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One of the many reasons I love living in San Francisco is that it’s very dog friendly. For most it might seem that having three dogs (Moe, Curly and Zoe*) would be a bit much for city life, but it hasn’t turned out that way, in fact my neighbor has four. In any case, having a backyard, dog doors, and living near a dog park helps us get through the week. Our weekend activities most always revolve around th

Grizzly Gulch at the San Francisco zoo opened today (June 14th). Grizzly Gulch is home to Kachina & Kiona, two rescued Grizzly Bear cubs who narrowly avoided being euthanized in Montana. Kachina & Kiona’s MySpace page with their story During lunch today I decided to take a peek at Kachina & Kiona’s new home. The one acre exhibit is quite nice with a pond, waterfall and meadow for the bears

24 hours to go… [tags]reflection, clock, time, puddle, sidewalk, Ferry Building, San Francisco[/tags]

The telephoto effect, created aptly when using longer focal length lenses, creates an altered perspective where distances are compressed or shortened. The net effect makes objects, that may be quite some distance apart, look close together. The longer the focal length the more pronounced this effect. An example of this can be seen in my photograph “San Francisco” where the Golden Gate Bridge and city skyl

I rediscovered this photo of Coit Tower recently and it has me yearning to get out and do some more night photography. It’s been a while since I’ve gone out for such shots, but seeing this reminds me not to put it off much longer. [tags]Coit Tower, moonrise, moon, lunar, San Francisco, night photography, photo, cityscape, Telegraph Hill[/tags]

This was taken earlier in the month here in San Francisco at Ocean Beach near the Cliff House. Pictured are silhouettes of pelicans and seagulls on Seal Rock at sunset. On the topic of sunsets… tonight at midnight is the close of the Photo Blog Project: Favorite Photo and Background Story that I am hosting. If you haven’t submitted yet please do. The more that participate the better. [tags]sunset, San Fra

Have a favorite photograph and story? Take part in my Photography Blog Project The project has ended… see the results here 21 Favorite Photos And The Stories Behind Them I thought it might be fun to share (5) five of my favorite photographs and accompanying stories. Stories that until now have been shared with only a few close friends. In the same vein as many reality shows depicting dangerous or unwise situati

I’m slowly making head way in posting all of my photos from last years Photo A Day project. The latest being… September 2006. Stay posted I’m aiming to get October photos out soon.[tags]Photo A Day, PAD, stakeout, 2006, digital photography, photo, photography[/tags]