Willie Huang Photo
San Francisco Reverie
Fog season has finally returned to San Francisco! It’s been a while and we’ve missed each other for some time, but we’re back in business. Again, my trustworthy fog ninja, Alan, convinced me to head up this morning. Initially, I was hesitant thinking the fog was too high and wanting to jump back into bed. However, Alan called me and said, “you can either head up or possibly get a great shot or you can go back to sleep and cry about missing the opportunity.” Instantly, I grabbed my gear and made my way to SF.
Alan and I headed to Marin and wanted to check conditions there first before settling on our ultimate shooting location. We first headed to Hawk Hill but we decided a higher point would be better: Slacker Hill it was. With sunrise encroaching, we huffed and puffed our way up to Slacker Hill and found a row of photographers already lined up. Though a bit late in arriving, luckily we didn’t miss too much. Just as we arrived the fog began leveling out and tips of the Golden Gate Bridge towers began exposing themselves.
I wanted to go for the smooth fog contour and thus tossed on my 10-stopper filter. Then I waited for the sunrise in hopes of it beaming the warm colors onto the fog. Just like that, the intense light came and disappeared. Low fog, until next time!
Canon 5D Mark II
EF 24-70mm f/2.8L
Singh-Ray reverse GND
San Francisco Reverie
Fog season has finally returned to San Francisco! It’s been a while and we’ve missed each other for some time, but we’re back in business. Again, my trustworthy fog ninja, Alan, convinced me to head up this morning. Initially, I was hesitant thinking the fog was too high and wanting to jump back into bed. However, Alan called me and said, “you can either head up or possibly get a great shot or you can go back to sleep and cry about missing the opportunity.” Instantly, I grabbed my gear and made my way to SF.
Alan and I headed to Marin and wanted to check conditions there first before settling on our ultimate shooting location. We first headed to Hawk Hill but we decided a higher point would be better: Slacker Hill it was. With sunrise encroaching, we huffed and puffed our way up to Slacker Hill and found a row of photographers already lined up. Though a bit late in arriving, luckily we didn’t miss too much. Just as we arrived the fog began leveling out and tips of the Golden Gate Bridge towers began exposing themselves.
I wanted to go for the smooth fog contour and thus tossed on my 10-stopper filter. Then I waited for the sunrise in hopes of it beaming the warm colors onto the fog. Just like that, the intense light came and disappeared. Low fog, until next time!
Canon 5D Mark II
EF 24-70mm f/2.8L
Singh-Ray reverse GND