San Francisco, CA (Part 1)

I recently visited San Francisco because I had something to do there. I also brought my camera that trip. So I am here to show you what I got. I visited the Mission District (1 photo) and the rest of my photos are from the Powell Street area and Chinatown. All the photos (except for the Mission District one which I just hand held) where stabilized using the Joby Gorillapod Focus.

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 see my best daytime work of 2013 in San Francisco, use this link. To see all of the photos from this trip to San Francisco, use this link.

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Photo taken near the 24th Street/Mission Street BART station. This was my only shot from the Mission District. A lot of street art on the walls. 

GAP store near the Powell Street BART station.

Powell Street (walking toward Chinatown).

Another BART station on Powell Street near a Walgreen's. 

Black and White Process

Shooting down Grant Avenue near a Wells Fargo. 

Photo from Grant Avenue. 

Intersection of California Street and Stockton Street. To shoot these photos, I waited for the walk sign to light up, and I quickly ran into the middle of the street, level my camera, and take a shot. Risky, but the results are worth it. :)

Intersection of California Street and Stockton Street.

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them.  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 Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade 2013 (Part 3)

Every year for Chinese New Year, there is a parade in San Francisco to celebrate it. A lot to see. The parade for 2013 was on 2/23/2013. I attended the parade along with a few other Google+ photographers (we planned it out via a Google+ event). Here, on my blog, I will show you the photos I took of the parade. All of these photos were shot with my new Canon EOS 5D Mark III. Since a lot of people is going to want to see the photos of the parade, I will be posting more photos per part for this chain of blog posts (might take longer to load). This also means I will be taking a short break from my Death Valley National Park posts. I hope you enjoy viewing this chain of posts.

I do have a GPS route file that I can give you if you want it. If you want a copy, just email me via the email I have on my About the Photographer page. I recorded the route using a Canon GE-E2 GPS. I have the route in Canon NMEA, Google Earth KMZ, and GPX formats. There is just a note about the route. It was fairly accurate and all from my trip to the BART station and all the way on BART (for the parts of the trip above ground), but once I got into San Francisco, it started to get inaccurate. In San Francisco, most of the location was with in 300 feet of the actual location but I had 2 photos that were a bit less than 1600 feet off. It did not work so well in a big city, but last time in Shadow Cliff Regional Park in Pleasanton, CA, it was very accurate (with in 5-10 feet).

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 Chinese New Year parade photos, use this link. To view all of my Chinese New Year parade photos for 2013, use this link.

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Today I continue with photos of the parade. Some shot when there was light out, some shot later on after sunset. I later set up my Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT to add some light into the photos.

Wiener!!! Always laughing when I see his name. LOL

BART

Capturing motion with the Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT.

Sina

McDonald's

Wells Fargo

Recology

This is all the photos for today! I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. 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 Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade 2013 (Part 2)

Every year for Chinese New Year, there is a parade in San Francisco to celebrate it. A lot to see. The parade for 2013 was on 2/23/2013. I attended the parade along with a few other Google+ photographers (we planned it out via a Google+ event). Here, on my blog, I will show you the photos I took of the parade. All of these photos were shot with my new Canon EOS 5D Mark III. Since a lot of people is going to want to see the photos of the parade, I will be posting more photos per part for this chain of blog posts (might take longer to load). This also means I will be taking a short break from my Death Valley National Park posts. I hope you enjoy viewing this chain of posts.

I do have a GPS route file that I can give you if you want it. If you want a copy, just email me via the email I have on my About the Photographer page. I recorded the route using a Canon GE-E2 GPS. I have the route in Canon NMEA, Google Earth KMZ, and GPX formats. There is just a note about the route. It was fairly accurate and all from my trip to the BART station and all the way on BART (for the parts of the trip above ground), but once I got into San Francisco, it started to get inaccurate. In San Francisco, most of the location was with in 300 feet of the actual location but I had 2 photos that were a bit less than 1600 feet off. It did not work so well in a big city, but last time in Shadow Cliff Regional Park in Pleasanton, CA, it was very accurate (with in 5-10 feet).

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 Chinese New Year parade photos, use this link. To view all of my Chinese New Year parade photos for 2013, use this link.

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Today I have photos from the beginning of the parade.

 The parade is sponsored by Southwest Airlines. 

San Francisco Firefighters 

 Oakland Firefighters

PANDA! 

Look at the crowd of people watching the parade from the parking lot!  

Firecrackers  

 Highway Patrol. The only time of the year you can get excited when the red and blue lights flash right in front of your eyes. LOOL

I believe this photo really captures the spirit of Chinese New Year.  

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. 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 Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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