Moonset during 2015 World Series Game 4 Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA I've always loved this location under the Bay Bridge — the way that it captures the San Francisco skyline is hard to beat. The Embarcadero Center lights ... the Beacon atop the Transamerica Building ... Cost Tower ... the bridge lights all make a pretty surreal scene. Just to the left of this frame lies AT&T park where on this particular night the San Francisco Giants (baseball team) hunted for a World Series Game 4 victory. The entire city skyline turned itself orange for them, from the lights on top of buildings, to an orange Beacon and orange glow of Coit Tower. The Giants responded with an 11-4 victory! Even the moon made an appearance, as it set right behind the Transamerica Building. It was super fun to meet Matt Walker for the first time, after so many conversations on Flickr, Facebook and text. Also great to shoot with Rebecca and Wilson Ng, then meet up with Jeff and Tung who were above us (and the Bay Bridge). Nikon D800 w/Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 42mm, f/18, 30 sec, ISO 400
World Series 2014, Game 2 SF Skyline from Oakland Pier Oakland, California I always love looking at the San Francisco skyline. There’s 2 beautiful bridges, a nice arrangement of short and tall buildings, a baseball park, the Ferry Building, and then the Transamerica Beacon to cap it all off. During the holidays the Embarcadero Center outlines their buildings with white lights. When the SF Giants are in the World Series, however, the entire city turns itself orange in support of their baseball team. During game 2 of the 2014 World Series, Willie, Alan, and I met in Oakland to photograph the orange skyline. We had hoped some clouds might roll in but things were looking very hit-or-miss on the drive to Oakland. Willie and I arrived extra early after severely overestimating the amount of traffic we would hit (we hit none). Turns out that our worries about sunset were pointless because the sky literally exploded with color for almost an hour. The sky turned into a giant orange color just as the Giants scored their first run in the game. As the game progressed the sky turned to an rangy-pink, red, and then an hour later, when we left, still had remnants of red in the sky. For the record, the purple tint to the left side of the water was caused by some lights from the Oakland pier. I remember Willie and Alan saying “whah, the water looks purple over here” as we were packing up. Shooting here turned out to be much more difficult than we had expected due to some crazy wind. Shutter speeds had to be kept shorter to ensure sharpness. Anything longer to blur the water and the lens would shake in the wind :( Nikon D800 w/Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8: 170mm, f/13, 1.3 sec, ISO 640 6 images stitched and cropped to 58 megapixels
World Series 2014, Game 1 Transamerica Building seen through the Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco, California The Giants Win the Pennant! The Giants Win the Pennant! San Francisco loves to support its sports teams and when the Giants won the NL Championship the entire city lights itself to match its teams colors. City Hall has turned orange; Coyt Tower decks itself in orange; and for each World Series game the Transamerica Building turns its Beacon on in Orange glory. Willie and I drove up to the Marin Headlands early in the evening and made our way to the teeny little spot called “Thread the Needle”. In this specific spot the Transamerica Beacon lines up perfectly in the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge. Nick Sternberg met up with us and the 3 of us enjoyed the evening to ourselves. While the Transamerica Beacon did light up orange, it was a bit more disappointing than we thought. The orange light isn’t as bright as the normal white Beacon and thus didn’t turn into a giant star like we’re used to. Additionally, the orange light looks almost red and is dwarfed by the lights on top of the Golden Gate Bridge. Oh well, at least Coyt Tower and the Embarcadero Center buildings are lit in beautiful orange colors. And of course the Giants beat the Royals 7-1 in Game 1! Here’s to 3 more! Nikon D800 w/Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D ED AF 170mm, f/16, ISO 400, 30 sec
