I am so blessed to call Chris Michel a friend and a mentor. He has been instrumental in my progress as a visual artist. So sometimes, I express my gratitude in a manner appropriate for him — … | Continue reading
While walking along Seattle’s beautiful public library, I paused for a moment to enjoy its magnificence and was overcome by a desire to capture its shapes and angles. The Ricoh GR3 was in my … | Continue reading
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Caught in a downpour in Manhattan, New York. Made with iPhoneXS. | Continue reading
Focal Length:200mm. ISO 320. f5.6. Shutter-speed 1/50th of a second. Made with Leica SL and Panasonic Lumix 70-200/F4 Lens. When you come to think of it, a boat sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge… | Continue reading
Let’s celebrate the onset of August, or as we San Franciscans like to call it, Fogust. I love the month of August, because it means moody photos, and I hear the foghorn instead of the alarm c… | Continue reading
You’ve got to dance like no one is watching Love like you will never be hurt Sing like there’s no one listening And live like there’s heaven on earth | Continue reading
View of San Francisco from Marin Headlands. ISO 400. Focal Length 120mm. Aperture f/6.3. Shutterspeed: 1/200th of a second. Lens: Vario-Elmar TL 3.5-4.5 55-140 Camera: Leica TL2. Edited with my cus… | Continue reading
View of Point Bonita Lighthouse in Marin Headlands. ISO 800. Focal Length 135mm. Aperture f/4.5. Shutterspeed: 1/160th of a second. Lens: Vario-Elmar TL 3.5-4.5 55-140 Camera: Leica TL2. Edited wit… | Continue reading
View of San Francisco from Marin Headlands. ISO 160. Focal Length 55mm. Aperture f/3.5. Shutterspeed: 1/160th of a second. Lens: Vario-Elmar TL 3.5-4.5 55-140 Camera: Leica TL2. Edited with my cust… | Continue reading
I love walking to the edge of the water, and make some long exposures. And sometimes I find a lighthouse, and I just sit there and just do nothing, except make photos till the tide starts to roll i… | Continue reading
I was in Wetzlar, Germany to attend the opening of a new Leica Museum and during the visit, I had a chance to spend time at the Leica HQ and got to visit the sprawling campus. Here are a select few… | Continue reading
I am in Porto for a few days, visiting Veniam Networks, one of True family of startups. As part of the visit, I added a long weekend to the trip and enjoyed my time basking in the sights and deligh… | Continue reading
We are finally having some summer weather in San Francisco. Our sunrises and sunsets have been totally off-the-hook. This photo was made last evening while having dinner with dear friends. What a g… | Continue reading
It was nearly four years ago I visited the Faroe Islands on a photography trip. I had been using a Fuji XT-1 camera at that time and was still on a quest to find my proverbial visual voice. I didn&… | Continue reading
Alaska has many glaciers and sometimes, just sometimes, you get lucky to get the right view, the right light, and the right composition. I got lucky when I visited Alaska in 2018. I don’t have anyt… | Continue reading
I was passing through the wonderful town of Boulder, Utah and stopped for a coffee. I saw a flyer for a local fundraising event for coyotes. I took a snapshot of the said flyer and thought it would… | Continue reading
Focal length 50mm. ISO 100. Aperture f/8.0. Shutter speed 1/250th of a second. | Continue reading
Spark Capital co-founder, Bijan Sabet. Also a very keen photographer. Most importantly, best human. | Continue reading
Film: Kodak Tri-X 400. Camera: Leica M-A. Focal Length: f2/50mm. Aperture: f2. Shutterspeed: 1/30th of a second Why I captured this moment? I loved the idea of a couple walking into the future, fog… | Continue reading
ISO 50. Focal Length 24mm. Aperture f/9. ShutterSpeed: 15 seconds. | Continue reading
ISO 50. Focal Length: 24mm. Aperture f/13. ShutterSpeed: 10 seconds. | Continue reading
Settings: ISO 100. ShutterSpeed 1/160th of a second. Aperture 28mm. Focal Length: f/1.7 About four years ago, I visited Japan with my friends Naveen and Matt. One of the side trips was to the art … | Continue reading
ISO 320. Focal Length: 50mm. Aperture f/4.9. ShutterSpeed: 1/125th of second. Camera: Leica M-Monochrome 246. | Continue reading
ISO 100. Focal Length 28mm. Aperture f/1.7. ShutterSpeed: 1/2500th of a second. Camera Leica Q | Continue reading
ISO 320. Focal length 50mm. Aperture: f/3.4. ShutterSpeed 1/500th of a second. Camera: Leica M 246 | Continue reading
ISO 100. Focal length 28mm. Aperture f 1.7. ShutterSpeed 1/1250th of a second. Camera: LeicaQ | Continue reading
I made this photo when flying to Las Vegas from San Francisco. It is not the sharpest photo, but something about it makes it feel like a painting to me. Made with my iPhone XS. | Continue reading
I was in New York last week. I decided to leave my (Leica SL) camera at home, knowing very well that I would have a limited amount of time to go out and make photos. Instead, I was counting on my i… | Continue reading
It is commonplace these days to take a dump on technology and it’s hometown, San Francisco. but I still view my industry with rose-tinted glasses and I hope that a lot of good is yet to come. | Continue reading
This past weekend I was in Huntington Beach, California for a wedding. It was your typical California spring day — cloudy morning, and beautiful blue skies later in the evening, and return of… | Continue reading
I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture. Tadao Ando | Continue reading
When you slow down time, you start to see that life is all just a confluence of layers, each adding its nuance to the one after, and learning from the one before. And with enough nuance and learnin… | Continue reading
How to beat the Monday blues? Simple, fill your fountain pen with a turquoise blue ink, and share a photo that has similar feels. Have a great week everyone. | Continue reading
Well known photographer and Instagram hero Dan Rubin was dashing off to another photo shoot but stopped long enough for a coffee and a chance to capture him on film. Kodak Tri-X, obviously. | Continue reading
Any meeting with Jeff Veen is worth capturing on film. We recently grabbed some coffee, talked about the Internet, both old and new. We talked about design. And we talked about having graybeards. T… | Continue reading
Yosemite 2018: ISO 800. Aperture f/9. Shutter speed 1/160th of a second. Focal Length 90mm. | Continue reading
Yosemite 2018:Focal length 50mm. Aperture f 3.6. ISO 800. Exposure time 1/125th of a second. | Continue reading
Yosemite 2018. Made with Leica SL. IS0 400. Aperture f/9. Focal Length 90mm. Shutter speed 1/125th of a second. I can’t believe it has been already a week since my friends Tim and Lauren said, “I d… | Continue reading