Saturday, January 11, 2025

Instax: At the Seawall

Six Instax square photos (one of a beach, five of graffiti)

My expired Instax Square film is still reminding me to use it, so I took a few images of the graffiti on the newer (southern) part of the seawall, plus one of the beach from the seawall.  For expired film, it didn't do badly!  It was very sunny out, so the better photos are all in the 'darken' setting (which is the best setting for Instax for most conditions, honestly).





 

Ocean Beach: Three Views

Collage of three horizontal views of Ocean Beach: looking north with Mt. Tam and reflective shallows; approaching waves; and people walking along the shore in golden light

Despite the wind, there were many people out, both on the beach and enjoying the old Great Highway (which isn't so great as a highway, but is lovely as a park). 

Ocean's Edge

Collage of two photos: a sand dollar in sea foam, and regular waves in shallow water

...and the photos that aren't just of sand are often like this. 

Sand Patterns

Collage of three different textures on beach sand, including ripples and sea foam bubbles

I don't want to admit to my friends who are new to photography that my attention is primarily on textures like this.

Mural at Sloat and Great Highway by Jet Martinez

Cropped photograph of SF Westside Pump Station Mural entitled Fog Lilies by Jet Martinez

The pump station is still under construction (I've cropped out the fences), but it already crowned by this mural!  (Description of the project at the SFPUC site here.)  It is called "Fog Lilies," and it is scaled wonderfully and satisfying.