| September 18, 2010 |
| 9:00 am | to | 12:00 pm |
Buongiorno! We are off to Italy, or at least to San
Francisco’s North Beach for the Photochrome field trip on
Saturday 18 September 2010. We will meet at about 9 am in
Washington Square Park in front of the statue of Ben
Franklin.
Here is a map of the area showing the boundaries of the
shoot. The little enclave at the bottom of the map from
showing Powell Street on the West, Jackson Street on the
South and Kearny to the East allows the inclusion of at least
three historical San Francisco sites. The City Lights
Bookstore; Jack Kerouac Alley and the Vesuvius Coffee
House just South of Broadway on Columbus Ave.
I believe this is the only field trip that I have been on at
which one can photograph the entire field trip area. Just
jump on a MUNI 39 bus at Washington Square an in about
10 minutes you can be at Coit Tower from the top of which
you can photograph the entire area of North Beach. Also
with its 360 degree view the entire North part of the City and
the East Bay are available to your lens. Speaking of MUNI
North Beach is accessible easily by bus from any part of The
City. It is served by MUNI lines: 8X, 30, 30X 41, 45, 39 and
the Powell and Mason and Powell and
Hyde cable car lines.
The photo ops in North Beach are
too numerous to list them all in this
article but here are a few general
and specific ones: Cable cars, two
tattoo parlors, numerous interesting
coffee houses, two world class
churches, classic view of the Trans America Pyramid looking
down Columbus Ave., funky and chic upper Grant Avenue
and of the course people of North Beach.
If you choose to get to Washington Square Park earlier
that the 9am meeting time,about 7:30 to 8am you might see
the group of Tai Chi ladies doing their routine with their very
real looking four foot swords. You’d best use a long lens
though as they really move those blades.
If you are really lucky you might see and photograph the
elder man who is a Mark Twain look-alike named Vince who
carries of picture of Twain in his coat pocket.
He is shown on this web site: http://
www.bpnelsonimages.com/images/galleries/
favorite_images/people_adults_vincetwain.htm
After the shoot about 11:30 am we will meet at C.Cavelli
coffee house on Stockton Street at Columbus Avenue for
refreshments and a discussion of our morning in… Italy.
Ciao.. until Saturday 18 September 2010.
By Bob Nelson
Buongiorno! We are off to Italy, or at least to San Francisco’s North Beach for the Photochrome field trip on Saturday 18 September 2010. We will meet at about 9 am in Washington Square Park in front of the statue of Ben Franklin.
I believe this is the only field trip that I have been on at which one can photograph the entire field trip area. Just jump on a MUNI 39 bus at Washington Square an in about 10 minutes you can be at Coit Tower from the top of which you can photograph the entire area of North Beach. Also with its 360 degree view the entire North part of the City and the East Bay are available to your lens. Speaking of MUNI
North Beach is accessible easily by bus from any part of The City. It is served by MUNI lines: 8X, 30, 30X 41, 45, 39 and the Powell and Mason and Powell and Hyde cable car lines.
The photo ops in North Beach are too numerous to list them all in this article but here are a few general and specific ones: Cable cars, two tattoo parlors, numerous interesting coffee houses, two world class churches, classic view of the Trans America Pyramid looking down Columbus Ave., funky and chic upper Grant Avenue and of the course people of North Beach.
If you choose to get to Washington Square Park earlier that the 9am meeting time,about 7:30 to 8am you might see the group of Tai Chi ladies doing their routine with their very real looking four foot swords. You’d best use a long lens though as they really move those blades. If you are really lucky you might see and photograph the elder man who is a Mark Twain look-alike named Vince who carries of picture of Twain in his coat pocket.
He is shown on this web site: http://www.bpnelsonimages.com/images/galleries/favorite_images/people_adults_vincetwain.htm
After the shoot about 11:30 am we will meet at C.Cavelli coffee house on Stockton Street at Columbus Avenue for refreshments and a discussion of our morning in… Italy.
Ciao.. until Saturday 18 September 2010.
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