Photo: "One Eye Open"

A few weeks ago, I got to experience an amazing fog morning from the Marin Headlands. Within moments of getting out of the car, I understood first hand why +Joe Azure spends so many mornings up here.

Not only was it incredibly beautiful, but it was also peaceful and quite surreal. An entire city exists under this fog blanket; a place where hundreds of people are commuting to work, taking their kids to school, going for a morning run, all unaware of the beautiful show that was taking place a few hundred feet above their heads. 

Photo: "Merriment"

Woke up to a beautiful fog morning today. I didn't make it out for sunrise, but here's a shot from sunrise a few weeks ago at Hawk Hill.

Photo: "The First Is A New Beginning"

I was going to hold off on posting these photos, but I'm too excited not to share. This morning, I experienced my first sunrise with fog at the Golden Gate.

Last night, I saw the low fog rolling over the hills on my way home and decided to wake up at 5am to check the webcams. +Joe Azure and I exchanged a few text messages and decided we were going to give it a shot, even though there was only a bit of fog on the webcams. 

When I parked my car in Marin, this was my surreal view. In fact, this was also the first shot of the morning, so it felt fitting to post the first image of the first fog morning at the beautiful Golden Gate. 

Photo: "North Tower Moonrise"

On Tuesday night, I made the trek to the Marin Headlands to shoot the moonrise over the city and bridge with a few other Google+ photographers. Earlier in the day it seemed as though it would be a clear evening, but by the time we got to the headlands, it was fairly hazy. Interestingly enough, it gave the moon a very odd-shaped appearance at moonrise.  

Photo: "The Lusty Lady Dances"

Golden Gate Bridge from Marshall Beach, San Francisco. 

Photo: "Glow"

Marshall Beach, California. 

Golden Gate 75th Anniversary

I have always been very proud to call San Francisco home, but on Sunday night, being a San Franciscan felt even better. 

Standing up on the bluff in Marin, overlooking the bridge with friends, a hundred other photographers and on-lookers was quite an experience. The wind was blowing, the wine was flowing and good conversation was being had, while we waited for nearly 5 hours for the firework/light show. 

Blur hour hit, the bridge lights started to come on, but the towers stayed dark. The traffic stopped and in one swift moment, the bridge went dark and my heart started beating faster. It was the most incredible rush though my veins as the blanket of sparklers fell from the bottom of the bridge towards the water and the feeling of euphoria continued for nearly 20 minutes. 

Happy Birthday Golden Gate Bridge!

Photo: "Happy Birthday Golden Gate, Love USS Iowa"

The timing was perfect. On May 26, 2012, the weekend of the Golden Gate Bridge anniversary, the USS Iowa passed beneath the bridge. She is the last battleship that will ever make this journey.  

Photo: "South Tower"

Golden Gate Bridge during blue hour.