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Photographs: Architecture, Photographs: New York City, Photographs: Structures and Objects, Photographs: Textures

Window, Wall with Shadow and Stain

September 7, 2010 G Dan Mitchell 1 Comment

Diffused light from a cloudy sky casts a soft shadow across a wall with a faint stain.

This is perhaps a subtle photograph. Originally it was in color, but the colors were so subdued – almost invisible, actually – that I decided to go with this black and white rendition. This wall is in a New York museum and is located next to a window. It was overcast, so the light coming through the window was particularly soft and diffused. It wasn’t until I looked at this photograph in post that I realized that there is a “flaw” in the scene – the slightly darker stained area on the upper wall.

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Photographs: Northern California, Photographs: San Francisco, Photographs: Structures and Objects, Photographs: Urban/Street

Building Below Bay Bridge

July 31, 2010 G Dan Mitchell Leave a comment

A building beneath the west end of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, in foggy morning light.

If a troll lived beneath the west end of the Bay Bridge, this would be the building. ;-)

This block-shaped building with windows reflecting the light from thinning fog over the San Francisco Bay – across the Embarcadero – sits almost directly below the west anchorage of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, which you can see just a bit of near the very top of the frame. For me there is something appealing about the angular simplicity of this building with its rectangular windows divided into rectangular panes, and with almost no decorative touches at all.

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Photographs: Northern California, Photographs: People, Photographs: San Francisco, Photographs: Structures and Objects, Photographs: Urban/Street

Man on Bench with Cell Phone

July 27, 2010 G Dan Mitchell Leave a comment

Black and white photograph of a man sitting on a bench and talking on his cell phone in front of the shaded wall of an urban building in San Francisco.

I was wandering through this part of San Francisco, mostly but not only looking for architecture like that of this building, especially with the combination of dark shadows and the fire escape contrasting with the white trim and the bright areas lit by the slanting sunlight. When I saw this fellow happily engaged in his cell phone call, completely oblivious to everything going on in the place where he sits I had to make a photograph.

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Photographs: Northern California, Photographs: San Francisco, Photographs: Structures and Objects, Photographs: Urban/Street

All Stops Special – Caltrain Station

July 24, 2010 G Dan Mitchell Leave a comment

The San Francisco Caltrain station, photographed through glass lobby windows.

I frequently ride Caltrain to the City to do street photography. (Getting there by train is far better for me than taking the car, mainly because I think I can do more effective photography of this sort when I’m working completely on foot and not dealing with the whole driving/parking thing.) In this photograph I liked the nearly empty glass-enclosed lobby area, lit by very diffused light under the early morning fog, and with the trains visible on the other side. The “All Stops Special” sign seems enigmatic when seen out of context.

By the way, as much as San Francisco residents love the sunny and warmer days that occasionally come to the City this time of year, for photography I much prefer at least some fog and cloudiness, especially when I try to shoot during the daytime hours.

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