Steven Alan + Dossier
Not enough space to really capture it, but this woman was wearing the best outfit I saw tonight.
Leica M8 with 35mm Leica Summilux, processed in Apple Aperture
Questions and answers
I took a few photos at a wedding shower for my friends Albert and Katherine the other day. Here is one of them.
Leica M8 with 40mm Leica Summicron-C, processed in Nik Silver Efex Pro
Coco and Butter
Here’s my friend Coco and her dog Butter at Esprit Park.
Leica M7 with 50mm Summicron-M on Kodak Portra 400
Occupy
There two women got out of their car to watch the march down Grand last Saturday. Of course, they didn’t have much choice because the marchers had shut down the entire street.
Leica M8 with 40mm Leica Summicron-C, processed in
Nik Silver Efex Pro
Sunset, Dolores Park
I’m in the process of reviewing the Yashica Electro 35 rangefinder for Steve Huff’s website. It has a fixed 45mm f/1.7 with a tendency to flare—usually inelegantly. Fortunately, it behaved itself here and produced some nice flare.
Yashica Electro 35 GSN with Kodak Ektar 100
Kodachrome (again)
While the basketball game went on, a boy chased a tennis ball towards the court. Perhaps, one day he will join the pickup games.
Leica M7 with 50mm Summicron-M on Kodak Kodachrome
Don’t take my Kodachrome away
My buddy Boone and I received a some free rolls of Kodachrome on Christmas and had to shoot them in a hurry before worldwide processing of Kodak’s famous slide film stopped entirely. So, we shot them in a hurry, which led to several cliched shots, such as this one of the Golden Gate Bridge. But, holy moly, those colors!
Leica M7 with 50mm Summicron-M on Kodak Kodachrome
My year in photos: 2010
This was the first year of my life that I documented more with my photography than with my writing, especially if that whole picture = 1,000 words equation is true. Here are some of the things I saw in 2010, arranged, more or less, chronologically. For those of you who are curious about gear, I took most of the shots with a Leica M7, Leica M8, or Panasonic GF1. And I’m still waiting for my roll of Kodakchrome to be processed.
Zip Zap Zap
Zip Zap may well be the best hair salon in San Francisco. Despite that, somehow, Lori, Boone, and I were able to get back-to-back-to-back appointments on a Sunday afternoon a few weeks ago. Here’s a shot of Boone getting his hair styled.
Dave Eggers Gallery Opening at Electric Works
Here’s a shot from Dave’s opening at Electric Works in San Francisco on July 16, 2010. It appears that the couple in the shot read Dave’s drawing on the wall as directed at them.
Leica M8 with 50mm Summicron-M, processed in Apple Aperture and Nik Silver Efex Pro
Ducking the kick
Here’s another shot from Boone’s Capoeira party. I used Sloppy Borders from Kubota to add the border. Is it too cheesy, too fake looking?
Leica M8 with 50mm Summicron-M, processed in Apple Aperture
He looked to the sky and waited
Here’s a photo of Anupam from Boone’s Capoeira party last weekend. He had just launched a soccer ball into the air and was watching it, waiting for it to descend.
Leica M8 with 50mm Summicron-M, processed in Apple Aperture