Analog Administration (Filmstrips) (20 December 2025)

I've been prolific this year, and all of the boxes and envelopes from my superb photo lab started to overflow my desk, so it was time to actually sort, label, and organize them.  In the process, I found about a dozen rolls I hadn't mentioned in my shooting log...  Which is all a reminder to actually DO SOMETHING with my work, so I can eventually get an assistant! ;) 

Spongesky (19 December 2025)

The clouds didn't finish baking by the time this photo was taken, clearly. 

Three Skies of the Eighteenth (18 December 2025)

Some evenings I risk missing my transit connections, because... the sky. 

Three Skies of the Fifteenth (15 December 2025)

People get excited about the sunset, but the sky AFTER sunset is the part that interests me most.  This one entranced me. 

City Hall Projections (14 December 2025)

Let's Glow may be over, but City Hall still has something special going on!  These projections are gorgeous, and I recommend them to anyone in the area! 

Neon of the North(ern edge of SF) (14 December 2025)

On another very chilly night, I went out to do some long, abstracts, but took photos of the source lights.  Neon is so... special.   

Bluest lights (13 December 2025)

The blue glow on the houses across the street lured me here.  It feels unreal, as if the colors are extending slightly beyond the range of human vision, and we can ALMOST see more... 

Retrophone (12 December 2025)

The FONT.  The SHAPE.  The tiles in cream, highlighter-yellow, warm brown, and black...  It's so 1970s in all the good ways. 

Southbound (12 December 2025)

The cold temperatures inspired some migrations to get going: this loose v-formation was one of a dozen that passed by within minutes of each other...  Birds are more organized for travel than many humans I know!
 

Northeast Night (9 December 2025)

December is often a harried month for me: year end deadlines, shipping deadlines, social obligations, and so on.  This year, we had a few weeks of temperatures in the 40s (Fahrenheit: say it was around 5.5C), which was... different.

I put on long underwear from my backpacking kit and went out to take some night photos on film anyway.  It was so WORTH IT!

Lines to the third

A and I went to see if the traditional miles of hanging lights have returned: sadly, they have not.  Yet, somehow, I was taking photos...

 

Plant Love at the Sunnyside Conservatory (6 December 2025)

 

It's December, and increasingly cold, but sun-loving plants are getting just enough light to put on a show.

I'm still impressed with how folded up the angel's trumpet flower is before it opens...  I haven't caught one at this stage previously.

Let's Glow! (5 December 2025)

Let's Glow is here!  December 5 - 14, 2025, this art festival is lighting up buildings around downtown San Francisco with gorgeous animated art projections.

I've been to two of the sites so far, and both delighted me.

December Evenings (3 December 2025)

The sunsets have been dramatic (one night, they rose to EPIC, though my Cousin described some of the views as 'apocalyptic' - not the impression I was hoping for!).

The nights have been cold and clear.

The moon, including the "super moon," has remained bright and impressive.

While the air quality has been declining day by day, the lights have been lovely.

Saturday Night

It’s COLD (for here), but dry. I needed a walk… I enjoyed the lights. 

Lightscape (23 November 2025)

The Lightscape installation in the San Francisco Botanical Garden is both a mob scene of people trying to take phone photos AND a ton of fun.  The colors!  The music!  The heated cocktails!  The joviality!  I had a wonderful time.

Central East SF Shore - Potrero Point Scenes (22 November 2025)

Just hanging out at the historic industrial waterfront district, as photographers tend to do...

North East Bay Shore (22 November 2025)

I don't take as many photos of our local landmarks as I should...  I'm working on that. 

Spicy sunrise (19 November 2025)

Absolutely flaming, this sunrise.  I love the shapes it makes as it cuts through the clouds...

 

Gold (18 November 2025)

I am always open to a golden sunset with a line of clouds.  ALWAYS.