and the weather turned out perfectly. Damon and I decided to drive into the City and walk around Pier 39 before our tour departed. I had not been down to Fisherman's Wharf in years, and the people watching did not disappoint :)
Welcome to the rock!
Damon and I both learned alot during the audio tour and through all of the brochures that I kindly asked for him to purchase, one fun fact that was new to us was that the lighthouse on Alcatraz was the first lighthouse on the West Coast.
I was so excited when the evening sky on Saturday night was clear and was able to test out a different kind of photography skill...landscape images with long exposures. Typically you would want to use a tripod, but I used my car hood, a 'tripod' of CD cases and my camera's self timer mode. It is always good to be resourceful. The following images of the skyline and the bridge all have at least a one second shutter speed, allowing for the vibrant full colors of the lights and movement against the dark sky.
I love them.
Reader Comments (1)
AMAZING!!!!!!!! It's so funny how we forget that people come from all over to where we live. We are so lucky.... and not just cause of that, but because of the beautiful people who we share it with!.
;-)
xoxxo