Author: root

Where Magazine asked me to get some shots of Pier 39 and Fisherman’s Wharf for a feature they were doing on the neighborhood–the people, the sights, the sound and the food–so I immediately thought of the crab since it’s such a big draw and probably the second thing people think of in the area. The first for most is the sea lions, but I’m a food person so crab comes to mind first for me.

This pic was shot on a Canon 5D Mark III with a 24-105mm L lens at f/4.0, ISO 400, 1/400 sec.

Almost a year ago, I bought a case of Sriracha sauce because, really, why wouldn’t you? I’ve since become more enamored of Huy Fong’s sambal oelek‘s funkier vibe, which is why I still haven’t finished the case yet, but I still have a special place in my heart for rooster sauce.

I knew I wanted to capture the bottles en masse because, really, why wouldn’t you? But I kept putting it off and putting it off until finally I was close to the end of the Sriracha I was working on prior to the case and got inspiration late at night. Since it was late, I didn’t want to set up my lights and annoy my neighbors bumping around, so I just used the little light above my stove. I might have had some ambient light from the moon or something, but the vast majority of the light came from the stove light. Oh and I took this before I upgraded to a 5D Mark III, so I shot this on a T3i with a 28mm prime, so goes to show, you can get some pretty decent images without lots of big fancy super expensive gear.

And if you’re curious about the settings, it’s shot at f/1.8, ISO 1600, 1/100 sec.

Who doesn’t love salumi? Certainly not I.

I shot this at an event thrown by Where Magazine at Il Fornaio in SF. This is one the members of the excellent waitstaff who so courteously paused for me when I asked him to pose for a quick shot.