Mission District - San Francisco, CA (5/9/2014)

I recently visited the Mission District in San Francisco, CA. I brought back some street photography shots from the area. The murals there are wonderful. If you are an art lover, I definitely recommend a visit down the street! All of these shots are shot on 24th Street.

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A mural near intersection at York Street.  

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 45 11 N 122 24 29 W  

 A black and white process of the photo above. 

Spot some shoes hanging off of the high voltage electrical lines near the mural above. Decided it would make a great street photography type shot.  

  A black and white process of the photo above.

 Here is a photo of the mural on a building across the street from the first mural. 

A photo of the mural at the 24th and York Mini Park.  

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 45 11 N 122 24 31 W 

Photo shot at intersection at Florida Street. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 45 10 N 122 24 36 W  

 The Usulutan Restaurant at Harrison Street intersection. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 45 10 N 122 24 43 W  

  A black and white process of the photo above.

Another photo shot at the Harrison Street intersection.  

Shooting down Osage Street. 

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 45 07 N 122 24 08 W  

Shot between Osage Street and Mission Street. 

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 45 08 N 122 24 08 W  

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Chemainus, BC (Part 2)

From 7/17/2013 to 8/2/2013, I took a road trip from the SF Bay Area to Vancouver, BC, Canada. Half of the trip was spent driving up the west coast. On my trip, I visited many famous places such as Seattle, Butchart Gardens, Mount Rainier, and much more. Obviously I got many coastal shots and many places that isn't as famous. The reason I am posting it now is because the high amount of photos I took equaled a high amount of processing time. I took a bit over 2000 photos on the trip. After stitching the panoramas, compositing the HDRs, and picking out photos from the repeats, I have a bit over 1000 photos to show you guys. The photos will be split into parts. I will link you to the previous and next parts on each post just like I did with my Death Valley National Park photos and my Yellowstone/Grand Teton National Park photos. Hope you enjoy viewing this chain of posts!

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Here is part 2 of my photos from Chemainus, BC. I took 29 photos there and will be splitting them into 2 parts. Chemainus is a tourist attraction that mainly features many murals and horse drawn carts.

As I have already mentioned, there are a lot of murals in this small town. Here is another one. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 55 32 N 123 42 57 W  

The houses in the small town. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 55 32 N 123 43 08 W  

Pacific Shores Inn. A quite popular inn in the small town. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 55 29 N 123 43 08 W  

A horse drawn carriage. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 55 23 N 123 43 05 W  

Another mural. The ice cream in that store on the side of the photo was very good. I had one while there. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 55 22 N 123 43 05 W

Another mural. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 55 23 N 123 43 04 W  

Restaurant in the town. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 55 22 N 123 43 03 W  

Another mural. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 55 21 N 123 43 03 W  

Murals on the side of a Canada Post store. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 55 20 N 123 43 02 W  

Church in Chemainus. Same location as above.

Restaurant in the town. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 55 18 N 123 43 00 W  

Photo of Chemainus. Same location as above. 

Theater in Chemainus. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 55 15 N 123 43 01 W  

A few signs in Chemainus. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 55 18 N 123 43 00 W  

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. Next time I will show photos from Fisherman Wharf and as well as a few sunset photos from Victoria, BC. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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Chemainus, BC (Part 1)

From 7/17/2013 to 8/2/2013, I took a road trip from the SF Bay Area to Vancouver, BC, Canada. Half of the trip was spent driving up the west coast. On my trip, I visited many famous places such as Seattle, Butchart Gardens, Mount Rainier, and much more. Obviously I got many coastal shots and many places that isn't as famous. The reason I am posting it now is because the high amount of photos I took equaled a high amount of processing time. I took a bit over 2000 photos on the trip. After stitching the panoramas, compositing the HDRs, and picking out photos from the repeats, I have a bit over 1000 photos to show you guys. The photos will be split into parts. I will link you to the previous and next parts on each post just like I did with my Death Valley National Park photos and my Yellowstone/Grand Teton National Park photos. Hope you enjoy viewing this chain of posts!

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To view my best Chemainus photos, use this link. To view all of my day 7 photos, use this link.

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Here is part 1 of my photos from Chemainus, BC. I took 29 photos there and will be splitting them into 2 parts. Chemainus is a tourist attraction that mainly features many murals and horse drawn carts.

First photo is from my drive to Chemainus and was take in Cowichan Valley, BC. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 34 03 N 123 32 49 W   

Black and white process of the photo above.  

Now in Chemainus. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 54 55 N 123 42 50 W    

A giant statue for Chemainus. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 55 25 N 123 43 04 W    

 I first visited Old Chemainus. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 55 24 N 123 43 04 W

Water fountain and water wheel in that area. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 55 24 N 123 43 05 W 

A mural on the side of a building.  

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 55 27 N 123 43 04 W

Old house. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 55 28 N 123 43 05 W 

Another mural in the city. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 55 31 N 123 43 04 W 

 A close up shot of that mural above. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 55 32 N 123 43 04 W

Another mural. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 55 33 N 123 43 04 W  

Another mural. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 55 32 N 123 43 03 W  

Houses in the neighborhood. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 55 32 N 123 43 02 W  

More murals. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 55 32 N 123 43 02 W  

The footprints in the town telling you where to walk. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 48 55 32 N 123 43 01 W 

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. Next time I will continue with the rest of my photos from Chemainus, BC. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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San Francisco, CA 11-16-2013 (Part 2)

Recently (well technically around half a month ago), on 11-16-2013, there was a photo walk in San Francisco that I had participated in. I am here to show you some of the photos I shot while on the photowalk. The photos will be from the Embarcadero, the Financial District, and Chinatown. I will be splitting the photos into 2 parts.

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The photos for today are from Chinatown and the Embarcadero (Pier 14).

Message from the Photographer: Since the road trip photos from my trip traveling from the SF Bay Area to Victoria, BC, Canada is going to be a very long, I decided I'm going to splice these San Francisco photos in the middle as these were pretty recent. I hope you enjoy viewing these photos!

A mural in Chinatown. One of my followers told me there is a different up on the street view on Google Maps. I checked, they do! No wonder this mural looked so new when I took the photo. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 47 40 N 122 24 20 W  

Now some street photography shots in Chinatown. 

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 47 43 N 122 24 24 W  

Some street photography of some products a store had on display on the sidewalk.  

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 47 45 N 122 24 24 W  

 A black and white process of the above photo. 

More street photography. Here are photos of shrimp. The box in the front directly translates to American Shrimp. Sadly I can't read the other one. I'm not very good at reading Chinese. 

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 47 48 N 122 24 25 W   

 A black and white process of the above photo.  

You know you are in Chinatown when... LOL I'm sorry if this sounds racist, but I'm Chinese and I thought it was funny. 

  Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 47 51 N 122 24 24 W  

 More street photography... Read the above caption... LOL Photo shot at same location above. 

At this point, the rest of the photo walk group went to go get drinks at a bar. I'm obviously not 21 yet, so I left. Here is a photo of some photos of duck wings in a restaurant. Sure looked delicious... I ended up getting some beef tendons. I got some once, and they were so delicious. So I get some when ever I head to Chinatown now. 

Here is another photo. The restaurant owner started shouting at me in Cantonese (which I don't speak) so I stopped taking photos. Not sure why. I was planning to buy some food there... But maybe it was because it was too crowded inside.  

 I then walked down to Pier 14 at the Embarcadero. Yes, I walked! I took BART there that day. Here is a photo of sunset and moon rise. The bridge you see is the Bay Bridge. I caught the moment with my telephoto lens. 

 Here is another photo of the moon rise further down Pier 14. 

I then waited for the moon to rise up even more. Here is another photo.  

After the moon rose over the Bay Bridge just a bit, I decided to shoot a panorama. This was the photo NBC Bay Area asked me for permission to use. See that blog post here.  

Here is a photo of the same scenery but not as a panorama. The island you are looking at is Treasure Island and the bridge is the Bay Bridge.  

A photo of the Coit Tower from Pier 14 during sunset. 

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. Next time I continue my road trip photos traveling from the SF Bay Area to Victoria, BC, Canada. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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