Fog: Zone 7 go for it! S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David" <drl2002@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 5:22 AM Subject: Re: San Francisco > Thanks so much for a great response. I'm going to try to do some pics with > the fog, as it seems that that's the prevalent thing in the morning. My > question is in regards to exposing correctly for the fog/rocks. Should I > take independent meter readings of both areas of rocks and high-density fog > areas? Or just expose for rocks/water and turn the fog into a dense look...I > figure if you've shot out there, you would know what gives you the best > results...Thanks!!! > David > > > On 8/25/04 12:45 AM, "fotofx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <fotofx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi David, > > > > I live and work/shoot in Sunny San Jose. Most of the coastal areas are fogged > > in for most of this time of the year. > > It has been cooler than expected for this season, and the normal marine layer > > moves off around 10 am most days. > > But this year specifically the last few months the clouds have stayed through > > the day. I go up into the Santa Cruz mountains four or five times a month and > > have only seen a few days that were cloud free. The place I go to is at 2580 > > ft elevation and looks directly out over Santa Cruz, Hiway 1 and about 20 > > miles north or south (on a clear day). > > > > If you looking to do coastal stuff there are dozens of places along Hiway 1 > > from Watsonville north to San Francisco. The problem is always - fog - . > > > > In the "city" (what the locals call SF, we never say Frisco) I like china town > > after dark. The Haight can be interesting, as can the painted ladies, Chrissy > > field, Golden Gate park etc. Another fav of mine is the Presideo area and the > > areas in under and around GG bridge on both sides. Another particular interest > > of mine is the archetecture <sp> in and around the city. Many of the mansions > > are over 100 years old and even some of the building are as well. I just love > > the colors of the houses in little Italy or around the Chrissy field or Yacht > > harbor areas. > > > > If you have really good weather try the Marin headlands on the other side of > > the bridge shooting back toward the city. If you keep going up that drive to > > the headlands it comes down onto the only black sand beach in the area. I have > > shot boatloads of fashion there, it's cheaper than going to Hawaii. > > > > The Embarcadero, Fisherman's wharf, trollies, are all the normal touristy > > stuff. Heading south, the El Camino Real stretches from Canada to Mexico City. > > But the local stretch goes from SF into Santa Clara. > > > > Time of day, and year are another critical subject some things aren't lit > > real well until later in the year. > > Too bad you don't have a little more time the Elk are starting Rut soon in the > > North Coast areas of CA. Places like Oreck, etc. > > Get a really good map of the entire bay area, I always use the Thomas Guides. > > Gas prices are pretty steady at 2.20 per gallon avg. Try not to go into or out > > of the city or any major freeway during the 7-9 am or 2-6pm or you will just > > sit in traffic.. > > > > If you want e-me back direct and maybe we can hook up, for more specific > > stuff. > > > > Les Baldwin > > fotofx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > >> It really depends on what you want to photograph. There's a lot of > >> different places to go, but recommending any without some idea of what you > >> are looking for is very difficult. > >> > > > >
