Bay Bridge and San Francisco skyline from Coit Tower at night

Posted on December 22nd, 2012 under Other. Tags: night photography, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Nikon D600, panorama, san francisco. Comments Off on San Francisco panorama from Coit Tower at night

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Opened in 1924, demolished by Godzilla in 1954, Ginza’s Matsuzakaya will really be destroyed in 2013. The doors are closing on the old building early in 2013, and the largest shopping complex in Ginza will be built in its choice location.

I took today’s photo back in 2009. Soon (2016 is when the new building is scheduled to be completed) this scene will look very different.

Posted on December 20th, 2012 under Japan. Tags: buildings, ginza, night photography, Tokyo. Comments Off on Ginza’s Matsuzakaya going out of business

I don’t sleep so well while traveling. I’m not sure if it is the foreign bed or the fact that I feel like I’m wasting precious moments sleeping on trips, but insomnia and/or jet lag visit me every time I go somewhere. On our recent trip to San Francisco I took sleeping pills for two of our three nights. On the other night I slept for a few hours and then just laid in bed for over an hour before deciding to get up and do something at 3 a.m.

I drove to San Francisco City Hall, but it was dark. I’m not sure if they turn the lights off for the weekend or at midnight, but it looked great when we drove by after dark on an earlier evening. Not so at 3 a.m. on a Saturday morning. Next, I drove up to Twin Peaks and took this series of three photos which I then photomerged together. Back to bed after this panorama and I slept pretty well from 4 to 7 a.m.

Posted on December 5th, 2012 under Other. Tags: night photography, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Nikon D600, panorama, photomerge, san francisco. Comments Off on San Francisco middle-of-the-night panorama from Twin Peaks

Harry Bridges Plaza, San Francisco Ferry Terminal, and Bay Bridge from the Hyatt Regency San Francisco

We drove down I-5 to San Francisco for Thanksgiving today. We ate Thanksgiving dinner at Perry’s on the Embarcadero. We had some time to kill before our reservation so we headed to the Hyatt Regency for this view.

Posted on November 22nd, 2012 under Other. Tags: california, night photography, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Nikon D600, san francisco. Comments Off on San Francisco Bay night view

Watching all of the images of New York on the news during and after Hurricane Sandy brought back memories of the rain, thunder, and lightning that we experienced there this past summer. However, that storm was nothing compared to Sandy.

I took today’s photo on Times Square in the rain.

Posted on October 30th, 2012 under Other. Tags: new york, night photography, nikon d7000, rain, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Wet Times Square