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

School Building Windows, The Mission

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School Building Windows, The Mission
School Building Windows, The Mission

School Building Windows, The Mission. San Francisco, California. February 20, 2010. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Colorful wall and reflective windows of a Mission District school building, San Francisco, California.

This is, obviously, a study of some interesting geometry I saw while wandering about in the Mission District. (These patterns of window and wall reminded me of some photographs I made at the Seattle Sculpture Park a couple of years ago.) The geometrical rectangular shapes of the windows and sections of green wall interest me, but what I was really looking at was the collection of surprisingly different “frame” in each of the windows. They range from the almost intact view of the old building in the larger section in the upper left quadrant to the distorted and quite abstract shape in its counterpart in the upper right quarter.

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Technical Data:
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
ISO 200, f/8, 1/100 second

keywords: the, mission, san francisco, california, usa, north america, street, urban, city, school, window, frame, green, white, reflection, squares, old, building, architecture, structure, wire, geometry, symmetry, travel, stock

Photographs: Northern California, Photographs: San Francisco, Photographs: Urban/Street

Belmar Meat Market, The Mission

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Belmar Meat Market, The Mission
Belmar Meat Market, The Mission

Belmar Meat Market, The Mission. San Francisco, California. February 20, 2010. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Photograph of street scene in the Mission with man walking on sidewalk, Belmar Meat Market sign, and other urban elements – San Francisco, California.

Another Mission District street scene – a matter of spotting an interested set of urban storefronts, composing the shot, and then watching for the right person or persons to walk through the frame. I’m fascinated by the complexity of these urban scenes and by the individuality of the storefronts in this type of place – each one seems to reflect something about the surrounding community and the people who live there. In this one certain compositional elements and color relationships also caught my attention.

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Technical Data:
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
ISO 200, f/8, 1/50 second

keywords: the, mission, san francisco, california, usa, north america, street, urban, city, man, walking, trash, recycle, can, receptacle, belmar, meat market, la gallinita, entrance, corner, gate, door, window, blinds, painting, decay, wrought, iron, tile, 24th, curb, travel, stock

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

Wall and Signs, The Mission

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Wall and Signs, The Mission
Wall and Signs, The Mission

Wall and Signs, The Mission. San Francisco, California. February 20, 2010. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Brightly colored yellow and blue wall with red and white sign and restaurant window with food photographs, The Mission, San Francisco, California.

Another photograph of the subject I posted earlier – some very colorfully painted walls in the Mission District of San Francisco. While the previous one was a tighter crop in “landscape” orientation, I composed this one to show more of the vertical lines and to include the window-posted menu on the right side. Kind of makes me hungry just to look at it!

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Technical Data:
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
ISO 200, f/8, 1/30 second

keywords: the, mission, san francisco, california, usa, north america, street, urban, city, wooden, wall, yellow, blue, paint, sign, gorda, red, white, mexican, food, photo, picture, window, menu, enchiladas, verde, tostadas, special, omelette, rojas, huevos, con, chorizo, rancheros, stripe, structure, graphic, vertical, shadow, trim, architecture, structure, stock

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

Brightly Painted Wall, Mission District

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Brightly Painted Wall, Mission District
Brightly Painted Wall, Mission District

Brightly Painted Wall, Mission District. San Francisco, California. February 20, 2010. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Detail of a brightly painted red, yellow, blue, and white wall in San Francisco’s Mission District.

One sub-category of my photography focuses on businesses and shops and so forth that are not cookie-cutter chains. I love the way that these businesses seem to collect their own character over time, and I also like the wild and diverse ways that small business owners present themselves. I spotted this wild conjunction of brightly painted colors as I walked along 24th street in the Mission District of San Francisco on a Sunday afternoon. In this version of the photograph (yes, there is another) I framed a small section of the building wall closely to try to fill the frame with these colors.

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Technical Data:
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
ISO 200, f/8, 1/25 second

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