San Francisco has an incredible sense of culture and the arts. We have world-class museums here. We have amazing food, bars and restaurants. We have colorful and unique neighborhoods, architecture, celebrations, life.
As a photographer, I love living in a more urban setting. There are so many more interesting things to photograph out on the street here than in more rural places. The people here are engaging and diverse and very photogenic. The random conversations you often have with people being out and about are priceless. I’ve walked thousands of miles of San Francisco Bay area streets taking photos with my camera over the past 33 years.
Most of my friends are still actually here. Going out to lunch at Sam’s downtown with a good friend or taking a walk with them down to the Ferry Building and along the Embarcadero are things I’d very much miss. I love living near the ocean and the water.
I just uploaded 30 full high resolution photos to my Flickr account in about 45 seconds with my high speed fiber to curb internet from Sonic. Most of my friends that move to rural areas don’t have anywhere near this sort of internet speed and service.
We’re near world class airports than can get you anywhere you want to get in the world. I’m trying to photograph the 100 largest American cities and our airports make that much easier to do. We have redwoods and parks and wine country all a short drive away, all more wonderfully photogenic places.
