Questlove

My parents visited this weekend, so I took them to SF and we ended up taking quite a few shots. Over the next week, I'll post a few more. This poster was on a post in Hayes St.

suppenkuche

Awesome restaurant in Hayes neighborhood. Boots of beer! This shot is a reflection from the outside looking in. The restaurant has bird silhouette cutouts hanging from the ceiling inside. I though it would be cool to frame them in the reflection of the tree.

San Mateo Bridge

I take a picture of the bridge every time I walk the bay trail. This is one of the few shots I kept.

Ramen

Snuck a shot of the chef while eating ramen. I ran the file through photoshop to get some added grain. I think I just need to get used to the clean b/w photos that my camera takes.

Night time is the right time

I took this shot unexpectedly, so I didn't have a tripod with me. Also, it was difficult for me to focus; autofocus doesn't work in such low light, and my eyes aren't that great either. On the upside, I think the stars above look cool. Maybe I'll try this shot again in color with a tripod.

Roboto

I like the white frame and random colors and lines. The random robot face that shows up gives the picture more of a center of interest. I think the picture is still a little busy, but I like the overall effect.

Creeper

I like the frame that the car makes. Although I have to admit, the subjects thought it was creepy that I was taking a picture through the windshield. I also like the orange air freshener as a color contrast to the black frame.

Eye contact

I like how the kid is the only one looking at the camera. He is centered and in focus and everyone else is blurry and doing something else.

Don't try this at home

A 4th of July picture. Jose was lighting a firework with a firework; not the safest idea, but it sure does look cool. Obviously, this shot is not about composition, it's all about the subject and the lighting. The fireworks came out clearly, but even better, they lit Jose up for a pretty nice effect.

I don't always drink...

Not much to say about this. I like it as a portrait. Cool lighting. Great pose and facial expression.

Dishing it out

I like the colors in this shot and the composition. Half of the shot is blank, but it's the half that the action is moving to. The blurred hands add to the feel of motion.

Sunset on the 280

I saw these great rays of light through the clouds on my drive home from work. I pulled into the vista point to take some pictures. At first I was disappointed that I took the shot in black and white, because the rolling green and yellow hills looked nice. (The iphone hipstamatic shot turned out pretty.) But once I got home, I actually ended up prefering the black and white shot. I think it takes away some of the visual clutter and highlights the clouds.

Light through leaves

I love taking pictures of light filtering through leaves. I like the various stages of brightness of the different leaves. The real problem is that the composition of the leaves usually end up random. I cropped this shot a bit to fix that problem. Although I'm still working on improving my composition, I feel like this shot works. There is a bright center with the darker leaves around it. The branches also frame the center, although imperfectly. The colors are vivid, without me having to play in photoshop.

Anthropologie

Wifey likes to shop. Photos keep me busy. I like this shot; it's almost abstract but has people coming through it. I waited to take the shot until people were walking through. I wanted more people walking across, but I felt like a creeper constantly taking pictures out a window. We ended up enlarging this pic for above our fireplace.