Saturday, September 19, 2015
Breakfast: breakfast taco. Sunbathed. Lunch: leftover orechiette, water. Showered. Rode Lyft Line to Recharge for a photo shoot. Photo shoot day with the Recharge team, including Phil, Drew, Amanda, Johnny, Ling, Chris, Alyssa, and Jade. We took photos across the street with a wall of greenery for a background. Rested. Rode the cable car to the Embarcadero. Ate a bento box at Delica at the Ferry Building Marketplace. Walked to AT&T Park and arrived 20 minutes early for the Trey Ratcliff Photowalk but then checked the event web page and found that I was at the ending point instead of the starting point for the walk. I wasn't sure how I got the starting point wrong, but then I found other people confused and in the wrong location. I suspect the route start and end was switched at some point. Also complicating things was that in San Francisco piers appear to increase in number from Market Street going north and they also appear to increase in number from Market Street going south. The starting point instructions were given as between piers 35 and 39, and some of the others I encountered had interpreted this to be south of Market rather than north. Before I encountered others I had ordered a Lyft Line which took me to the starting point. I arrived only a few minutes late and joined before the group photo. The walk proceeded with Trey giving his tips at various stops along the walk. It was hard to keep track of whether I was behind or ahead of Trey because I'd be distracted shooting and not always able to keep my eye on where he was. But I guess for most of the event I stayed pretty close. The route choice was perfect. The Embarcadero's large sidewalks made it easy for the hundreds who joined to walk. It was tight in some places, particularly for non-group walkers going in the opposite direction, but it worked. And this route offered so many interesting things to shoot. My night shooting skills were pretty awful, so it was good practice for me. I didn't think I'd need my tripod and realized my error when I saw so many other photographers with theirs. Today was hot, so the evening was warm until the very end of the route, and it made me realize that I rarely shoot at night because in San Francisco it's almost always too cold for me, but on warm nights I have no excuse. I stopped at Safeway to use the restroom, then rode Muni to the Castro. Dinner at La Tortilla: dos enchiladas (chicken, carnitas) a la carte, cantaloupe agua fresca. While shooting photos on the sidewalk I met and chatted with Jay S and Gilbert. While chatting we encountered Jay's friends Noé and Kianni. Rode Muni home. Later I learned that Karl B and Jason P had entered a hyperlapse I had shot while eating at La Tortilla.