Fisherman's Wharf Photoshoot with SFBAS

It's almost been a year since I organized the last photo shoot with the San Francisco Bay Area Shooters (a photo group on Flickr dedicated to organizing photo outings in and around the San Francisco Bay Area). At one point I was going out every other weekend with this group, ranging from four to two dozen photographers each time. It's a great hobby to really connecting everything else in life, either it be other hobbies, work, or random cool locations and subjects to take pictures of.

I decided to try to jump start the photoshoots once again, and this time we went out to Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, CA. This is most likely the most touristy part of Northern California, which certainly yielded some great photo ops.

We started out with 13 people, then finding a few along the way, and eventually the group dwindled to four. The relaxed nature of these shoots is encouraging, as it allows those with less time during the day to come out and shoot, and those who are bored or crazy go shoot for the entirety of the day (and sometimes early mornings of the next). I saw a few old friends, and met a good amount of new friends.

We started off from Ghirardelli Square, and walked along Bay and Embarcadero. We went out to a few Piers, back out, and then finally all the way to Pier, near the Ferry Building off Embarcadero. It was quite the walk, but worth it =) The weather was cold, but we were all prepared. Here are a few of my favorites from the shoot: